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 Ideas for Great Baby Rooms112 Pages 175 Photos, 4 illustrations Decorating a nursery is an exciting project with lots of options. This practical, step-by-step guide will show you how to create a room that’s both safe and stimulating—and easy to change as your child grows. A Shopper’s Guide provides purchasing information on everything from cribs to changing tables, wallpaper to lighting—and new safety devices too.
Great ideas for standalone backyard additions that reflect a variety of architectural styles, including guest houses, offices, pavilions, structures made from kits, and more. A detailed planning guide covers designs and materials.
Find inspiration for your own perfect bathroom in this color-splashed gallery of decorative ideas. This guide, part of the popular Ideas for Great series, will help you design a new layout for an existing bathroom, with practical pointers on floor plans, heights and clearances, costs, and other considerations. The Shopper’s Guide shows the latest trends in cabinets, countertops, sinks, tubs, showers, light fixtures, and more.
Release Date: June 2004 Nothing says home like the warmth of a fireplace. This brand new title in Sunset's hugely popular Ideas for Great series has everything a homeowner needs to plan, design, build, remodel, and install a fireplace, stove, or outlet firepit. First, your interest is sparked with over 60 pages loaded with new photos of fireplaces and wood stoves—a pictorial survey of every style imaginable, from Southwest adobe to traditional cabin to contemporary “wow.” Discover which type of fireplace works best for your needs, how to arrange furniture to maximize its ambience-enhancing potential, and ideas for decorating the mentel and hearth. An extensive list of suppliers and Websites is sure to light a fire under your imagination.
All the latest flooring textures and technologies are explored with beautiful photographs and up-to-date designs. Ideas for Great Floor helps you assess your needs, explore flooring options, and make a choice that is functional, decorative, and lasting.
Whether your style is wild, whimsical, contemporary, or classic, you’ll discover artful ways to adorn your garden with decorative accessories of all kinds. See how easy it is to coordinate garden accent pieces with the plantings in your yard. There’s even a helpful resource guide that tells where to find garden accessories of all types.
This new addition to the popular Ideas for Great series explores ways to enhance the quality and comfort of your family's most-used room—by reorganizing, redesigning, or even remodeling.
Release Date: June 2004 Just think of it as having your own private decorator on call 24/7. This 288-page book, an outstanding primer on every aspect of home decorating, is a new edition of a popular Sunset classic. The first section covers design and style basics such as color, pattern, and texture—and how modern trends affect these essential concepts. The second section moves into fundamental room elements like window treatments, flooring, and lighting, and how to plan the environment so all these elements work toward a cohesive style. The third section takes readers through every room of a house, from the entryway to the back door and everywhere in between. Here you’ll find beautiful photographs that bring to life “great ideas” such as a home office that really works, bedrooms most kids only dream about, showroom-worthy great rooms, plus lots of ways to create storage just about anyplace you can imagine. Combine the hottest design trends and techniques with a comprehensive resource guide, and you’re well on your way to the home you’ve always wanted.
The most beautifully-decorated room pales without proper lighting. Get the latest ideas for innovative and efficient techniques with Ideas for Great Home Lighting. This detailed primer explains the basics of proper lighting, how to choose the right bulbs and fixtures, and design tricks to get the most from lighting, both indoors and out. Includes an extensive photo gallery and an updated buyers guide for practical inspiration and simple execution on light projects ranging from utilitarian to dramatic.
Boost your productivity with a home office designed to fit your own work habits. It doesn’t have to be executive quarters, as long as it helps you get your work done. Transform a studio, a corner, a closet, or a nook into a private workspace, then select from the user-friendly Shopper’s Guide of office furniture, lighting fixtures, and electronics to add your own peronal flair. For this task, you’re the boss!
Turn any room or corner into a child’s paradise, with room to grow, with the help of this best-selling member of the Ideas for Great series. It’s both an idea book and a practical guide for creating that perfect place to sleep, to play and store toys, to daydream, and to do homework. Colorful photos illustrate a wide range of ideas and styles, including nurseries and shared rooms. The Shopper’s Guide describes wonderful products that are now available, from loft beds to chalkboard wallpaper. |
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