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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

House Details: Kids, Stairs, Windows, Doors

Best Books on Housing Details
Kids Rooms
Stairs
Windows
Doors

Offers available until 10th March 2009

Kids Rooms

Designed for Kids: A Complete Sourcebook of Stylish Products

Phyllis Richardson has done the research for parents everywhere, trawling the blogosphere, poring over countless catalogues culled from around the world, reviewing every design Web site, and applying her own practical judgment as a mother to present over 450 of the most wonderful objects available for children.

Normally $49.95, this week only $44
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The Smart Approach to Kids' Rooms

Parents will find all the inspiration and information they need to create any kid's dream room. Chapters include a basic primer on the general principles of good design and how to apply them to individual needs and lifestyles.

Topics include: working with color, choosing furniture, organizing space, storage, special ideas for walls, windows, and floors, plus safety tips.

One chapter addresses designing for children with special needs. More Information

Papercover, 224 pages, normally $37.95 now only: $33.00

Creative Ideas for Kids' Rooms

This book provides help and inspiration you need to create your child's dream room. It contains ideas for rooms to sleep, play and learn in, and also ideas for combining projects to create themed rooms: from a fire engine bed to pretty curtain tiebacks, domino storage boxes to a flower desk.

Hardcover: 720 pages, Normally $35, now only: $25More Information

Great Kids' Rooms

From practical to storybook themes, Great Kid's Rooms Collection is filled with hundreds of imaginative and beautifully decorated rooms for girls and boys, from infants to teens.

More InformationPaperback, 288 pages, normally $40, this week only $30

Stairs

Stairscaping - a guide to buying remodeling, and decorating Interior and Exterior Staircases

This excellent book covers the worldwide evolution of residential staircases, including both classical and contemporary interior and exterior staircases, thorough well-researched, accessible text and detailed, designer photography. A full resource section provides information for staircase restoration, resource tools, and other helpful industry contacts.

Paperback: 176 pages, normally $34.95 now only $25

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Constructing Staircases Balustrades & Landings

The ten chapters cover all the essentials, including the subjects of code requirements, stairwell framing, notched and housed stringers, L-shaped, and U-shaped and curved stair construction...many color photos and drawings to explain and expand on the text. It offers great value for the price.”—Wood Design & Building

Paperback: 128 pages, normally $24.99 now only $10More Information

Staircases selection and details

Building a stairway? Get this book Staircases Selection because it has a complete overview of staircases today, with almost 500 color photos, and practical tables and diagrams plus information on materials, proportions. A great gift idea!

Hardcover with dustjacket, 240 pages, normally $99.95 this week just $75 More Information

Architectural details: Stairs

This interesting book includes about 700 photographs that illustrate the diversity of European art of building stairs. Whether new or old, nice or bizarre here you will find an architectural kaleidoscope of a special kind.

Hardcover, 160 pages, normally $59.95 this week only $35

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Windows

Working Windows

The definitive book on wood window repair and restoration. . . [it is] written with excellent detail, helpful diagrams, simple and clear instructions, and a good bit of Meany's wry humor to make it a lively read. It is an absolutely indispensable part of any wood-window-owning do-it-yourselfer's home library.

Paperback, 240 pages, 3rd edition normally $34.95 now just $19 More Information

Windows of the World

The definitive book on wood window repair and restoration. . . [it is] written with excellent detail, helpful diagrams, simple and clear instructions, and a good bit of Meany's wry humor to make it a lively read. It is an absolutely indispensable part of any wood-window-owning do-it-yourselfer's home library.

Paperback, 240 pages, 3rd edition normally $42.95 now just $17More Information

Doors

Entryways and Doorways

This book provides a pictorial survey of the many and varied forms of doorways and entryways in various locations around the United States with over 800 color photos.

Paperback, 192 pages, normally $84.95 now only $29

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Doors of the World

Capturing the sheer variety of entryways worldwide, this book shows the harmony achieved by their diverse proportions, designs, materials, and colors and discloses how doors reflect geography. 231 color illustrations.

Paperback, 176 pages, normally $42.95 now only $17 More Information

Book of the week

A History of Interior Design, 3rd Edition Hardcover

The first edition of this major survey on interior design by John Pile won the 2001 ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Educational Foundation/Joel Polsky Prize.

Now this standard history has been updated to reflect greater coverage of non-Western design, as well as vernacular and residential interiors. A deeper exploration of sustainable design and a CD-ROM with an interactive presentation of periods and styles makes this the most relevant text available. Hardcover, 432 pages, February 2009

Normally $120, this week only $99

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