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Shabby chic, rococo grandeur, sleek minimalism, country cottage, Hollywood glitz … whatever your taste, whatever your budget, our books on interior design and style brim with ideas, information and inspiration.

Living Modern - The Sourcebook of Contemporary Interiors

Living Modern

The Sourcebook of Contemporary Interiors

  1. Photographs by Richard Powers
  2. Text by Phyllis Richardson
  • ISBN 9780500515259
  • 28.00 x 25.00 cm
  • PLC (no jacket)
  • 368pp
  • 750 Illustrations, 750 in colour
  • First published 2010
A truly beautiful book to behold … has more than 350 pages of inspiration for anyone trying to create a modern space in their home – The Daily Telegraph

Art Deco Interiors

Art Deco Interiors

Decoration and Design Classics of the 1920s and 1930s

  • Paperback
U1timate homage to the Arts Decorafifs – Elle Magazine

The Art of the Tile

The Art of the Tile

Classic and Contemporary Designs for Every Interior

  • Hardback
Inspirational and instructive … an essential work-tool for both home-owners and professional decorators – The Financial Times

At Home in Turkey

At Home in Turkey

  • Hardback
If you can’t afford the airfare you might take this delicious guided tour – The Spectator

At Home in Greece

At Home in Greece

  • Hardback
A pictorial tour de force … packed to the rafters with design ideas … an inspirational selection – A Place in the Sun

Australia City Living

Australia City Living

  • Hardback
Sleek, smart and occasionally a little wild homes – The Independent Magazine

Avant Gardeners

Avant Gardeners

50 Visionaries of the Contemporary Landscape

  • Paperback with flaps
Groundbreaking landscapes that will stretch your imagination to the limit – House & Garden

Baltic Homes

Baltic Homes

Inspirational Interiors from Northern Europe

  • Paperback
A lavish visual tour … there are beautiful, evocative shots of the landscape and enough background text to give a true flavour of each place – The Evening Standard

Caribbean Style

Caribbean Style

  • Paperback with flaps
… a brilliantly colourful tour amongst the traditional and modern houses of the islands … will surprise, delight and entice many a European architectural enthusiast to rush off for an extended personal investigation. An exhilarating book from first page to last – House and Garden

Casa Mundi

Casa Mundi

Inspirational Living Around the World

  • PLC (no jacket)
A highly decorative, sumptuously photographed work … scintillating, visually outstanding – Select

China Contemporary

China Contemporary

  • Hardback
'China Contemporary' showcases 35 examples of the new wave of Chinese design through the stunning photography of Michael Freeman and the perceptive commentary and interviews of Chinese journalist Xiao Dan Wang

Contemporary Natural

Contemporary Natural

  • Paperback with flaps
An inspirational book … the gamut of creative individuals – from the most sophisticated designer lair to the most elementary self-built shack – are linked by a common passion and a seductive freedom of spirit – State of Art

Dark Nostalgia

Dark Nostalgia

Faultlessly Stylish Interiors for Business, Pleasure and Leisure

  • Hardback
… an attractively presented and prescient sampling of a style that fits the moment perfectly. – RIBA Bookshops pick of the best

The Dry Gardening Handbook

The Dry Gardening Handbook

Plants and Practices for a Changing Climate

  • Hardback
Superb … arguably the most comprehensive A–Z of drought-tolerant plants ever assembled … Beautifully photographed and illustrated, it is packed with detail but written in an accessible and enthusiastic style, perfect for gardeners with a pressing need for more information on drought-tolerant plants, or merely those with a passing interest – BBC Gardens Illustrated

English Style

English Style

  • Hardback
Like English literature and English manners, the English style of decorating has been copied and admired for generations around the world. It is a style that can be found in a simple cottage with gabled roof and stucco walls, or in a grand country house filled with antique furniture and family heirlooms.