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Books : Home & Garden : Interior Design : Windows
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Illustrated with thousands of vivid pictures, this encyclopaedia is filled with original ideas for dull, featureless and problem windows. It also deals with many other subjects such as pillows, seat cushions, bedding, lambrequins, cornices, swags and shades. Every type of window is covered, from corner to clarestory, from bay to bow, picture and palladian. In addition to the 14 main chapters, there are several glossaries explaining decorating terms, textile fibres and their properties, drapery fabrics, basic window types, fabrics and fabric terms.
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The Encyclopedia of Window Treatments is a must-have for anyone interested in home décor. Cross-references help the reader navigate an abundance of traditional and modern designs. Visually compelling with more than 1,000 full-color illustrations and photos, the book presents hundreds of window treatments: draperies, curtains, shades, valances, swags and cascades, and blinds and shutters. Features:* The most comprehensive collection of today’s window treatment options in various configurations
* More than 1,000 full-color illustrations and photographs
* Visual glossary identifies various elements of window treatments
* Offers complementary pillow and tabletop ideas throughout
* Special section on measuring windows and estimating yardage
* Problem/Solution guide presents ideas for challenging window configurations
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One of the first things you do when you remodel or move into a new home is change the curtains. After all, new window treatments easily, quickly, and inexpensively transform a room. They turn an outdated room into one you want to spend time in, and they make a cold space feel warm and inviting. In the style of the best-selling Idea Books, Window Treatments Idea Book offers the latest ideas for decorating all types of windows, from standard to custom. More than 350 photos provide inspiration for all rooms in the house, from the kitchen to the bathroom, bedroom to family room and study. Recognizing that consumers also want to make easy enhancements to readily available window treatments and hardware, the inspiration is peppered with practical advice on how to quickly modify off-the-shelf window treatments and design tricks for hanging them. The breadth of information makes this book the one source homeowners need when picking out window treatments.
The authors' combined years of experience have allowed them to select photos of the most popular window treatment styles as well as to provide ideas for dealing with challenging windows--bays, bows, and the like. Unique features of the book include showing one window treatment style in three different looks and quick and easy ideas for instant style.
Whether you're looking to update an existing space or are starting from scratch i
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Completely updated and revised: the latest in window & bed covering ideas, and now with an extensive Bed Covering section, The Encyclopedia Window & Bed Coverings is Charles Randall's newest creation based upon his original masterwork: The Encyclopedia of Window Fashions. This new book continues the tradition of blending historical, classic and contemporary offerings. The Encyclopedia of Window & Bed Coverings is a must have for interior designers, homeowners, and decorating enthusiasts alike. With more full-color and black & white illustrations than ever before, this book presents countless combinations of window and bedding treatments for any room in the home: from a simple rod pocket curtain to a period style masterpiece. Now with 320 pages of cost-saving ideas, yardage calculations and fullness charts, you will quickly see why this book has not only become the industry standard for window decor inspiration, but also the world s best-selling window decorating book.
Includes:
--Extensive Period Style window decorating ideas in color and black line artwork
--Extensive bed coverings section with coordinating draperies, valances, etc.
--Hard window coverings coordinated with valances, swags, cornices etc.
--Numbered images that will eliminate miscommunications with workrooms and designers.
--Equal size color and black line drawings<
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Your passageway to efficiency and beautyBoth for practicality and curb appeal, windows and doors are the most crucial mechanical feature of any home, and this book helps homeowners preserve and improve these essential elements. A fabulous door can add thousands of dollars in "perceived value" to a plain house, just as a few new windows can shave off a decade or two in apparent age.
Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Windows & Entryways is a fully-updated revision of Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Windows & Doors. At 288 pages, it features more than 600 beautiful color photographs that are rich with current information. It contains virtually everything readers need to plan and complete any kind of window and door installation. The new version also features an expanded section on door and window hardware, as the types, styles and finishes change frequently. Also new in this edition: an expanded the section on installing and maintaining garage doors; a complete start-to-finish project for enlarging a basement window opening and installing an egress window; a quick and easy technique for giving your fiberglass door the appearance of woodgrain; and much, much more. You'll find no better single book that better covers the ever-changing topic of choosing, installing and maintaining doors and windows.
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An exceptional guide to window coverings featuring more than 1000 photographs and illustrations, The Window Decorating Book is both unique and compelling in covering the scope of window products available on the market today. You will be encouraged to explore and consider all of your options, including sections on specifications and fabric quantities, should you wish to do so. The Window Decorating Book not only provides an inspiring visual catalog of ways to use draperies, blinds, shades, and shutters imaginatively, but also delves into the details; providing vital information on the pros and cons of various products, and how to choose fabrics and treatments that create the right atmosphere for any room of the house.Each chapter includes
Advantages and Disadvantages
Cost
Lifespan
Most Appropriate locations
Care and Cleaning
Good to Know Information about each treatment
Yardage Calculations
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The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments, Second Edition is the most comprehensive book of its kind on the market, offering the reader both inspiring location photography plus step-by-step instructions for making 50 different projects. Window treatments include several curtain styles, formal draperies, swags, valances, cornices, various Roman shades, and roller shades. Designed for the DIY home sewer, this book is also valued by professional workrooms and trade schools because it teaches professional methods for measuring, sewing, and installing window treatments. Now updated with new photography and the latest window treatment styles, this second edition is a must-have for any DIY home sewer.
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An easy, get-started guide to creating your own curtains, drapes, and shades.Easy SINGER Style Quick and Easy Window Treatments teaches readers how to create simple, stylish window treatments for every room in the house. The author provides her own shortcuts and secrets for saving time while achieving professional-quality results. The 15 projects include lined and unlined curtains and drapes; straight, balloon, and shaped valences; and Roman shades-in a variety of casual and elegant fabrics and styles suited to every type of room setting.
This is the third book in the Easy SINGER Style series, designed for beginning and brand-new sewers who are looking for quick and easy projects with a fresh, contemporary style. As with the other books in the series, the early chapters present all the basic information the reader needs to get started. Later chapters introduce specific construction techniques-and a choice of several projects showcasing those techniques. Readers gradually build skills as they apply and master what they learn, building confidence as they go.
This book features the same, step-by-step, accessible approach as the other books in the series, in keeping with Singer's reputation for reliable, practical instruction.
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Everyone knows that changing the window treatment in a room is a quick, easy, and relatively inexpensive way to update a look--whether someone can go the custom route or is a limited budget that requires creative thinking with readymade options. Homeowners who are tired of their interiors can fresh them up and add style for a little or a lot. But both groups have one important thing in common: they must choose the right window treatment for their needs, their pocketbooks, AND for the space itself. Once they are ready to shop--for a one-of-a kind look or for the perfect readymade design--Can't Fail Window Treatments should be tucked under their arms. ItÕs the latest title in the popular CanÕt Fail series, which offers a professionalÕs point of view and expertise in a specific design area. In Can't Fail Window Treatments, author and interior designer Nancee Brown, ASID, shows consumers how to bring mistake-proof sophistication and style into their homes with the right look.
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Set the style for every room in your house with fabulous, easy-to-make window treatments. Beautiful do-it-yourself ideas to help you create a custom-made look for a fraction of the cost!Step-by-step directions and full color photos guide you through the entire process of design, sewing and installation. Features a wide range of styles and solutions for standard or unique windows.
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The Sewing Bible: Curtains is a must-have collection of essential techniques and projects for sewers of all abilities looking to create the perfect curtains to embellish their homes. Whether you want to learn new techniques or brush up on your sewing skills, the comprehensive step-by-step instruction, tips and tricks will prove to be a valuable resource. Twelve beautiful projects put the techniques into practice to create the perfect headings, valances, linings and pelmets for curtains. Stylish photography and easy-to-follow layouts complete the package, offering you a wealth of information all in one book.
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From Nina Campbell to Vincente Wolf, from Jamie Drake to Nancy Braithwaite, master classes by more than 30 of the world's leading designers make this book the indispensable guide to curtain couture for the 21st century. Everything is covered, from poles and finials to fabrics and materials--all showcased in 400 beautiful color photos.
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How to choose curtains and shades that create the right atmosphere for your room, whether light and pretty or strongly dramatic. How to evaluate the special needs of each room in the house-living and dining rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, halls, staircases, children's rooms, studies. The striking book includes inspiring treatments for every shape and style of window-from cottage casements to modern picture windows in addition to offering practical advice on all aspects of making and arranging curtains and shades including finishing touches.
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Choose from over 40 updated window treatment projects that showcase todays more casual approach, like softer pleats on draperies, looser folds on curtains, and panels that puddle gracefully on the floor. Featuring easy, step-by-step illustrated directions, this new edition covers the entire planning and sewing process, from measuring windows and calculating yardage to installing hardware.
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MORE THAN 100,000 COPIES SOLD EACH YEAR!
Kevin Zraly's incomparable course ("One of the best start-from-scratch wine books ever written."-- Frank Prial, The New York Times) is still America's top-selling guide to wine. In this year's revised edition, Zraly shares some of the authoritative knowledge on buying wine that he's acquired over the last 30 years: this new, exclusive, and invaluable "How to Buy Wine" section covers retailers, auctions, Internet sites, and just about anywhere a bottle can be purchased. What stays constant is Zraly's inimitable, irreverent style. He answers every question about wine; offers the most up-to-date recommendations; takes you on a country-by-country, region-by-region ratings tour of the latest vintages; and starts you on your way to becoming a wine connoisseur. Abundant full-color labels and maps--some brand new--complete the enticing picture. More current, more informative, more concise and precise than ever, this remains the wine guide against which all others are judged.
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A complete guide to contemporary window treatments for all styles of home. Choosing curtains and blinds for your home can be a daunting task. Which fabrics will create the look that you want? What shape or style will suit your space? If you are making the curtains yourself, the thought of all that fabric, all that sewing, can be overwhelming. In this beautiful book, soft-furnishings guru Lucinda Ganderton joins forces with style writer Ali Watkinson to provide myriad solutions for the modern homeowner, offering plenty of inspiration plus step-by-step projects to tempt rather than to terrify.
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Whether you are looking for unfussy kitchen curtains, elaborate dining room curtains, simple sheers, or sophisticated blinds, you will find the answer in So Simple Window Style. The projects include ideas for novice sewers, such as tie-top curtains, bead-trimmed panels, and unlined blinds. The basic techniques chapter has all the information a beginner needs to start decorating windows. There are also advanced projects, including contrast-lined panels, double-sided blinds, and bordered curtains, plus solutions for awkward-shaped windows or slanting attic windows. With ideas for tiebacks, valances, and pelmets, you can add perfect finishing touches to your creations. • 30 step-by-step projects, plus instant makeovers and variations. • Advice on choosing window treatments that complement the colors and architecture of a room, and tips on fabrics and trimmings.
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The Complete Home Decorating Idea Book focuses on vertical and horizontal surfaces by examining not only windows, walls and floors but also celebrates the fifth wall ceilings! Readers will discover the clever possibilities for treating surfaces of all kinds with paint, wallpaper, tile, stone, fabric and more. Beginning with a chapter on a personal favorite, window treatments, Stoehr covers all types of hard and soft window products, as well as how to approach the decoration of a large window wall. A chapter on wall coverings follows, including paint, paper, tile, stone, fabric and wood. In section three, the decorated ceiling pulls our eyes upward from the horizontal sweep we normally experience in a room, creating a sense of satisfied completion to any interior. Decorated ceilings, our interior sky is attention to detail at its best, creating drama in the dining room or a calm, restful environment in the bedroom. Finally, we look to the floor, an area frequently overlooked but is the ultimate component for finishing any room with style. All this and more, including thousands of today's top interior photographs, will be found in The Complete Home Decorating Idea Book.