La Formentera
The Woodland Refuge of Juan Montoya
Photographed by Eric Piasecki
Introduction by Karen Lehrman Bloch
Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $65.00
In the 1970s, renowned interior designer Juan Montoya lived on La Formentera, a Balearic Island off the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Later, near Garrison, New York, Montoya acquired land and built his place of solace, his own La Formentera. He fulfilled his dream of a property that could evoke the same...
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Sketching and Rendering of Interior Spaces
Written by Ivo Drpic
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: July 1, 1988
Price: $29.95
Sketching and Rendering Interior Spaces is a complete illustrated course in sketching interior spaces. Ivo Drpic demonstrates how, using simple equipment and easy-to-master techniques, anyone can progress from free-flowing doodles to completely professional, presentation-quality renderings—saving time and the high cost of using professional renderers.
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How to Decorate
The Best of Martha Stewart Living
Written by Martha Stewart Living Magazine
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: August 20, 1996
Price: $20.00
The editors of Martha Stewart Living, one of America's most successful home living magazines, have gathered in one convenient place the stories and projects that have defined their approach to decorating the home. The book is organized in a fresh and sensible way, looking at how the rooms are actually used...
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Edith Wharton at Home
Life at the Mount
Written by Richard Guy Wilson
Photographed by John Arthur
Introduction by Pauline C. Metcalf
Format: Hardcover, 188 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $45.00
The Mount, Edith Wharton’s country place in the Berkshires, is truly an autobiographical house. There Wharton wrote some of her best-known and successful novels, including
Ethan Frome and
House of Mirth. The house itself, completed in 1902, embodies principles set forth in Wharton's famous book
The Decoration of Houses, and the...
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A Master Course in Feng-Shui
Written by Eva Wong
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: July 17, 2001
Price: $34.95
This fully illustrated, comprehensive workbook is designed primarily for homeowners, renters, architects, and business owners who want to put feng-shui to practical personal use—to choose a home, build a house, select an office, or find a retail space. Real estate agents, interior designers, and architects will also find it useful as...
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Carrot City
Creating Places for Urban Agriculture
Written by Mark Gorgolewski, June Komisar and Joe Nasr
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $50.00
Carrot City is a collection of ideas, both conceptual and realized, that use design to enable sustainable food production, helping to reintroduce urban agriculture to our cities. Focusing on the need and desire to grow food within the city to supply food from local sources, the contributions of architecture, landscape design...
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Gardens of the Hudson Valley
Written by Susan Daley and Steve Gross
Text by Nancy Berner and Susan Lowry
Foreword by Gregory Long
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $50.00
The majesty of the Hudson River has captivated both artists and visitors for generations, and the gardens along its banks have a special character. Those created for the Gilded Age estates are more formal; private gardens respond directly to the rolling landscape and mature forests. The area is a crucible for...
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The Pentagon
A History
Written by Steve Vogel
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 27, 2008
Price: $13.99
The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built an institution that ranks with the White...
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