This is an enthusiastic, inspirational, and humorous celebration of the knitting lifestyle through narrative, instruction, and 30 patterns, to guide knitters of all ages to tap into their own creative genius, all from the Car Talk of the knitting world, the authors of the wildly popular knitting blog, masondixonknitting.com. Through their common ...
With exciting artwork and compelling reading, "How to Get into the Bible" features a richly visual, graphically contemporary, and a reverent but robust approach to understanding the Bible for today's media driven culture. It's an upbeat, captivating introduction to the greatest story ever told. Get the big picture with this illustrated, action ...
This book captures the beauty and history of 20 American houses that have survived the ravages of time. The dilapidated elegance imparted by old wallcoverings and faded or peeling paint, antique furniture in varying stages of repair and a respect for "how things were" is revealed in photographs. The visual impact of these houses is enhanced by ...
Francine Prose provides an introduction to this collection of imaginative Catskills dwellings, which include rustic cabins, modernist architectural statements, and Victorian classics. There is a generous selection of color photographs and fascinating information about not only the houses and what they contain, but the people who live there.
A stunning look at 20 remarkable homes, from spacious houses to studio apartments, that demonstrates how to create the rich look of the past--without the benefit of a family fortune or priceless heirlooms. 200 color photos.
Creole houses, found from New Orleans and the bayou country to northern Louisiana, are one of the nation's unique architectural traditions. A blend of French and Spanish colonial styles with other influences, these houses are not only lovely; they were astutely designed to withstand their sultry, subtropical environment. (Significantly, no major ...
These elegant and evocative photographs portray the oldest continuously farmed county in New York as it was and as it is today.Abandoned countryside and discarded buildings stand as silent memorials to the once-prosperous farming community of Schoharie County, New York. With a unique eye for the aesthetics of age, acclaimed photographers Steve ...
This book includes chapters on do-it-yoursel f projects for finishing touches, including tassles, ageing fabrics and metals, valances and draperies, picture matting and more. Style setter Rebecca Purcell shows how anyone can create expressive rooms. '
Although today Florida is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, many of the architectural landmarks that reflect its colorful and diverse history remain unknown. An adventuresome group of pioneers were drawn to the uncharted and exotic landscape of late nineteenth-century Florida, creating buildings of extraordinary ...
Recent U.S. Census Bureau information shows that the southwest holds incredible gravitational pull for a great number of Americans, more and more of whom are moving to live among the deserts, plateaus, distinctive mountains, and glorious red and orange sunsets that only the west can provide. Americans have been hungering for the wide-open skies ...
Breathtaking full-color photographs take readers on a nostalgic journey through one of the great intellectual and artistic centers of American culture. Features vignettes of the area's colorful past, its history and architecture as well as the extraordinary characters who walked the streets.
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