Steven Gaines trains his sharp eye on rich people behaving badly. The arena is Manhattan luxury property and the outlandish displays of ego, outrageous behaviour, blood feuds, status hunger and conspicuous consumption that dominate that world. THE SKY'S THE LIMIT reveals the apartment-swapping adventures of many celebrities - from Jerry ...
In this book are all the Milins' gilt-edged tips on how to find good properties, when to buy, what to pay, bookkeeping, maintenance and renovation, and managing people. Updated and revised for this first paperback edition. Illustrated with charts and diagrams.
New ideas on how to design, build, and decorate a home are always of essential value to architects, designers, and homeowners alike. This book offers an extensive collection of apartments from all over the world, devised by distinguished international architects and designers who have worked to achieve practical, innovative, and stunning solutions ...
Simplicity, modesty, and skillful design are the principles that have guided James Gauer both in his architecture practice and in the selection of the seventeen outstanding projects featured in this unique compilation of small homes by architects from around the country. A range of housing types and settings -- from a diminutive New York City ...
A noted designer surveys twenty-five beautiful high-rise apartments from Europe, Asia, Canada, Australia, and the United States, exploring the history of high-rise living and the architects who envisioned it as a solution to the population problem. 10,000 first printing.
In an age of "McMansions," this international survey of the latest in small-scale apartment and loft design proves that small is beautiful-and responsible. The 51 projects included here maximize every inch in order to make the most of a small space, and many are in environmentally sound "green" buildings. The apartments and lofts profiled here ...
Liv leaves her husband and goes to work for the first time in her life--as a real-estate saleswoman. She also finds a lover who turns out to be not only crazy but still in love with his old girlfriend. Worst of all, her ex-husband puts their old apartment on their market for big bucks--and she has to show it.
Part style guide, part idea sourcebook, "Living Large in Small Spaces" is designed to meet the needs of real people with real budgets. Using lively, informative text, design guru Marisa Bartolucci takes readers inside 33 small homes from cities across the U.S. to reveal how a strong sense of styleQrather than design know-how or unlimited ...
"Buying a Piece of Paris" is a charming and witty love song to the most beautiful city in the world. The object of Nielsen's desire seems so simple: the sort of apartment she's seen in magazines and movies. Little does she realize that the French real estate scene is not quite the dreamscape she'd imagined.
The perfect guide for creating a beautiful apartment on a limited budget, this guide gives readers a step-by-step helping hand to transforming an ordinary apartment into a great living space. Includes a list of the best places to shop. Illustrations.
A part of the "DesignSource" series, this book presents a selection of apartments that aims to serve as a source of inspiration to both the average homeowner and architect in search of ideas on how to design or improve their own apartment space. The manipulation of light, surface area, and ceiling height, combined with an adequate choice of ...
Use your home to finance your retirement. Forgot to save for retirement, but bought a house. Saved a lot and also bought a house. Whatever your situation, "Retire on the House" can show you how to best use your home equity for a long and prosperous retirement.Focusing on both retirement and real estate, "Retire on the House" is designed for ...
"Apartment Therapy" proves that creating a stylish home doesn't take a lot of money or space. In this groundbreaking book, the celebrated Web site "Apartment Therapy" profiles 40 homes decorated by real people - no high-end designers, no stuffy interior decorators. Each home profile features photographs, floor plans, resource lists, and detailed ...
This is an invaluable sourcebook for those who are short on space, but big on style and sophistication. It is filled with a variety of solutions and styles - with tips and inspiration from beautiful apartments around the world - including New York, Paris, London, and Milan. Now, in a newly revised and updated paperback edition, here is a ...
For millions of people home is not a vast loft but a modestly proportioned apartment. This invaluable book responds to the challenges that apartments offer to create an elegant but highly practical home -- using everything from clever storage solutions to carefully chosen colors and neat window treatments. Architectural and design writer Alan ...
The most complete, specific how-to book on redesigning and renovating from the authors of the successful How to Design & Build Your Own House. Using the same style, format, and clear step-by-step instructions and drawings, the authors explain how to rethink space, make design and technical decisions, and prepare for, work through, and complete the ...
How do you maximize living space in increasingly small and expensive apartments that are being built in cities around the country? This stunningly illustrated book reveals how renowned architects -- including Stephen Alton, SA Architects, David Hotson Architects, and Gary Schoemaker Architects -- have solved that problem in their designs for small ...
Tips for turning a first apartment into a home that reflects a personal style. Starts with a nuts-and-bolts room-by-room tour and proceeds through sections on displaying collectibles, creating a mosaic countertop, making the most of awkward spaces, and much more.
This celebration of life in the one-space home is packed with advice, ideas and inspiration, as well as five specially selected case studies which focus on different open plan homes, providing imaginative ideas for successful one space living.'
A syndicated home-improvement columnist presents his popular do-it-yourself projects in a unique season-by-season format with the emphasis on preventive maintenance. Each project is comprehensively described and clearly illustrated. Two-color throughout.
"View From The Top" goes inside the private spaces of some of the world's most magnificent penthouses and apartments and offers a rare insight into not only the designs and lifestyles experienced in these palatial 'mansions in the sky' but also a look at their amazing vistas. From edgy, sharply dressed apartments with front-row views of famous ...
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