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Tropical Houses: Living in Nature in Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Java, Bali, and the Coasts of Mexico and Belize |
Before opening Tropical Houses, hide your passport. As soon as you get a glimpse of these incredible houses nestled among lush tropical landscapes, youll want to head straight to the airport. Author Tim Street-Porter spent more than 10 years traveling through Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Bali, Java, Mexico, and Belize, meeting the owners of these Shangri-las and taking interior and exterior photos. Tropical Houses offers intelligent, dreamy commentary and over 272 breathtaking full-color photos. Visit the House of Iseh in Bali and sit in the verdant shadow of the sacred volcano Gunung Agung. Said writer Anna Mathews of the view from the terrace: "Once you have lived in this place you can never be the same again. You are driven mad by beauty." In Jamaica, imagine youre a guest at Go.. |
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Beautiful and Exotic (
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The cover is just a teaser to the exciting tropical houses Tim Street-Porter captures in this wondeful book. A real treat to exclusive tropical living around the world. Also an excellent reference to decorate in the tropical look. Street-Porter does it again as he did in Casa Mexicana. A book to enj..
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Home by Design: Transforming Your House Into Home |
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Inspiring and useful (
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This book is really 4 1/2 stars. I have found this to be the perfect way for me to start to think about space and light as my husband and I begin planning a renovation to the house we just purchased. Since we havent lived there, we have the advantage of not being "stuck" in thinking about changes to..
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Dwellings: Living with Great Style |
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Offbeat. Know what you are buying... (
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This is NOT a "decorating book" for for someone about to redo a room in their home, and looking for ideas. The book has a curious layout I found interesting: small size, no dustjacket, heavy on text; that should tip off potential readers that this one is a little different. It is more like a design ..
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Great Escapes: New Designs for Home Theaters by Theo Kalomirakis |
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A unique source of enduring ideas (
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Lavishly illustrated with one hundred gorgeous color photographs by Phillip Ennis, Great Escapes: New Designs For Home Theaters By Theo Kalomirakis by Steven Castle presents extravagant designs for "media rooms" in private homes. These are specialized entertainment oriented rooms set aside to take f..
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Rooms : Creating Luxurious, Livable Spaces |
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My Favorite Design Book -- Not for the Pottery Barn Crowd (
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During the past few months, Ive checked out twenty recently published decorating books from the public library, and Rooms by Mariette Gomez is my favorite. First, the style is updated traditional, and some of the rooms are among the most beautiful Ive seen. Second the author reveals her design princ..
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