82: Modern Style Ideas to Create at Home is the new book from the team at the highly acclaimed Inside Out magazine. Inside Out provides inspiration to its readers with practical and beautiful projects and clear advice. This richly illustrated, inventive and practical book will continue that tradition. Featuring 82 modern craft projects derived from the popular 'why don't you' feature section of the magazine, this book is all about creating projects yourself, from the simple to complex, to improve your living space. These projects will allow you to build and mould items for your home in a practical, attractive and individual way. Inside Out The projects are about inspiring your own creativity, with various suggestions for storage devices, simple art for your walls and re-using general items as decorative pieces. They are fresh and modern with a style that is broadly appealing.

Author Biography: Tamara Maynes, who contributed 8 projects to this book, is a craft doyenne with experience as a stylist, designer and, of course, maker of exquisite things. She has been commissioned by Mokum Textiles, and Inside Out among others and has recently created an innovative online pop-up shop for her wares. She lives in and runs her studio Bespoke Workshop from the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Tamara Maynes is at the forefront of modern craft and is a regular contributor to Inside Out.                                            

       Think Publishing is launches a book that showcases the best Australia has to offer in residential interior design. Australias Best Interiors is part of the Best series and is an inspirational pictorial book filled with what is now in Australian interior design. The book will grab the readers attention and will walk them through a selection of Australias finest residential interiors. In these modern times, our homes are becoming our sanctuaries and Australians are spending more time and money on their personal dwelling spaces. Featuring floor plans and informative editorial, this book instructs the reader on how they can achieve a result that says wow. People within the architectural and design industry and consumers alike will love this book. Edited by Gary Takle, who has an eye for finding a design that has that certain Best appeal. Australias Best Interiors is a follow on tile from the very successful tile Australia Best Houses. This title be published in November 2011.                                  

       Treasured personal possessions are what turns a house into a home, but finding ways to display them can be a challenge. Whether you have a single treasured objet d'art or a collection of nature finds gathered on a country walk, a family of framed photographs or a set of leatherbound books, a trio of glass candlesticks or an ever-growing pile of bone china plates, here you will find new and exciting ways to present them. In Creative Display, Geraldine James shows how you can create the perfect table setting from mismatched plates and cutlery trawled from a fleamarket, how the simplest set of shelves can be arranged to create a miniature still-life and how essential storage can become something beautiful in its own right. With a natural talent for seeking out the unusual, Geraldine introduces new ways to upcycle the everyday and recycle the reclaimed - a weathered barn door becomes a striking side table, a stack of magazines reinvents itself as a lamp table and a gently rusting metal radiator cover finds a new life as a display shelf for a treasured collected of seashells. In Geraldine's hands, the everyday item becomes a work of art and even the most mundane objects can be seen in a new light. In Creative Display you will find new and unusual ways to turn all your treasures into exciting art forms.

Author Biography: Geraldine James started her career in fashion as a contemporary designer buyer, and from fashion she moved to home and gift. Geraldine soon developed a passion for collecting and finding the most unusual and beautiful things. She now works as a home buying manager at Selfridges and, as part of her role, spends time travelling extensively to find exciting new products for the store.                                            

       This beautiful illustrated volume is a showcase of favourite projects from international interior designer Thomas Hamel. Published to mark Thomas' 20th anniversary in Australia, it offers a breathtaking view of magnificent homes from a harbour-front villa and bayside Italianate residence in Melbourne, to a stylish retreat in Florida and a French farmhouse in Luberon. Chapters are accompanied by a description of the design process used in each transformation.

Author Biography: Thomas Hamel is an award-winning international interior designer and founding director of Thos Hamel Pty Ltd. Originally hailing from New York, Thomas trained in both the US and London before joining the most famous design firm in the world - Parish-Hadley Associates Inc. Thomas has worked on prestigious projects across the globe and his work has been published in Architectural Digest, Interior Design Magazine, House and Garden, Vogue Decoration, Vogue Living, Belle, House Beautiful and The New York Times. He is recognised by both the Heritage Council and the National Trust as one of Australia's leading designers.                                            

Reputed architects and top designers use natural and artificial light to transform a room and make it more beautiful, warm, functional or spacious. Light generates colour and contrast, and brings a house to life. 'Light up your Home' showcases homes that have been built or renovated with special attention to light and lighting. Using photography by Eugeen and Herman Verne, the book illustrates varying ideas and practical applications surrounding light and interior design.







Author Biography: Author Eva De Geyter worked for lifestyle magazine 'Libelle' and is now a freelance journalist.                                    

In this follow-up to the design classic "50/60/70 Iconic Australian Houses", Karen McCartney, founding editor of interiors magazine "Inside Out", has compiled a selection of significant examples of Australian houses of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, each brilliantly photographed and with a depth of coverage rarely seen before. Featured architects include Richard Leplastrier, Glenn Murcutt and Wood Marsh. A detailed introduction places the period in social, historical and architectural context, before each of the selected houses is individually reviewed in an informed and engaging style. In each example the relationship between the architect and owner is discussed, as is the linking of the building to its site, materials and architectural detailing. The author has interviewed many architects and owners for their personal insights. Each study includes a feature on the interior decoration and a discussion of designers and manufacturers of iconic furniture, fittings and fabrics. "70/80/90 Iconic Australian Houses" features stunning photography by Michael Wee, both panoramic and detailed, throughout. The homes from these three decades form a significant part of Australian architectural history. Key points a much anticipated companion piece to the very successful "50/60/70 Iconic Australian Houses", now a classic in this category and still selling well 4 years after publication. It features 15 houses designed by acclaimed architects including Richard Leplastrier, Glenn Murcutt and Wood Marsh. It offers invaluable advice for anyone wanting to capture the style of the period in their own homes.

Author Biography: Karen McCartney has a wealth of experience in the areas of art, design and style, spanning 20 years and several continents. After gaining an honours degree in the History of Art and English from University College, London, Karen's first job was on British magazine Art Monthly. She has written for, among other titles, British Elle Decoration and The Financial Times. In Australia, Karen edited Marie Claire Lifestyle before becoming founding editor of interiors magazine Inside Out. She is now Group Editorial Director at News Magazines and this is her second book on the subject of Australian residential architecture.                                            

Sibella Court sees the world differently. In her latest book, the stylist and bestselling author of Etcetera shows us how to bring our travels home with us in the most unexpected of ways. The globetrotter and treasure hunter travelled to Syria, Mexico, Italy, India and Japan to be inspired by everything from door knobs and street signs to roadside shrines and household brooms - things that most of us wouldn't even notice. In Nomad, the ideas, photographs and mementos Sibella collected are used to inspire room settings, illustrating simple, practical and surprising ways to be reminded of your travel experiences. Sibella's approach is not about recreating a whole look but about adding and subtracting, rearranging and recycling, transforming and rethinking to make interior spaces that reflect your personality, experiences and lifestyle. Nomad will help open your eyes to what's around you and fuel your imagination long after the suitcase is unpacked.

Author Biography: After living and working as an interior stylist in NYC for 10 years, Sibella Court was drawn back home to summer days by the beach in Sydney, where she opened her haberdashery meets hardware store, The Society Inc., a home for all the flea market finds and artisan pieces she's collected and uncovered over years of globetrotting. Sibella, who has appeared on Keith Johnson's show, 'Man Shops Globe', on the Sundance Channel, designs commercial interiors for the Merivale Group and contributes to Inside Out, Vogue Living and Harper's Bazaar. She has also created a 120-palette paint range for Murobond and a hardware range exclusively for Anthropologie and The Society Inc. Sibella is constantly on the lookout for beautiful and curious things. She has published two best-selling books, Etcetera and The Sylist's Guide to NYC.     

Released November 2011                                       

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A highly detailed look at the English country house interior, offering unprecedented access to England's finest rooms. In this splendid book, renowned historian Jeremy Musson explores the interiors and decoration of the great country houses of England, offering a brilliantly detailed presentation of the epitome of style in each period of the country house, including the great Jacobean manor house, the Georgian mansion, and the Gothic Revival castle. For the first time, houses known worldwide for their exquisite architecture and decoration--including Wilton, Chatsworth, and Castle Howard--are seen in unprecedented detail. With intimate views of fabric, gilding, carving, and furnishings, the book will be a source of inspiration to interior designers, architects, and home owners, and a must-have for anglophiles and historic house enthusiasts.<br>The fifteen houses included represent the key periods in the history of English country house decoration and cover the major interior fashions and styles. Stunning new color photographs by Paul Barker-who was given unparalleled access to the houses-offer readers new insights into the enduring English country house style. Supplementing these are unique black-and-white images from the archive of the esteemed "Country Life "magazine. <br>Among the aspects of these that the book covers are: paneling, textile hangings (silks to cut velvet), mural painting, plasterwork, stone carving, gilding, curtains, pelmets, heraldic decoration, classical imagery, early upholstered furniture, furniture designed by Thomas Chippendale, carved chimney-pieces, lass, use of sculpture, tapestry, carpets, picture hanging, collecting of art and antiques, impact of Grand Tour taste, silver, use of marble, different woods, the importance of mirror glass, boulle work, English Baroque style, Palladian style, neo-Classical style, rooms designed by Robert Adam, Regency, Gothic Revival taste, Baronial style, French 18th century style, and room types such as staircases, libraries, dining rooms, parlors, bedrooms, picture galleries, entrance halls and sculpture galleries.


Released November 2011

In this, their third book, Mark and Sally Bailey of destination homeware store Baileys Home & Garden turn to the homes of artists, craftspeople and designers and those who collect their work. Living with paintings, sculptures, ceramics and textiles - almost anything crafted by hand - will give your home a distinct personality that is welcome in this age of mass production. Handmade Home shows how living with handcrafted pieces is a joyful experience that awakens the senses and brings simple pleasures to every day. The book begins by looking at The Elements. Color celebrates the natural hues of handcrafted pieces, while Texture explores how objects made by hand possess a unique quality that gives them a feeling of comfort and familiarity. Space shows how to make the most of the space and light available, and Display discusses how to showcase handcrafted treasures. The Rooms demonstrates how handmade pieces bring variety and beauty to every corner of the home.

A new home decor bible by one of the Web's most popular and beloved design bloggers. Grace Bonney created her daily Web site Design*Sponge as an antidote to the fussy (and expensive) shelter magazines of her mother's generation. The New York Times has dubbed the site, with its 60,000 daily readers, "Martha Stewart Living for millennials." DESIGN*SPONGE at Home is Bonney's definitive guide to home decor for her fellow design sponges, those house-proud young homeowners and renters who adore soaking up design ideas and using them as inspiration to decorate and personalise their own homes. This design compendium contains peeks of 75 real-life interiors, where the decor was culled from flea markets and the owners' imaginations, as well as more than 100 projects (with detailed instructions) from a table made out of abandoned chair legs to a butterfly dome. Packed with hundreds colour photographs and illustrations, this beautiful book includes a decorating basics section with tutorials on everything from stripping and painting furniture to hanging wallpaper and doing your own upholstery. Along the way, Bonney (whose enthusiasm and joy in her subject is infectious) teaches the reader the principles of decorating and collecting, empowering them to create beautiful homes of their own