DIY Way to Make Your Dreams Come True
A leisure reading list
The Central
Library has many books on interior decoration purchased for the School of Design
and Environment. You could use them to get ideas to enhance your quality of life
and develop your own sense of style the DIY (do-it-yourself) way for your home.
Learn how to create a new outlook for bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchens and lofts.
Bathrooms
Bathing spaces : designs for pampering body and soul / Ali Hanan.
Gloucester, MA : Rockport Publishers, 2000.
NK2117 Bat.Ha
Beautiful bathrooms / Tina Skinner.
Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing, 2002.
NK2117 Bat.Sk
Bedrooms
Bedrooms : design is in the details / Brad Mee.
New York : Sterling Pub., 2003.
NK2117 Bed.M 2003
Bedrooms : creating the
stylish, comfortable room of your dreams / Chris Casson Madden.
New York : Clarkson Potter, 2001.
NK2117 Bed.Ma
Kitchens
The book of kitchens / Anthony Rowley ; translated [from the French] by Deke Dusinberre.
Paris : Flammarion, 2000.
NA8330 Row
Modern kitchen workbook : a design guide for planning a modern kitchen / Wanda Jankowski.
Gloucester, MA : Rockport Publishers, 2001.
NK2117 Kit.Ja
Lofts
Loft design : solutions for creating a livable space / [Katherine Stone].
Gloucester, Mass. : Rockport Publishers, 2003.
NK2117 Lof.S 2003
Lofts : new designs for urban living / Felicia Eisenberg Molner.
Gloucester, MA : Rockport, 1999.
NA7882 Mol
Space
Family spaces : creative solutions for family-friendly interiors / Tirzah Ortiz-Wanlass and P. Jonathan Ortiz ; photographs by Lars Jagatai Bunch.
Salt Lake City : Gibbs Smith, 2003.
NK2004 Wan 2003
Making the most of small spaces / by Stephen Crafti.
Mulgrave, Vic. : Images Publishing, 2002.
NK2117 Sma.Cr 2002
Small apartments / [editor, Paco Asensio]
New York : Harper Design International, 2003.
NA7860
Sma 2003
Small spaces for modern living : making the most of your indoor space / Caroline Atkins.
London : Hamlyn, 2003.
NK2117 Sma.At 2003
Decorating
The art of mosaic : contemporary ideas for decorating walls, floors, and accessories in the home and garden / Caroline Suter and Celia Gregory.
London : Aquamarine, 2001.
NA3750 Sut
Bright ideas : professional lighting solutions for your home / by Sharon McFarlane.
Mies, Switzerland : RotoVision, 2003.
TK4255 Mcf 2003
Color harmony for interior design : a guidebook for creating great color combinations for your home / Martha Gill.
Gloucester, Mass.: Rockport Publishers, 2001.
NK2115.5 Col.Gi
Designing with light : the creative touch / Carol Soucek King.
Glen Cove, NY : PBC International, 1997.
NK2115.5 Lig.Ki
Fabric harmony : a decorating guide to creative fabric and color combinations for the home / Tara McLellan.
Gloucester, MA : Rockport Publishers, 2002.
NK2115.5 Fab.Mc
Found style : vintage ideas for modern living / David and Amy Butler ; photography by Colin McGuire.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2003.
NK2115.5 Fou.B 2003
Hardware style : 100 creative decorating ideas using materials from every aisle of the home center store / Marthe Le Van.
New York : Lark Books, 2003.
TT157 Lev 2003
Instant decorating : innovative interiors with impact-100 sensational effects that you can achieve in a weekend / Stewart and Sally Walton.
London : Lorenz Books, 1997.
NK2115 Wal
Light : creative lighting solutions inside & out / Fay Sweet.
Newton Abbot, Devon : David & Charles, 2001.
NK2115.5 Lig.Sw
Living with pictures / Alan Powers.
London : Mitchell Beazley, 2000.
NK2115.5 Pic.Po
Pattern & mosaic in the garden / Clare Matthews.
London : Hamlyn, 2003.
NA3750 Mat 2003
Style
Hong Kong : Gloucester Publicatioons, 1999.
NK2115
St
Complete book of window
treatments & curtains : traditional & innovative ways to dress up your windows
/ Carol Parks.
New York : Sterling Pub., 1994.
TT390 Par
Glen Cove, N.Y. : PBC International, 1999.
NK2113 Kin
Divinely decadent /
Stephen Calloway and Susan Owens ; photography by Deidi von Schaewen.
London : Mitchell Beazley, 2001.
NK1710 Cal
Eco deco : chic, ecological design using recycled materials / Stewart and Sally Walton.
New York : Aquamarine, 2000.
NK2115.5 Fou.Wa 2000
Extruded Ceramics : techniques, projects, inspirations.
London : A&C Black, 2000.
TT920
Pan
Interior design of the 20th century / Anne Massey.
London : Thames & Hudson, 2001.
NK1980 Mas
MNM : minimalist interiors / [author, Paco Asensio ; editor, Quim Rosell ; text, Richard L. Rees].
Barcelona, Spain : LOFT publications, 1999.
NK2130 Ase
MXM maximalist interiors / edited by Encarna Castillo.
New York : Harper Design, 2003.
NK2113 Cas 2003
Painting, staining, and finishing / Tom Phibin.
New York : McGraw-Hill, 1997.
TT320 Phi
The perfectly painted house : a foolproof guide for choosing exterior paint colors / Bonnie Rosser Krims.
Gloucester, MA : Rockport, 2001.
TT320 Kri 2001
The soft furnishing workbook / Katrin Cargill ; photography by James Merrell.
London : Ryland Peters & Small, 1999.
TT387 Car
Tricia Guild's new soft furnishings / text by Tricia Guild and Elizabeth Wilhide ; special photography by David Montgomery.
London : Conran Octopus, 1995.
TT715 Gui
Compiled by Tan Shaw Tyi
15 April 2004