Bernard Maybeck

Gracefully written and brilliantly illustrated, this handsome new volume captures the vision, the wit, and the down-to-earth inventiveness of one of the most influential and beloved architects of the early twentieth century. Raised in Greenwich Village and trained in Paris, Maybeck spent most of his long career in northern California. An irrepressible bohemian with no desire to run a large office, he spent much of his time designing houses for friends and family, as well as for other patrons so loyal that they often hired him to design more than one house. Maybeck also created two of the most beautiful buildings in all of California: the exhilarating Church of Christ, Scientist, in Berkeley, and the gloriously romantic Palace of Fine Arts, in San Francisco. This incisive overview - the first to feature color reproductions of Maybeck`s exquisite interiors and exteriors - analyzes every aspect of his life and work. Not only is his architecture thoroughly discussed and illustrated but also his furniture, his lighting designs, and his innovations in fire-resistant construction. The book is also enlivened by documentary photographs, by clearly drawn plans, and by several of Maybeck`s dazzling, previously unpublished visionary drawings. Bernard Maybeck is a major study of an internationally significant architect whose environmentally responsive work has much to offer today`s designers and whose houses have given enormous pleasure to those fortunate enough to visit or dwell in them.

Home Quick Planner

You can plan your new home, addition or remodeling project using pre-cut, re-usable, colorable symbols that stick to your sketch or blueprint or the 5,600 sq. ft. floor plan grid included. Furniture and architectural symbols are included for ever room in the house and are designed to a 1/4 scale. An easy and fun way to organize your plans and make changes. Includes professional design notes and checklist.
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Furniture You Can Build

Designed to encourage the development of woodworking skills, a collection of appealing projects for novice woodworkers offers detailed, step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and full-color photographs for eight great pieces of furniture. Original.
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Monet - Twilight Framed Canvas Art

Recently featured in the movie The Thomas Crown Affair, San Giorgio Maggiore (Twilight) further challenges Monet in his passion for capturing color and the ephemeral nature of light. For Monet, Venice was a world of mystery and architectural wonders bathed in stunning colors of warmth and serenity. The strokes are bold applications of bright color capturing the essence of Twilight.
Our canvas fine art replicas surpass most reproductions available in the market today. Each canvas is recreated in amazing detail so that even the subtlest brushstroke becomes vibrant. Artist-grade canvas is hand-stretched over wooden stretcher bars by skilled artisans and hand-coated with protectants to insure archival properties.
Approximately 4 inches wide, the clean lines of the Merlot frame direct the eye to the focal point of the art.
The stunning color of the frame, similar to a rich merlot wine, works with any home decor. Merlot adds a richness designed to work with any furniture... Monet - Twilight Framed Canvas Art
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The Book of Shaker Furniture

Of the more than one hundred experiments in communitarian living that proliferated in America during the nineteenth century, the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, whose adherents are best known as'Shakers,' is certainly one of the most interesting, successful, and enduring. This book is a collection of furniture made by members of this remarkable American religious sect.
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Oliver Heath's Home Book

A leading interior decorator shares his expertise and advice on how to plan a room to suit any budget, need, or style, with helpful guidelines on costs, hiring contractors, eco-friendly design, furniture, accessories and creative touches, and the effects of lighting, flooring, and wall finishes.
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The Book of Shaker Furniture

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Popular Music In America

This refreshingly current, best-selling text provides a highly readable, chronological examination of the roots and history of American popular music, from 1840 to the present. The focus is on the development of style-oriented listening skills; the heritage and diversity of popular music; the underlying kinship among its many styles; and the evolution of popular music from minstrel show music to rap and alternative.
This refreshingly current, best-selling text provides a highly readable, chronological examination of American popular music`s roots and history, from 1840 to the present. The focus is on basic music fundamentals as well as the elements of each style; the heritage and diversity of popular music; the underlying kinship among its many styles; and different styles` movement from outsider to mainstream status.
The text`s opening chapter introduces students to the elements of popular music through two familiar musical examples.
The text is available with... Popular Music In America
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