The Essential House Book: Getting Back to Basics (Qty & Cn$ Are Pbk)

by Terence Conran

Book Overview

Marrying practical living with attractive home design ideas, Sir Terence Conran offers a big, beautiful compendium of expert solutions for today's house or apartment dweller. His vision is an all-new, commonsense approach to making the place you call home a place where you can feel both comfortable and in style. Includes complete instructions and practical information.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517882310
• ISBN13: 9780517882313
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.9" x 13.7"

Customer Reviews

THE ESSENTIAL HOUSE BOOK lives up to its name

The Essential House Book: Getting Back to Basics is a must have for anyone that ever wanted to live in a home and make it all your own. Once again, the reigning champion of good design and master of style, Sir Terence Conran delivers the crème de la crème of home décor books. Page per page, this book is the most prized in my home design/decorating collection (believe me, I've got a few hundred). Conran offers so many helpful tips and tidbits of information, it's hard not to pull this one off the shelf and reread chapters over again. Chock full of practical solutions and helpful content, amazing photographs (the kind that make you dream for hours) and easy to follow guidance for better living, The Essential House Book lives up to its name. The book is vast with knowledge offering information for all things from flooring to lighting to painting and much more.The pure simple design and thoughtful information has made this book a staple in this genre of books. With so many books out there to choose from, time and again this will surface as the best available regardless of price.

The Book I turn to for ideas again & and again.

This book is a must for those that wish to create a living space with style. ideas abound as well as practical advice and information.

You'll be driving to Home Depot with Book in Hand

You'll never be satisfied with having just one house after looking at this book. It's not just for designers, it's for anyone that enjoys functional beauty.

Inspiring!

This book is a MUST HAVE for anyone remotely interested in design. Sir Terrance Conran's extensive collection of photographs offer the reader a wealth of inspiration. The examples of placement and design are timelessly beautiful and very effective. You will be amazed at the number of times you can pick this book up and find something new to read about!

One of the best books avaliable for design.

This book is awe-inspiring and is an incredible addition to anyones collection. If you love design as much as me, then you should really look at this book. Terence Conran is the master. Just to look through this book will give you so many ideas, you won't know what to do with them all.