Lifestyle
In Dreamhouse, internationally renowned interior designer Penny Baird brings together projects ranging from a Bucks County barn, to aLos Angeles Spanish country villa, to a Manhattan Penthouse, to a Parisian pied-a-terre, showing off different interior design styles and solutions that reflect unique lifestyles.
The New French Interior links France with interior design, featuring new projects with a fresh new look. These projects incorporate clean-lined interior design with French furniture and furnishings, both antiques and twentieth century decorative arts. Penny Drue Baird, the owner of Dessins, LLC., is an internationally-renowned interior designer, known not only for her top tier interior design and architectural skills, but also for her vast knowledge of all things French--from the flea markets and antique shops of Europe, to her entertaining and table-top expertise. She has been named to Architectural Digest's Top 100 (100 architects and designers world-wide) for over 20 years. She has been featured and quoted in more than 100 publications, magazines, newspapers and books both here and abroad.
This informative book details how one can use French and other European influences to create a more comfortable and refined atmosphere in the home. Penny Drue Baird, the owner of Dessins, LLC, is an internationally renowned interior designer. Baird creates atmospheres filled with architectural detail, warmth, and sophisticated charm, and has a penchant for European traditions and style. She is best known for her in-depth knowledge of decorating sources, especially in Western Europe. Ms. Baird, who has a Ph.D. in psychology, has been named to Architectural Digest's list of the Top 100 Architects and Designers world-wide. She also writes a weekly column for The Southampton Press and has been published in Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, Interior Design, House & Garden, The New York Times, Departures, Traditional Home and other leading publications.
The definitive book on carpet, a handsome, richly illustrated volume that captures great beauty with timeless value. Over the course of its 75 years, Stark Carpet has worked with the each era’s most notable designers, from Billy Baldwin and Dorothy Draper to Sister Parish and Albert Hadley to Mark Hampton and Mario Buatta to contemporary leading lights such as Diamond Baratta, Victoria Hagan, Tom Scheerer and Stephen Gambrel.
James Aman has been a prominent interior designer with a devoted base of clients for two decades. He has decorated the apartment of Emily Fisher Landau, a board member of the Whitney Museum of American Art and prominent art collector, among other impressive clientele. His designs seamlessly incorporate contemporary art into open, refreshing spaces in a comfortable design to create a home that is as visually stunning as it is inviting.
Design Diary provides a first person tour through several stunning homes, apartments and showhouse rooms created by Noel Jeffrey, a world-renowned interior decorator known for his eclectic breadth of styles - from eighteenth-century Neoclassical to English traditional mission, art deco, and modern. A beautiful and inspirational sourcebook for those in search of fabulous decorating ideas for creating elegant and livable spaces as well as for professional interior choices. Noel Jeffrey has appeared numerous times on television including CNN's Style by Elsa Klench, and his work has appeared in Architectural Digest, House & Garden, House Beautiful, and Metropolitan Home, as well as The New York Times. He is also the author of Interior Details: The Designers' Style (PBC International, 1994).
Preston Bailey has created a wedding sourcebook offering inspiration and guidance for spectacular floral arrangement and wedding designs including wedding bouquets, place cards, altar flowers, canopies, table settings, and centerpieces and more. 150 four-color photographs make Fantasy Weddings a very accessible and beautiful book. Mr. Bailey had a quarterly column in Elle Decor magazine and is a much sought-after guest speaker. A ten-city tour also included appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show, First Serial rights in Brides Magazine. Mr. Bailey also designed Donald Trump's 2005 wedding, Oprah's surprise 50th birthday party, and celebrity weddings.
A sensational selection of weddings, parties and flowers in the New York style. The acclaimed Preston Bailey shows readers how to transform the look of an entire room using flowers and other design elements as he showcases photographs from several lavish occasions he oversaw. His "total décor concept" is invaluable to anyone seeking to create an intoxicating atmosphere for an elegant function, large or small. To publicize this book Mr. Bailey appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Home Section of The New York Times, The Martha Stewart Show. This book has sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada.
Preston Bailey's Inspirations is a sourcebook of ideas for creating the perfect ambiance for any major party or event. Preston Bailey has spent twenty-three years creating the decor for the most lavish of celebrity parties, weddings, and other high-profile events. The book is packed with gorgeous full-bleed and double-spread photographs of ten such splendid parties. They range from modern to romantic and the majority of arrangements pictured feature Preston's amazing centerpieces, hanging arrangements, chair adornments, place settings, etc., and have never before been seen. Mr. Bailey has appeared on Oprah numerous times, did CBS's The Early Show, Martha Stewart Livingas well as many other popular television shows. With an appearance on the Oxygen Network in the Spring of 2006, a worldwide spokesperson for Destination Weddings for Sandals Resort, a linen line in the Fall of 2006 and promotions for 1-800-Flowers, it seems there is no end to Preston Bailey's creativity and spirit of enterprise.
Decorating Master Class instructs the reader how to begin a project, from basic elements to seeing it through to the very end--from floor covering to lighting, from upholstery to collecting antiques and fine art – collections which are hallmarks of all Cullman & Kravis projects. This indispensable volume for the working designer, also aids the independent non-professional. Ellie Cullman is a founding member of the Cullman & Kravis decorating firm, and her first book, Small Folk, considered by many to be the definitive work on folk art, was published by Dutton in 1980. Tracey Winn Pruzan works at Cullman & Kravis,writes the “Solutions” column for To The Trade.
Charlotte Ford's Guide to Modern Manners and Charlotte Ford's Book of Modern Manners, this third book covers such topics as cell phone civility, workplace propriety, email do's and dont's, step-families, dress for all occasions, perfect parties, non traditional weddings and sex and dating.
For over thirty years, Nancy Friday has written about eros, love, beauty, and seduction. She returns to the territory she pioneered and returns to explore the most taboo sexual desires.
More fascinating than pornography, gambling, most anything that you can think of right now, New York City real estate is anything but parochial. The pages of this book sell access to the lifestyles of the masters of the universe! There are a thousand stories hidden behind these elegant draperies. This peek into the private areas of some of the world's plutocrats is like viewing a home movie of how these celebrities and/ or rich residents live! Their private lives are unfurled for the reader to savor - and keep handy for quick reference! Real estate heiress Denise Lefrak brings you behind the scenes as never revealed before. (Legal negotiations only)
This hip, funny and consumer guide to the most important shopping trip of your life offers rules based on the techniques used by consumer experts to help you “close the deal” when it comes to picking a mate. Janice Lieberman has been the featured consumer reporter on the Today Show for 15 years and was previously the consumer correspondent on Good Morning America. She also anchored Steals and Deals, which appeared nightly on CNBC. Lieberman is the author of Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer's Buying Guide, published by Dell. She has been profiled on Oprah, Good Morning America, Leeza, and various ABC affiliates and local radio stations. The book is co-authored by Bonnie Teller, who holds an M.A. in English and a J.D. Together these two ask all the right questions, perform all research and test-runs to give you a clear surprise free path to Mr. Right. TV and Film Rights available. Today Show appearance, 92nd Street Y, New York Post column.
Cable sportscaster and sports talk show host Ann Ligouri has collected 30 of her most interesting interviews with celebrities, focusing on their passion for golf, as she played the course with them. The celebrities she profiles include Sylvester Stallone, Cherly Ladd, Joe Pesci, and Wendy's founder Dave Thomas who describe their approach to golf. In the process, they share their views on a wide range of topics, including discrimination, marriage, personal politics, ambition, failure and success. Ms. Ligouri has a weekly golf show on a sports cable show and is a frequent radio commentator on the game. (Paperback release 2007)
David Tutera is a celebrity wedding and party planner and designer and hosts the award-winning WETV show My Fair Wedding with David Tutera.
Tutura opens his files to reveal a wealth of detailed information about creating that perfect day, from wedding invitations to negotiating with the caterers, planning the meal and throwing an event on a budget.
Decorator Vicente Wolfe of Vicente Wolf Associates in New York City is an adventurous voyager, and has documented his visits to Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria, Madagascar, and Borneo with a view toward sociology and also toward local design traditions. Simultaneously presenting illustrated travel narrative and smartly photographed interiors, Crossing Boundaries is an innovative and engaging glimpse into design as it reflects and is reflected by its surroundings, whether physical or spiritual. He has been singled out as one of America's most influential interior designers by Architectural Digest, Interior Design, House Beautiful, andMetropolitan Home. His first book, Learning to See, was published in 2002.
A retrospective of Noel Jeffrey's work from the 1960's through the present. Noel is recognized as one of America's premier interior designers and is widely known for the breadth and versatility of his designs. He has a singular ability to create interior spaces that balance comfort, functionality and taste underscored by a spirit both striking and adventuresome.
TV correspondent (Project Runway; Good Day, New York) and fashion and lifestyle expert Sydney Sadick offers an indispensable handbook to help you find your unique style—from the inside out.
In Aim High, style savant and high/low fashion expert Sydney Sadick, delivers an important message for women everywhere: what you wear on the outside can influence who you are and how you feel, and help you live a more meaningful life.
Linda Fischbach
Extraordinary Art Experiences introduces readers to a variety of institutions, many of which began as private collections. Art lovers can find them inside converted industrial warehouses or in structures designed by star architects, or even in homes left intact for visitors to see how collectors lived with their art. World class curators fill their exhibition calendars with innovative shows in every medium from painting to sculpture to performance and photography. The art is borrowed and loaded, just like that in the larger public institutions.
