House Beautiful Kitchens

A showcase of diverse kitchen styles - from Farm Nouveau to quintessential Scandinavian to a bright Rhapsody in Blue - covers lighting, appliances, colors and so much more.

Sleek contemporary kitchens, country kitchens old and new, kitchens tailor made to your every need: it's the center of your home, so make sure the kitchen's warm, welcoming, and practical too. It's simple, with these affordable, achievable decorating styles--plus actual floorplans. From small city kitchens to expansive spaces, every one illustrates the elements of good design, and will help you make basic decisions about layout, storage, appliances, and lighting, as well as decorative surfaces and finishes.

From the rising-star designer and author of the hit blog, Elements of Style, a full-color, fully illustrated book packed with honest advice, inspiration, ideas, and lessons learned about designing a home that reflects your personality and style. Elements of Style is a uniquely personal and practical decorating guide that shows how designing a home can be an outlet of personal expression and an exercise in self-discovery. Drawing on her ten years of experience in the interior design industry, Erin combines honest design advice and gorgeous professional photographs and illustrations with personal essays about the lessons she has learned while designing her own home and her own life—the first being: none of our homes or lives is perfect. Like a funny best friend, she reveals the disasters she confronted in her own kitchen renovation, her struggles with anorexia, her epic fight with her husband over a Lucite table, and her secrets for starting a successful blog. Organized by rooms in the house, Elements of Style invites readers into Erin’s own home as well as homes she has designed for clients. Fresh, modern, and colorful, it is brimming glamour and style as well as advice on practical matters from choosing kitchen counter materials to dressing a bed with pillows, picking a sofa, and decorating a nursery without cartoon characters. You’ll also find a charming foreword by Erin’s husband, Andrew, and an extensive Resource and Shopping Guide that provides an indispensable a roadmap for anyone embarking on their first serious home decorating adventure. With Erin’s help, you can finally make your house your home.

An exquisitely illustrated kitchen planner with detailed case studies; Shows how to make your dream kitchen become a reality; Presents an array of cabinets, surfaces, appliances, fixtures & fittings; Before-and-after pictures, together with floor plans and expert commentary That's the kitchen I want! That's what home decorators will think as they pore through House Beautiful's breathtaking photos of the most fabulous kitchens ever designed. Best of all - with these detailed case studies, your dream kitchen can actually become reality. Not so much a how-to as a why not? this exquisitely illustrated planner from the experts at House Beautiful will inspire, motivate and move you to action. It incorporates all the best full-colour, wish book photos of dream kitchens with extremely achievable ideas and examples of what almost everyone can obtain. From country to urban sleek, these designs address the biggest challenge in kitchen planning: identifying the look you want. Case studies-complete with before-and-after pictures and floor plans-outline real-world problems and solutions for overcoming them. cabinets, surfaces, appliances, fixtures and fittings, and lighting-all the products that go into creating a top-notch kitchen. And, because dreams should come true, there's advice on making it happen and working with professionals. If you can't find your ultimate kitchen in this book, it probably doesn't exist.

Inspiring renovations and decorating schemes from real kitchens across America These real-life luxury kitchens give you inspiring ideas to transform your own kitchen into a room that is both functional and stylish. Richly illustrated with gorgeous full-color photos, Beautiful Kitchens showcases high-end kitchens from around the country. You'll get a tour of more than 30 different kitchens with photos taken from several angles within each room. The book is organized by style so you can "shop" photos for complete looks and get advice on how to pull elements together in your own kitchen. Beautiful Kitchens gives you High-end decorating schemes and renovations from real kitchens Hundreds of beautiful full-color photos that highlight each kitchen's features and elements Ideas for transforming your own kitchen into a high-end space This book gives you inside access to the most beautiful kitchens in the country. Whether you're looking to add value to your home or simply want a more attractive and functional space, Beautiful Kitchens will inspire you to restore your kitchen to its rightful place as the heart of your home.

From the country’s most popular interior design magazine comes a stylish, in-depth look at what it takes to make any room beautiful. House Beautiful Style Essentials: What Every Room Needs is an inspiring and hardworking handbook that shows readers how to create the rooms of their dreams by revealing what “every room needs.” Chapters like “Every Room Needs a Hiding Place” provide clever ideas for storage and organization, while sections like “Every Room Needs Something Shiny” give examples of how reflective surfaces can enhance and enlarge any space. Simple yet elegant advice from some of the biggest names in the interiors world is paired throughout with stunning photography of the best and most beautiful rooms featured in the magazine. From a room’s overall look and color down to its smallest details, House Beautiful Style Secrets provides tips, tricks, and secrets on how to cultivate a comfortable home and uncover the potential of every living space.

Addresses design trends for cabinets, countertops, color palettes, sinks, appliances, flooring, and all kinds of finish details, as well as accessibility and high-tech options for the kitchen