Space Works : A Source Book of Design and Decorating Ideas to Create Your Perfect Home

A comprehensive guide to designing, decorating, and furnishing your home.

A comprehensive guide to designing, decorating, and furnishing your home.

Every room in the house presents its own specific challenges as well as presenting a plethora of choices when it comes to choosing important (and expensive) elements such as flooring and lighting. Whether it's a stylish but practical kitchen floor or plenty of hardworking bedroom storage, in Space Works hard-working expert advice is on hand from Caroline Clifton-Mogg, Joanna Simmons, and Rebecca Tanqueray. Every room is discussed in detail and the topics covered range from galley kitchens and bedroom lighting to choosing sanitary ware for bathrooms and creating children's work spaces for homework and crafting. Each chapter approaches planning and designing a hardworking and successful space, tackles the practicalities of the subject, and provides a wealth of inspiration when it comes to making those tricky decorative decisions.

Caroline Clifton-Mogg is the author of many best-selling books, many of them published by Ryland Peters & Small. She lives in London. Joanna Simmons wrote the text for Bazaar Style, Homespun Style, and Pretty Pastel Style. She lives in Hove. Rebecca Tanqueray is the author of Small Spaces and lives in London. Rebecca Winward, who wrote the captions for this book, is an interiors journalist and the author of Everything in its Place. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including House & Garden, Elle Decoration, and Evening Standard Homes & Property. She lives in Colchester, Essex.