Stairscaping : A Guide to Buying, Remodeling, and Decorating Interior and Exterior Staircases

stairscaping : a guide to buying, remodeling, and decorating interior and exterior staircases

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Stairscaping : A Guide to Buying, Remodeling, and Decorating Interior and Exterior Staircases

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Book Description
Staircases are an unavoidable design choice for any multilevel home. Because a staircase can set the entire tone for you house, it is imperative to find the style that suits you to a tee. Stairscaping, at once an idea book and a how-to-guide, brings you up close and personal with this indispensable piece of architecture, and shows you how to enhance your existing staircase to fit your style.

This primer covers the worldwide evolution of residential staircases, including both classical and contemporary interior and exterior staircases, thorough well-researched, accessible text and detailed, designer photography. A full resource section provides information for staircase restoration, resource tools, and other helpful industry contacts.

About the Author
Andrew Karre is a writer and an editor specializing in home improvement. He is the author of a book on lighting design and has contributed to and edited books on topics ranging from plumbing to remodeling to woodworking. He lives and writes in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Stairscaping: A Guide to Buying, Remodeling, and Decorating Interior and Exterior Staircases (Quarry Book S.),Andrew Karre,Quarry Books,1592532047,Decorating - General,Design & Construction,Do-It-Yourself,Home Improvement / Construction,House & Home,Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings,Staircases,DIY,Home furnishing & decoration,House & Home / Decorating,Interior design

Book Contents:

  1. Stores & Retail Spaces 3
  2. Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design
  3. Studio Works 4 : Student Work from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Studio Works)
  4. Swiss Furniture and Interiors 1900-2000
  5. The Best of Florida Design
  6. The Chicago Home Book: A Comprehensive, Hands-On Guide to Building, Remodeling, Decorating, Furnishing and Landscaping a Home in Chicago and Its Suburbs, Fifth Edition
  7. The Franklin Report: Chicago, The Insider's Guide to Home Services
  8. The Perfect Palette: Fifty Inspired Color Plans for Painting Every Room in Your Home
  9. The Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and History: A Survey
  10. Thonet Bentwood and Other Furniture

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