Lifetyle & Personal Style Guides

• Baby Showers
  Baby Showers 101 gives you just what you need to plan and throw the perfect baby shower. Whether you are planning an outdoor barbeque, a luncheon with colleagues, or an evening with friends, this book has all the ideas and information you need to make it a success. Included are creative and fun ide...
• 100+ Baby Shower Games
  Complete with giggle-inducing and mingle-making fun for family and friends attending or planning a baby shower, this party book includes word, trivia, and memory games fun races against the clock games that can be played sitting down and creative craft-oriented games. An index of games by occasion ...
• What You Wear Can Change Your Life
  Trinny & Susannah have advised and dressed more than 3,000 women. They know instinctively the finer points and secrets of looking good. All their advice is presented in this book, whether it is something simple like knowing when to add a touch of blusher to a winter face or something more dramatic ...
• Home
  Do you believe that you can define a person by the home they live in and the possessions they surround themselves with? Do the books on their shelves and the paint on their walls give away their personality, and what would you think about someone who lived in a white, minimal space with nothing at ...
• 1001 Ideas for Floors
  Floors for Every Taste, Every Purpose. Floors create the largest single dA(c)cor element in the home, and this book is a comprehensive guide to both the materials available, and the hundreds of decorating effects that can be achieved by choosing the right materials, colors and patterns. This ...
• 101 Bathrooms
  Packed with hints and advice, this is the ultimate resource for any do-it-yourself designer looking to decorate a bathroom. A range of design styles are covered, including space-saving, contemporary, classic, budget, and country home. More than 100 design ideas are presented along with invaluable i...
• 101 Bedrooms
  Packed with hints and advice, this is the ultimate resource for any do-it-yourself designer looking to decorate a bedroom. A range of design styles are covered, including contemporary, classic, creative, budget, and Bohemian. More than 100 design ideas are presented along with invaluable informatio...
• Food, Wine and Friends
  Wine and cooking enthusiasts will know immediately that they have uncorked something truly magical with Karen MacNeil's Wine, Food & Friends. This book combines the culinary expertise of Cooking Light with the wine connoisseurship of Karen MacNeil, today's preeminent wine authority. Award-winning a...
• Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes
  In Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes, author C. Dianne Zweig offers readers a new twist on kitchen, home, and garden collectibles, marrying different periods and styles in a look which is vintage chic, country kitsch, and retro-romantic. It's all about 'cottage style, ' a trendy and ...
• At Home with Books
  "At Home with Books" takes the reader into the houses of forty booklovers to view their very personal libraries and reading spaces. Not only is it a visual delight, but it also includes professional advice on editing and categorizing your library; caring for your books; preserving, restoring and st...
• Pebble Mosaics
  Mosaic-making is the craft craze of recent years, and understandably so. Although the results may look complicated, the basic technique is easy to master, allowing even beginners to create original decorative pieces for the home. Talented designer Ann Frith has drawn on the ancient tradition of peb...
• Feng Shui Your Life
  Jayme Bartett the feng shui consultant to the rich and powerful of Beverly Hills, has written the most comprehensive and life changing book on the subject. Taking us on a personal tour of the homes she has transformed, Ms. Barrett explains the techniques she uses to create positive space. Room by r...
• Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui
  Clearing clutter can radically transform your life. Drawing on her wealth of experience as a feng shui and space clearing consultant, Karen Kingston explains how clutter is trapped energy with far-reaching physical, mental, emotional and spiritual effects. This book will motivate you to clutter-cle...
• Feng Shui
  What do Citibank, the Wall Street Journal, and the Donald Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts have in common? They all have used the universal principles of feng shui, the traditional Chinese discipline of spatial energies, to improve their environments and enhance their businesses. In the past few yea...
• Igniting Intuition
  Identify, work with, and transform your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors along health-enhancing lines and use your body's unique intuitive language to heal your mind, body, and soul, with this two-CD set by the author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom. Original....
• Asia
  This is an authoritative guide to 46 of Asia's most luxurious spas. More than a decorative tome, this user-friendly book has been designed with the reader in mind, whether you are already a spa aficionado or planning your first visit. The "Spa Therapies" section helps the reader appreciate the mode...
• Business Etiquette for the New Workplace
  "The Results-Driven Manager Series" brings together timely articles from HBSP newsletters to help senior to middle managers sharpen their skills, increase their effectiveness and gain a competitive edge. Presented in a concise, accessible format to save managers valuable time, these books offer aut...
• Bullseye
  At last, in this book, the great paradox of measurement is resolved. According to the authors' original -- and revealing -- research companies that manage by measurement outperform less disciplined competitors by an average three-year return on investment of 80 percent versus an average ROI of 45 p...
• Winning
  This is the ultimate business how-to book by the icon of American business and one of the world's most revered and respected leaders, Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric. Jack Welch knows how to win. During his 40-year career at General Electric, he led the company to year-after-year success...
• Business Etiquette
  Fully updated, with an additional chapter on common problems, Business Etiquette guides the reader through the unwritten code of good business manners, which, when followed by individuals and their companies, will enable them to: work more effectively and profitably together establish and sustain s...
• Party Fun!
  After the success of her first book on children's parties, Jenny Dodd has once again come up with all the answers to planning and holding memorable birthday parties for children. In Party Fun!, she guides you through every stage - from the planning and invitations, and food and decorating ideas, to...
• I Like You
  The point of entertaining is to receive maximum applause for minimum effort. Hey, you can even make a little money on the side by combining a buffet lunch with a sale of your unwanted goods. I LIKE YOU offers advice for dealing with different social groups, catering for alcoholics and providing for...
• L is for Lady
  The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four Ss: sincerity, simplicity, sympathy and serenity.- Emily PostModern life may be increasingly frantic, but the qualities of a true lady are timeless. She possesses a delicate combination of grace, charm and elegance and is uni...
• 200 Creative Crafts for You & Your Home
  200 Creative Crafts for You and Your Home is a fresh and exciting collection of creative do-it-yourself crafts that will quickly become idea central for all crafting wishes. Perfect for both teens and adults, the book is full of imaginative ideas for using readily found items from around the home, ...
• The Book of Gilding
  Used to embellish artefacts and interiors fit for kings and to adorn icons and places of worship, gilding's history is as magnificent as its shimmering appearance. But gilding is not only appropriate for palaces and antiques - and the full decorative possibilities of the technique are explored and ...
• Bags
  Exploring the changing styles and uses of bags from the Middle Ages to the present day, this gorgeous book, featuring specially commissioned photography of bags from the V&A's world famous collections, includes everything from delicate drawstring purses to must-have designer handbags by the likes o...
• Creative Wedding Florals You Can Make
  Presenting an array of floral bouquets and decorations, Creative Wedding Florals You Can Make is the perfect alternative to hiring a professional florist. Featuring detailed, step-by-step projects for making fabulous floral decorations out of both silk and dried flowers in addition to fresh, weddin...
• Victorian Dreams
  Bring the romance of the Victorian Era into your life with Victorian Dreams by Jenny Haskins. Create 12 elegant machine made lace projects including a lovely embroidered tulle lace fan, an elegant lace butterfly, a shapely laced bow collar or a beautiful bouquet of white lace flowers. The technique...
• Candlelit Christmas
  Welcoming friends and family to gather for the Christmas holiday season gives us the opportunity to create a special setting. Candlelight dramatically changes the look of any room - or outdoor area - within moments. There is simply no easier, less expensive, more stylish or effective way to enhance...
• Christmas with Southern Living
  The Christmas experts at Southern Living magazine continue the holiday tradition with this all-new 28th edition of Christmas with Southern Living, the cooking, entertaining, and decorating classic that's steeped in gracious Southern style. One-hundred forty brand-new recipes--the most ever in thi...
• Creative Wedding Decorations You Can Make
  With step-by-step instructions, this book presents dozens of easy-to-make silk floral arrangements and other accessories for an unforgettable wedding.'...
• Stencilling
  This book provides exciting ideas for decorating your home with stencils, with over 20 creative projects for walls, alcoves, borders, friezes, floors, fireplaces, curtains and windows. Over 300 full-colour step-by-step pictures and photographs illustrate the projects stage by stage so that you can ...
• Stencilling Furniture, Home Accessories and Soft Furnishings
  Stencilling is a straightforward, effective and simple technique, and this book shows how to successfully decorate and personalize your home with inspirational designs, colours, shapes and motifs. The book begins with a comprehensive practical introduction explaining everything you need to know abo...
• 52 Tips for the Bride-To-Be
  52 Tips for the Bride-To-Be: These 52 essential tips will make any bride-to-be just a little more prepared and a little less anxious. Useful ideas include managing expectations, trimming the guest list, balancing your budget, and enjoying yourself. Whether you're a traditional bride, a modern bride...
• Jokes, Toasts and One-Liners for Wedding Speeches
  An A-Z directory of new and original jokes, toasts and one-liners organized around popular wedding speech themes so that anyone preparing a wedding speech should be able to find ideas and light- hearted material that can be easily incorporated into t...
• The Bigger Than Average Home and Garden Book
  Wouldn't we all love to be able to make more of our surroundings and create a truly unique living space for ourselves and our families? Often finding the inspiration you need, not to mention the practical knowledge required, can be a problem. With the help of The Bigger Than Average Home and Garden...
• Make Up
  This illustrated guide on how to style and apply makeup to create a variety of looks from sophisticated high fashion and trendy freestyle, to the glamour of Hollywood and the simplicity of the Ivory Soap girl. Professional makeup artist Linda Mason takes the reader, whatever her age, step-by-step t...
• 1001 Beauty Solutions
  Answers questions about shampoos, hairsprays, hair coloring, makeup, and hair, nail, and skin care....
• 21st Century Beauty Bible
  400,000 copies sold. Updated with hundreds of new products tried and...
• 388 Great Hairstyles
  Those bad hair days may have finally met their match The variety of hair cuts and styles is mega. The instructions are simple and complete. And there are tons of cool photos....how to create everything from funky flat twists to tousled updos to classic french braids. Useful tidbits tell how to keep...
• About Black Hair
  Incredibly, millions of African American women are losing their hair. What's even more remarkable about this finding is that it's the conditioned behavior (namely, the pursuit of straight hair) that's causing them to suffer their misfortune! As I am well aware of the fact that any Black infatuation...
• Attention to Detail
  This second book in the Attention to Detail series is the sister publication to Attention to Detail: A Gentleman's Guide to Professional Appearance and Conduct. Like the first, it covers the basics of grooming, proper business attire, interviewing and business etiquette - from a woman's perspective...
• Bodywork
  Awareness of the benefits of a natural approach to health and beauty is on the rise. BodyWorks contains recipes for safe, homemade face and body care products, including cleansers, toners, moisturisers, treatments, shampoos and conditioners, massage oils, bath salts, and aftershave balms. All these...
• April Cornell Decorating with Color
  Designer April Cornell walks home decorators through the mysteries of choosing and combing hues, of transforming a house from blah to brilliant, and of using colour to create a mood. Throughout, Cornell offers specific paint suggestions and quick dec...
• Catskills Country Style
  The Catskills is the favored new retreat for New Yorkers. Only ninety minutes from the city, it's closer than the Hamptons and much more affordable. As a consequence, this once thriving area is having a huge revival as a weekend-vacation place. Catskills Country Style, the first book of its ki...
• 101 Kitchens
  Packed with hints and advice, this is the ultimate resource for any do-it-yourself designer looking to decorate a living room. A range of design styles are covered, including contemporary, traditional, New England, budget, country home, and retro. More than 100 design ideas are presented along with...
• Blankets and Throws to Knit
  Over 100 different blanket squares can be knitted up to create a dozen unique afghans in a variety of styles. This book contains projects ranging from baby's first comfort blanket in subdued pastels, to brightly coloured motifs embellished with beads and buttons for the spirited teenager. Full inst...
• Country Living the Perfect Kitchen
  For the perfect country kitchen, go to the experts at Country Living: with their smart advice and beautiful color photos, they can help make your dream room take shape. Whether you're designing a brand-new kitchen, remodeling an old one, or sprucing up selected areas, see how to achieve a balance o...
• Create Your Dream House and Garden
  Millions of us want to improve our home and surroundings, and there's tons of advice out there to help us a never-ending avalanche of books, magazines, websites and TV programmes. But who's got the time to wade through this lot to sift the stuff that works from the rubbish? What we need are failsaf...
• An Hour at Home
  An Hour At Home is a practical and inspiring book, full of exquisite, imaginative projects for making a beautiful, comfortable home. You will find dozens of ideas - most of the available on a shoestring budget and all appropriate for beginners - for cleaning, decluttering, organising, personalising...
• California Revival
  A new movement, featuring vintage furnishings, art pottery, tile, paintings and decorative arts from Californias Spanish Revival period of the 1920s to 1940s, in todays homes. Carole Coates and Annie Dietz take you inside ten real homes, showing you how to achieve this enlivening and color-saturate...
• The Colour Scheme Sourcebook
  How do you combine colours without them clashing? How do you know which colours will complement each other for a subdued effect, and which will give a more energised feel? This inspirational handbook contains over 200 colour scheme ideas for interior designers and home decorators. Discover how colo...
• Decorate to Speculate
  In Decorate to Speculate, author Giles Kime explores every aspect of a house, from the exterior to the last very last light switch, and identifies what is - and what isn't - worth spending money on. If you're wondering whether potential purchasers will be more impressed by a GBP5,00 en-suite bathro...
• The Essential House Book
  In this home-design reference book for the '90s, the five main sections show the reader how to develop a personal sense of style and to carry it through to reality, whether in major structural changes or smaller design touches. There is additional advice on the best decorating and furnishing o...
• Harmonious Home
  Bestselling author, Judith Wilson takes you to the heart of fuss-free living. Imagine a home that has light switches in just the right places, and storage that really works with a colour palette that looks as good in the kitchen as in the bedroom, and rooms that are configured to match your lifesty...
• Home Improvement for Dummies
  All home improvements don't require a contractor. Installing a smoke detector, painting a room, and unclogging a sink are all home improvements. In fact, doing the job yourself is often cheaper and always more rewarding. There's no mystery to home repair. The most important tool you need ...
• Popular Mechanics Home Repairs & Improvements
  Sagging ceiling? Broken balusters? Holes in the plaster? Wood frame or brick, inside and out, from basement to attic: no matter what type of house, no matter where the repair, Popular Mechanics gives the do-it-yourselfer the know-how needed to do the work. Wall construction, window replacements, ro...
• Decorative Concrete
  Once relegated to the backyard patio, today's concrete makes a tasteful statement, and "Sunset"'s second edition of this popular manual provides all the practical know-how homeowners need to create the elegant and chic finishes that distinguish modern concrete applications. Readers looking for bu...
• Tiling Complete
  This all-encompassing DIY manual takes a head-on approach to every home tiling situation - except those best left for the pros! Loaded with photos and laid out in an intuitive, accessible format, it's so easy for even the most hesitant of novices to get the job done right the first time. The author...
• Tile Style
  From William Morris to the Moors, from Morroco to Majolica, tiles have long been a versatile and highly popular form of decoration. This work provides advice and information and guidance on all aspects of designing and decorating with tiles. An array of tile types are included from machine-made to ...
• Bath Design Guide
  Includes a gallery of the latest bathroom products, fixtures, and design trends to demonstrate a variety of amazing bathroom designs. Contains a special cost guide with pictures of good, better, and best materials to use to achieve the most sought-after bathroom while staying on budget. Features un...
• BNI Building News Remodeling Costbook
  This specialized remodeling edition of the Building News Construction Costbooks covers all aspects of this unique type of estimating -- hidden costs, working around existing conditions, minimum quantities. Costs for overhead and profit are different because a different type of contractor does remod...
• Carpentry in Commercial Construction
  Carpentry for commercial work is different. Here you'll find instructions for forming, framing, exteriors, interior finish, and cabinet installation in commercial buildings. How to design and build concrete forms, select lumber dimensions, select and install materials based on their fire rating or ...
• Design Idea Book
• Complete Woodfinishing
  This is the definitive book on all kinds of woodfinishing. It is a complete guide to the craft, cutting through the mystique and providing a thorough grounding in every aspect of finishing wood - from classic French polishing to modern techniques - to its best advantage. Staining & Bleaching Wa...
• Classic Design Styles
  "Classic Design Styles" is a beautifully illustrated chronology of European and American period styles from the medieval to the end of the nineteenth century. Top interior designer, Henrietta Spencer-Churchill shows us room-by-room, how elements of classic decorating styles can be adapted...
• Japan
  Japan is alive with much more than tradition. Cities reverberate with the whirl of crisscrossing trains, pulsating neon, and hurry-scurrying crowds. High-tech skyscrapers rise from the rice paddies. Rural festivals unleash a torrent of raw energy in an otherwise tranquil countryside. And ancient vo...
• I Want Cosmetic Surgery Now What?
  If you'd like to smooth out a wrinkle, lose a sag and a bag, erase a scar, or repair a deviated septum, cosmetic surgery can be the answer to your prayers. Is it right for you? Find out! An overview explains exactly what plastic surgery is, how to find a good doctor, what psychological issues to ...
• Any Guru Will Do
  This is an amusing, enlightening and heart-warming account of one man's search for meaning in this cynical world...It has dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted media and organisations.Life, the universe, and everything - what's it all about? And are we ever supposed to really know the a...
• Living with Your Looks
  This is a topical and comprehensive release looking at the social, cultural and historical influences which effect the way people view their bodies and how concerns about body image can give rise to a range of body image disorders. It surveys the processes by which how a person views their body can...
• Etiquette for Dummies
  Life is full of moments when you don't know how to act or how to handle yourself in front of other people. In these situations, etiquette is vital for keeping your sense of humour and your self-esteem intact. But etiquette is not a behaviour that you should just turn on and off. This stuffy French ...
• Should I Flush My Goldfish Down the Loo?
  I returned home to discover that one of my goldfish was very unwell. I extracted it from the bowl, to prevent it infecting the rest, and put it into isolation in a water-filled jar, hoping that it might recover. But when my partner came home, he just wanted to flush the poorly goldfish down the lav...
• Anniversaries and Celebrations
• Being the Best Man for Dummies
  Being best man is both an honour and a huge responsibility - if you think it's just a case of buying a few beers on a lad's night out, think again! You've got a lot of organising to do, there's etiquette to follow and, of course, the dreaded speech to make. Fear not, however, as Being the Best Man ...
• Manners from Heaven
  When some unruly children started throwing food around in London's exclusive Lanesborough Hotel, Head Butler Sean Davoren took them to one side, explained to them how to behave properly, and soon they were calm and quiet. News of his ability spread quickly and soon he was giving regular monthly les...
• Talk to the Hand
  Sticklers unite! The Queen of Zero Tolerance takes on the sorry state of modern manners, in the spirit of her three million copy worldwide bestseller, Eats, Shoots & Leaves. 'Talk to the hand cause the face ain't listening', the saying goes. When did the world get to be so rude? When did societ...
• Wedding and Special Occasion Stationery
  Traditions are changing and practices inspired from around the world are becoming more popular, such as bridal and baby showers and naming ceremonies. This title is a complete 21st-century guide to writing, phrasing and addressing invitations and stationery for a range of social engagements, weddin...
• How to Be a Bridesmaid
  Being a bridesmaid is an honour you may enjoy once or several times in your life. Each bride, and each wedding, presents different challenges and rewards, of course, but the basic tenets of a bridesmaid's tour of duty are always the same. Amy Elliott offers a practical guide to your traditional dut...
• Destination Weddings for Dummies
  Want to have a wonderful wedding away from home? Destination Weddings For Dummies is your all-in-one guide to getting married out of town, giving you savvy tips on everything from making travel arrangements to hiring vendors to dressing the wedding party. From Vegas to the Vatican, this hands-on, p...
• Modern Bride Complete Wedding Planner
  The definitive guide to planning the perfect wedding-now completely updated and expanded Modern Bride, America's no.1 bridal magazine, has helped millions of couples plan every detail of their wedding day, from selecting the rings and designing a personalized ceremony, to creating a memorable recep...
• Weddings
  Planning a wedding is such an enormous task that it's nice to feel you're getting the very best advice from the most experienced professional. Alison Price is the quintessential party-giver, and takes you through every possible aspect of organising your big day, from knowing how to recognise a good...
• Annabel Williams Book of Wedding and Portrait Photography
  Annabel Williams is a leading exponent of today's more contemporary, relaxed and ever-popular wedding and portrait style. In this, her illuminating and personal guide to photography, Annabel addresses not only the technical aspects of the craft, but also reveals new and innovative ways of working a...
• Bad Bridesmaid
  Part memoir and part cultural analysis, this book is smart and funny, a stiletto-heel print on an invory silk train. It devilishly dissects the hilarious, expensive and unbelievable experiences of leading a treasured friend down the aisle and asks why it all has to be so damn difficult....
• Beautiful Bridal Accessories You Can Make
  Beautiful Bridal Accessories You Can Make shows readers how to create stylish bridal accessories that will capture the heart and personalised gifts and keepsakes that will make a special day even more memorable. Readers will learn how to create elegant veils, luxurious wraps, decorated handbags, fa...
• Window Treatments and Slipcovers for Dummies
  Gain inspiration from 8 pages of full-color photos Create a stunning room with dozens of step-by-step projects Want to ditch your drab drapes and so-so slipcovers and create a style that's uniquely your own? Top designer Mark Montano reveals how easy it is to jazz up your windows and f...
• A Christmas Compendium
  Why do we have Christmas trees and what, if anything, do they have to do with the story of Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus? When did the tradition of sending Christmas cards begin? What was so special about oranges that they became the favoured treasure in a Christmas stocking? Why do we have st...
• How to Be Santa Claus
  A humorous guide to for the Santa in everyone's life, this photo book is an essential Christmas tradition from the author of "Naked Babies" and "Siblings". 25 photos. (Christian)...
• The Medieval Christmas
  So many of our best-loved Christmas traditions have their origins in the medieval period. This book recreates the medieval Christmas, showing how all classes of society celebrated the feast in their own way and in doing so evolved a tradition that still delights us....
• In Living Color
  Clearly written, accessible design book for the home. Each chapter is devoted to one color and provides practical ideas and advice on turning your home into a haven of moods and atmospheres that can nurture, support and sustain you. Filled with rich, warm and inspirational illustration, "Livin...
• Happiness Now!
  Are you unhappy? Do you enjoy your life? Are your relationships thriving? From the book "Happiness Now!" comes 366 inspirational insights on how to enjoy real, soulful happiness no matter what. Robert Holden is the creator of 'The Happiness', a unique program focusing on just what makes us happy. W...
• The Complete Guide to Gay and Lesbian Weddings
  Gay and lesbian couples have seen that making a commitment to a loving long-term relationship is becoming the accepted way for them to co-exist openly and happily within their communities. More and more of them formalise their relationships. This unique book brings them the expertise of the wedding...
• Skin
  WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN/VOGEL LITERARY AWARD FOR 2001'She had been left behind on an island with sealers, men who had their own rules. She felt as though she was on the edge of the world, or perhaps she had fallen off into some halfway place. It wasn't living and it wasn't quite hell.'Shipwrecked ...
• 1001 Ideas for Trimwork
  Trimwork and moulding add style and character to a room and rid it of the empty box syndrome that is common to so much modern housing. With over 900 colour photographs and illustrations, 1001 Ideas for Trimwork presents moulding profiles and designs to turn any style home into a showplace. Topics c...
• Egypt
  The land that is now Egypt nurtured an extraordinary pioneering civilization - one of the oldest, most powerful, long-lasting and technically accomplished cultures the world has ever known. Over the millennia its achievements have never lost their power to amaze - and justly so, for the Egyptian ar...
• Florence
  'Florence is the only European city I can think of whose most famous citizens, at least in the last 150 years or so, have all been foreigners.' Thus David Leavitt writes in this lively account of expatriate life in the city of the lily. His narrative begins by asking why Florence has always proven ...
• Laverne
• Masterpieces of Italian Decorative Ironwork
• Five Centuries of American Costume
  Depictions of everyday wear of Vikings, Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, and principal North American Indian tribes, plus the varied costumes of the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German, and Scandinavians who settled on the American continents. Military uniforms from the 16th to the mid-20th century ...
• Art Deco House Style
  Readers can discover how to re-create an restore authentic period architecture, furnishings and detailing in the elegant and sophisticated Art Deco style. Lavishly illustrated chapters cover every internal and external aspect of the home, including furniture, fabrics and decorative detail, and thro...
• Home Country
  This fabulous collection of interiors provides a rich resource for anyone contemplating the restoration — or simply the revitalizing — of a rural home. From a converted Provencal born to a classic eighteenth-century English country house, and from a Scottish castle to a simple summer re...