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9) Garden style
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Provides hundreds of creative garden-inspired decorating ideas using the furniture, ornaments, and plants of the outdoors.
11) Wright rooms
Author
Pub. Date
©1998
Description
Showcases the noted architect's residential designs, highlighting the interplay of volume, color, texture, and light that made Wright's houses both beautiful and practical.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Move over, Man Caves. She Sheds are coming to a house near you. Across the country, ladies are carving out a special place for themselves, one free from stress and concern. And they're doing it in their own backyards by turning spaces usually reserved for old tools and greasy car parts into refined relaxation. The beauty of the She Shed is that it can take whatever form best suits your tastes. In Junk Beautiful: She Sheds, best-selling author and...
15) Thomas Jefferson's writing desk: what an artifact can tell us about the Declaration of Independence
Author
Pub. Date
c2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"With the Declaration of Independence, the 13 colonies in America declared their independence from Great Britain. Virginian Thomas Jefferson, later the third president of the United States, was chosen to write it. But did he write every word? Did anyone help him? What are the differences between his first draft and the document signed by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776? Readers will discover the answers to these questions and find out more...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Description
"George Nakashima (1905-1990) is best known for his unique pieces of furniture, which are prized for their respect for the natural forms of the tree and the inherent grain of the wood. This remarkable creative spirit was also an architect, who designed a number of distinguished buildings during his career. Above all, he was a man committed to the integration of his life as an artist with the rhythms of the natural world.
Working with his family and...