Linda Applewhite's Architectural Interiors: Transforming Your Home with Decorative Structural Elements New title Edition

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\"Whether in front of the camera or behind a pen, Linda Applewhite has a reverence for beauty . . . [She] imparts her vast design knowledge in a skillful and succinct mannerand enables the reader to grasp the basic elements of her truly iconic style.\" -Juli Fields, Producer/Director, HGTV & E! Style Network Design Series and Specials \"Linda Applewhite\'s touch is like that magic paintbrush that Walt Disney used to transform landscapes. Her designs blend colorful details, whimsical touches, inventive spatial solutions, and richly patterned fabrics to turn something ordinary into dreams that are real.\" -Peter Whiteley, Senior Writer, Sunset Magazine \"Applewhite is a master at digging up and building up bones, those special architectural features that imbue a home with character. Her book offers hope for everything, from the cookie-cutter tract house devoid of distinction, to the bare-box bedroom that even the most beautifully embellished homes seem unable to avoid.\" -Candace Ord Manroe, Senior Decorating Editor, Traditional Home Author Linda Applewhite shows how to create a comprehensive building plan to turn your house into a home through the magic of finding and using the right bones. Applewhite introduces readers to the creative opportunities that open up when you can actually change a home\'s structural elements, enhancing the beauty and uniqueness in each room. Architectural Interiors offers creative solutions such as adding a column or pillar to define a space, installing unusual cabinetry to give structure, adding a set of elaborate moldings for extra elegance, or installing French doors to connect a room to the garden. Linda Applewhite and Associates designs residential construction, remodeling and design projects for a nationwide client base. Her designs are seen in the rooms and public spaces of the Mill Valley Inn in Mill Valley, California, and in the remodel and redecoration of the Hotel Sausalito and the Cottages of Napa Valley. Teaches design seminars with attendees from across the United States and Canada. Featured in House Beautiful, Elle, Bon Appetit, Travel & Leisure, Traditional Home, Women\'s Day, Sunset Magazine, Sunset Books, California Home & Design, Marin At Home, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, and the Marin Independent Journal. Featured in the Italian design magazines Gioia Casa, La Mia Casa, BRAVACASA, Bagno e Accessori, and House & Garden Thailand. Linda\'s design projects are frequently seen on Home and Garden Television\'s (HGTV) Sensible Chic and Curb Appeal, and on Food TV\'s Ultimate Kitchens.