Product Description

Few other features can coordinate or define interior spaces as well as a carefully chosen floor. Elizabeth Wilhide offers a rich fund of inspiration and sound advice for all floors in your home--modern or period, urban or rural, sumptuous or simple. With its 400 full-colour photographs, 100 how-to illustrations, and directory, "Flooring is a comprehensive and practical volume devoted to this important element of the home. -Packed with practical information about buying, maintaining, restoring, and installing your floor. -A great value paperback at $19.95 (CAN $29.95).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #662637 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
Full of inspiring ideas and practical tips...a must if you're planning, selecting, or restoring floors. (Elle Deco )

About the Author
Henry Bourne has been a photographer for over ten years, specializing in interiors and portraits for magazines around the world, including The World of Interiors, Elle Decoration, Elle Decor, Vanity Fair, and GQ.

Elizabeth Wilhide has written numerous interior design books. including "Lighting"(Ryland Peters & Small). She was a contributing editor for Terrence Conran's "The Essential House Book".

Customer Reviews

Packed with ideas for restoring or installing a floor in any room of the house
Elizabeth Wilhide's Flooring: The Essential Source Book For Planning, Selecting And Restoring Floors is packed with ideas for restoring or installing a floor in any room of the house. Packed with illustrative photos of a range of settings and uses, Flooring discusses wood qualities, finishes, maintenance, and styles ranging from glass and metal floors to traditional wood. From differences between new and old wood to sealing and treating a floor, Flooring offers insights into not just choices, but maintenance after installation.