A writer whose work regularly appears in House Beautiful and Home introduces you to a whole new way of thinking about decorating. Her strategy: the problem in one area can solve a problem in another. Rearrange spaces and uses, change lighting, switch adult and kids' living areas, house your hobby in your guest room, and much more. Before-and-after photos with call-out illustrations highlight each possible change.

Brad Mee--the interior designer seen on HDTV and The Christopher Lowell Show, and the subject of a profile in USA Today--goes straight to the heart of the home, so you can transform it to suit your desired lifestyle. Whether you're starting from scratch or renovating a dated space, creating a vibrant, multi-functional living room is easy, with the help of expert designer Brad Mee and his newest entry in the Design Is in the Details series. Is your household a whirlwind of action, desperately in need of a quiet refuge? Or do you long for a lively room where all the family can play? Page by page, Mee offers easy-to-follow advice on how to determine the purpose of the room, select an appropriate style, and provide a heaping dose of decorative detail--from canvases to carvings--at every turn.

Science shows that nearly every corner of our planet is toxic, and that all people carry residues of dozens of chemicals in their cells. Our body, our home, and our world are steadily sickening us every day of our lives. But we don't have to live in a poisoned world, and we don't have to be sick. We can have a healthy living space again by detoxifying our body and home, ridding both of their burden. The key is to cleanse both at the same time. The Healthy Living Space is the first book that shows you how, and why, to detoxify your home and body together. In The Healthy Living Space health writer and alternative medicine journalist Richard Leviton gives 70 practical steps on how to use safe, proven, nontoxic, self-care methods drawn from the fields of natural and alternative medicine. The detoxifying steps are backed by science and easy to use/ they don't require expensive equipment or a doctor's supervision. They're effective and produce results and you can start them today. Whether the poisons are in your liver and intestines or in your carpets and drinking water, whether the problem is the shape of your bedroom or radon seeping into your basement, The Healthy Living Space will show you how to get the poisons out of your life and the health back into it.

Discover the ultimate guide to transforming your home into a stylish, efficient, and comfortable sanctuary with "Revolutionize Your Living Space." This comprehensive eBook is brimming with practical, budget-friendly DIY projects that will spark your creativity and elevate every room in your house. Dive into Chapter 1 and learn how to breathe new life into old furniture. From turning an outdated dresser into a chic kitchen island to crafting a convertible coffee table and designing a spacious daybed, you'll master the art of creating multi-functional furniture that fits your lifestyle. In Chapter 2, tackle your closet chaos with genius organization hacks. Discover the secrets to installing adjustable shelving, constructing custom shoe racks, and maximizing space with clever over-the-door storage solutions. Chapter 3 focuses on carving out your perfect workspace. Whether you're building a space-saving fold-out wall desk, setting up an efficient pegboard tool station, or assembling a rolling craft station, you'll find ingenious ways to enhance productivity. Revamp your entryway in Chapter 4, transforming it into a welcoming and organized area. Create a key and mail organizer, build a stylish bench with hidden storage, and install a functional DIY mudroom wall. Chapter 5 is all about kitchen upgrades that won’t break the bank. Explore projects like crafting sliding pantry shelves, refreshing cabinets with paint and new hardware, and creating magnetic spice racks to keep your culinary space neat and trendy. In Chapter 6, upgrade your living room with elegant custom media consoles, chic floating shelves, and innovative room divider ideas that blend seamlessly with your décor. For space-saving bedroom concepts, Chapter 7 offers brilliant DIY solutions such as under-bed storage, Murphy beds, and headboards with built-in shelves. Each subsequent chapter provides detailed instructions and creative solutions for every part of your home—from bathroom innovations and outdoor living enhancements to pet-friendly projects and spectacular seasonal décor. Make "Revolutionize Your Living Space" your go-to resource for all things home improvement. Whether you're a DIY novice or a seasoned pro, this eBook is your ticket to a beautifully organized and stylish home. Start your journey today and watch your living space come to life with charm and functionality!

First published in 1989, Living Space in Fact and Fiction explores the house both in the ‘real’ world of the architect and the built environment, and in the fictional world of the novelist. The role of the house, in fact and fiction, tells us much about the space we live in, while the work of contemporary architects and designers illuminates aspects of the novelist’s art. Profusely illustrated, Living Space takes the history of the house from the Georgian world of Samuel Richardson’s Pamela through the works of novelists such as Jane Austen, Dickens, George Eliot, and Henry James, up to 1914, when the notion of the house changes its nature. Philippa Tristram is concerned not only with the structure and organization of the house, but with the inner life lived within it. She shows how the subconscious life of the family was transformed over a century and a half, revealed in the shape and structure of the home. This book will be of interest to students of literature, history and architecture.

Spatial Intelligence examines public and professional conceptions of the relationships between thinking about spatial attributes and active engagement in spatially related constructions and designs. Even though children’s and adolescents’ spatial propensities in constructive activities parallel the skills needed by professionals in both established and emerging fields, spatial education is often missing from K–12 curricula and is easily impeded by teachers, parents, or other individuals who do not provide contexts in formalized settings, such as schools, to nurture its potential. This book bridges the gap by linking the natural spatial inclinations, interests, and proclivities of individuals from a variety of cultures with professional training and expertise in engineering, architecture, science, and mathematics. Educators will be better able to achieve the skills and awareness necessary to provide children and young adults with the vital opportunities inherent in spatial education.

This is an open access book. This event is co-organized by the Institute of Science Innovation and Culture (ISIC) and Research and Development Institute (RDI), Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep, Thailand. This year’s ICEHUM 2022 was held online and onsite on 26 November 2022. The theme of this conference is “Leading and Being Sustainable in the COVID-19 New Normal“. This conference aspires to bring to light new standards, models, and reference guides that will help humanity rise above the challenges of COVID-19, leading men and women to embrace the new normal, no longer uncertain but living a sustainable existence.

This collection of essays highlights current debates for cities undergoing urban renewal, focussing on regional cities as places that lead change. Like many regional cities, Geelong is grappling with the legacy of its industrial architectural heritage and identity. This in-depth study of the city of Geelong examines theories and realities - from the speculative to the mundane – critical to change pre-empted by deindustrialisation. While this book argues that architecture and the built environment are key to urban renewal, an intersectional perspective on Geelong as a place raises contested pasts and territories. This brings attention to the dispossession of First Nations people by British colonisers, as well as the exploitation of immigrant communities in industrial production. Informed by positions on design futures, decolonising and cultural urbanisms, adaptive re-use and the post-industrial city, the chapters in this book expand an interdisciplinary field relevant to scholars and practitioners in heritage and conservation, urban design, community engagement and place-making more generally.

The interventions have ranged between benevolent exchanges to powerful influences as well as military domination. Although interpersonal and group influence has been an important domain of study in Social Psychology, we propose to take a fresh look at these phenomena from the specific orientations provided by the discipline of Cultural Psychology. In this perspective, meaning making processes becomes a key for understanding the everyday experiences of the receivers and agents of intervention. In this volume, we see how attending to meaning-making processes becomes crucial when researching or intervening within cultural encounters and global everyday life. It is through listening to the foreign other, to attend to their immediate experiences, as well as exploring how meaning may be mediated and co-constructed by them in everyday life through organizational structures, informal peer network, traditional rituals or symbols, that collaboration can be created and sustained.