This new book for a new century shows how to plan, design and decorate your home, whether you are buying your first, one-bedroom flat or moving your family into a restored Victorian house. It is designed specifically to adhere to the demands of a modern lifestyle and as such the versatility and flexibility of space are central to its philosophy. The Ultimate House Book is a comprehensive compendium providing everything you need to know from buying to building, improving to decorating, furnishing to fitting out. Combing inspiration with practical advice, in-depth case studies with hundreds of illustrated examples, this is the ultimate reference for modern living spaces, their design and the way in which we use them.