Are you furnishing a new apartment, redecorating your flat, or do you just love to pore over pictures of beautiful homes? The CAC Library has great books and magazines for inspiration, know-how, and browsing.
The library subscribes to popular decorating magazines including Better Homes and Gardens, Good House Keeping, House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, and the stylish new Egyptian publication, Obelisque. Current magazine editions may be used in the library and back issues may be checked out.
Besides magazines, the library has a growing collection of style and design books with ideas for every budget. Whether you are looking for classic interiors or pared- down modern rooms, there are books for you. The library collection includes comprehensive interior design books as well as specialty volumes on upholstery, displaying art, furnishing a home office, or creating outdoor spaces for entertaining.
Feast your eyes on big beautiful coffee table books of iconic houses and interiors. Some of the titles in the library collection are Dream Homes of Istanbul: Houses and Palaces Along the Bosporus, New Living in Old Houses, Santa Fe Style, Dream Homes of Lebanon, and Egyptian Palaces and Villas.
To find design and decorating books in the library, search the library catalog using the words “interior design” or “interior decoration.”
The CAC Library has great books for grown-ups. Community hours: S, M, T, W from 3 to 5 PM. Th from 3 to 4 PM and Saturdays from 10 to 2.
