Books by Patricia Hart McMillan

Nothing sparkles like downtown San Antonio at Christmastime. Dazzling color photographs take readers on a magic carpet ride to this multicultural city's most-visited events and attractions, extravagantly and romantically decorated for the winter holidays. See popular destinations such as Six Flags Texas Fiesta--a vast amusement park--Spanish colonial missions, fine restaurants, historic hotels, house museums on King William Street, and the San Antonio Zoo, which becomes a fairyland at night. Photos are accompanied by brief histories of the sites. An insider's take on the town's merrymaking, the book will be a treasured take-home souvenir for tourists and a striking coffee-table book for locals.

A feel-good gift book celebrating the joy of 15 rescue dogs and their owners!

A dazzling tour of 29 homes dressed for the holidays by leading designers.

The beauty of Christmas displayed through decorated historic homes from around the country. From Virginia to Texas, tour 27 houses and see how history comes alive in a festive way during the holiday season. Learn the traditions of President Lyndon Baines Johnsons family with a trip to The Texas White House, revisit colonial America with a trip to Colonial Williamsburg, and get decorating tips from professional designers. With more than 300 color images, historic homes ranging from magnificent estates to simple residences offer a variety of styles, tastes, and ideas to inspire your own celebrations. Homemakers, decorators, historians, or anybody who loves the magic of Christmas will appreciate the engaging text and wonderfully decorated interiors.

Enjoy this historical approach to festive Christmas decorating. Taking inspiration from the wonderful decorations of fruits and greens at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, and other historic house museums across the nation, this book provides essential details for creating colorful decorations of your own for exteriors, entryways, consoles, mantels, bedrooms, dining rooms, and the kitchen. Beautiful color photos give inspiration for authentic decorative arrangements made with fresh, dried, and preserved fruits and greenery. Instructions for drying your own fruit are included, as are sources and tips for buying and caring for your faux botanicals. This book is a fabulous keepsake for those who love Christmas and the elegant historical decorations of the past.

Stunningly beautiful, high performance glass tiles are increasingly popular for walls, countertops, and floor coverings in kitchens and baths. As seen in the 205 beautiful color photos, a wide variety of forms and colors are available, produced by many skilled glass artists. Tiles are displayed both close up to reveal their individual beauty and installed to show ways in which these versitile tiles can be used. The engaging text provides details of tile colors, textures, finishes, patterns, sizes, shapes, and styles, providing the reader with many ideas for interior decoration. Quickly discover that bathroom tile is not just for the shower! Whether you fancy a kitchen in the Modern, Traditional, Art Deco, Contemporary, Lodge, or American Country style, glass tiles are readily available to suite your taste! Everyone from do-it-yourselfers to professional designers will find this book inspirational.