When you need more than a web site can tell you, it's time to pick up a book or magazine on interior design, gardening, or home care basics.  They'll spark new ideas and help you communicate your style to your designer and landscaper.

Below are some new resources along with great classics for every style and every taste.

• Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Living Rooms or Storage & Display
  Pottery Barn Design Library
• Home by Design: Transforming Your House Into Home
  by Sarah Susanka  
• Home Theater Design: Planning and Decorating Media-Savvy Interiors
  by Krissy Rushing
• Debbie Travis' Painted House Kids' Rooms: More than 80 Innovative Projects from Cradle to College
  by Debbie Travis
• Sunset Ideas for Great Rooms
  by Barbara J. Braasch
• The New Homeowner's Handbook: What to Do After You Move In
  by Barbara Ballinger Buchholz (Editor), et al
• Will This Place Ever Feel Like Home?: Simple Advice for Settling in After Your Move
  by Leslie Levine. Paperback
• After the Boxes Are Unpacked: Moving on After Moving In
  by Susan Miller
• Home Comforts: The Art & Science of Keeping House
  by Cheryl Mendelsohn
• Creating the Not So Big House: Insights and Ideas for the New American Home
  by Sarah Susanka
• Pure Style Outdoors
  By Jane Cumberbach and Pia Tryde
• California Cottages
  By Diane Dorrans Sacks and Alan Weintraub
• Sunset Western Landscaping Book
  By the editors of Sunset magazine
• The New Cottage Home
  By Jim Tolpin
• The New Bungalow
  By Matthew Bialecki
• Paradise Found: Gardening in Unlikely Places
  By Rebecca Cole
• Relaxing on the Porch
  By Megan Fulweiler
• Designed to Sell: Smart Ideas That Pay Off
  From HGTV
• The Healthy Home Workbook
  By Kimberly Rider
• Color Harmony for Interior Design: A Guidebook for Creating Great Color Combinations for Your Home
  by Martha Gill
• Room by Room: Contemporary Interiors
  By Carol Meredith
• East Meets West: Global Design for Contemporary Interiors
  By Kelly Hoppen

 Magazines:

Architectural Digest
Better Homes and Gardens
Blueprint
Country Living
Dwell
Elle Décor
Fine Gardening
Garden Design
House Beautiful
House & Garden
Home
Martha Stewart Living
Metropolitan Home
O at Home
Sunset
Traditional Home
Western Interiors and Design