$500 Room Makeovers

“Living in a home that doesnt reflect your personal style is like wearing someone elses shoes: They may do the job, but they will never feel right.” Lisa Quinn

Our homes are a reflection of who we are and what we love. But many of us are full of creative ideas and dont have the cash to see them through. According to television host and designer Lisa Quinn, you dont have to break the bank to express your personal style.

In more than twenty fabulous room makeoverseach accomplished for less than $500Quinn shows how to make the most of a rooms best features and how to spruce up the rest. Theres a theme for every decorator: Dramatic Rooms, such as the Surfer Chic Lounge and the Moulin Rouge Studio; Classic Rooms, like the Botanical Dining Room and the Peaceful Bedroom; Exotic Rooms, including the Mexican Living Room and the Moroccan Den; and Childrens Rooms, like Flower Power or the Cowpoke Nursery.

Quinn also offers creative ideas for easy, inexpensive home projects to overcome room-specific design challenges and add a personal touch to your room redos, such as:

•Realistic-looking “wooden” beams or a pressed-tin fireplace made with embossed wallpaper and silver spray paint

•Expensive-looking wall art made simply from framed swatches of fabric or homemade paper

•Whimsical details like a working fountain or a teddy bear topiary for a childs nursery

Whether youre a young decorator-on-a-dime or a habitual makeover fan, $500 Room Makeovers will inspire you to create a room thats easy on the eyes, and even easier on the wallet.

From hip designer and TV host Lisa Quinn comes the ultimate handbook to real-life decorating for people on real budgets. 300 full-color photos.

Lisa Quinn is an interior designer, a set designer, and a segment host of CBS-5 San Franciscos Evening Magazine, as well as a spokesperson for IKEA, Kelly-Moore Paints, World Market, and Mercedes-Benz. In spring 2006, Spiegel catalog will feature her as a contributing designer, and will launch her line of bedroom furnishings. Quinn, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children. For more information about the author, visit lisaquinninc.com.