Synopses & Reviews
BRING TY PENNINGTON, THE HOST OF EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION, INTO YOUR HOME AND MAKE YOUR DESIGN DREAMS BECOME REALITY.Ty Pennington and the millions of people who watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition know that you can not only transform a home in seven days, you can transform someone's life. If he could, Ty would renovate every home in America, but even he doesn't have that much energy! So he's written Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories and filled the book with proof that you don't need a bulldozer and a million bucks to realize your dreams.
Focusing on the three most important parts of your home -- sleeping spaces, living spaces, and working spaces -- Ty offers low-cost, high-impact ideas for every budget. You'll learn how to express your personality and your passions in your design and how to get the most out of small spaces and limited time. Whether you want to create a welcoming living room that helps you connect with friends and family, a restful bedroom that lets you face the day energized and optimistic, or a streamlined home office that keeps you productive, Ty has some great ideas to share. From the elegant to the funky, the whimsical to the restful; from walls, floors, and lighting to storage, wallpaper, and fabric -- it's all here, infused with Ty's vitality and great style, along with the emotional stories of the people who changed his life as much as the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition crew changed theirs.
About the Author
Ty Pennington is the host of ABC's hit series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. He has won awards in graphic design and worked as a set designer and as a model before being cast as the carpenter in The Learning Channel's series Trading Spaces. Ty has developed his own line of home products for Sears, Howard Miller,and Lumber Liquidators and has launched Ty Pennington at Home magazine.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction
Prep Work
How to Plan for a Makeover
Finding Your Own Style
Color Scheming
Inspiration
Sleeping Spaces
Sudden Impact
Inspired by Art
High Contrast
Lighting the Way
Luxury and Elegance
Natural Elements
Recycling
Rooms to Grow in
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Living Spaces
Go with the Flow
Entirely Entertaining
In Neutral Gear
The Everything Room
Working Spaces
CleanandSimple
Supersize Me
Industrial Revolution
Oh, and One More Thing...
Appendix: Build Your Own Furniture
Index