Synopses & Reviews
In Katie Brown Decorates, Katie offers a wealth of projects and ideas for making the most out of any room. She offers six basic decorating styles -- from Street Chic to Log Cabin -- and uses fabric, lighting, paint, and inexpensive, easy-to-work with building materials to achieve that look. With simple, step-by-step instructions and gorgeous full-color photographs throughout, Katie includes all the elements for creating a fun and funky home (or apartment) -- furniture and window treatments, floors, shelving, and lighting, and much more.
About the Author
Katie Brown is a Cornell-educated art historian who has raced on the U.S. Ski Team, acted in TV commercials (for Kodak, AT&T, Saturn) and run a catering business out of her house in Los Angeles. Born in Petoskey, Michigan in 1963, she has three brothers and sisters and grew up surrounded by thirty-two cousins and fourteen aunts and uncles.
Her enthusiasm for entertaining, gardening and cooking inspired her to open her own store called Goat. Located in Los Angeles and Mackinac Island, Michigan, Goat quickly became a popular antique store and cafe. Katie has been serving up dime-store domesticity on Lifetime's Next Door with Katie Brown since October 1997. Brown has opened Katie Brown Workshops in Los Angeles, New York, and Bridgehampton.