Synopses & Reviews
For nearly 50 years, home decorators have turned to Better Homes and Gardens New Decorating Bookto transform their houses into warm, personal havens for their families. The tradition continues with this all-new edition. It's your personal guide to the styles, colors, textures, fabrics, wall and window treatments, flooring, lighting, and accessories that define today's interior design. More than 900 photographs, 100 illustrations, and friendly, informative text offer you ideas for every room in the house: the kitchen, living room, family room, dining room, bedrooms, guest room, kids' rooms, baths, home office, and even outdoor areas. A fun, insightful quiz helps you discover your unique style, while a showcase of 12 houses introduces you to a diversity of decorating approaches. In addition, there are useful tips on maximizing storage, arranging rooms, and accomplishing room makeovers. Easy-to-follow descriptions make projects and quick decorating solutions a snap. This updated classic—a dream book, workbook, room-by-room planner, and design primer bound into one volume—is guaranteed to show you how to achieve fresh, affordable style throughout your home.
Synopsis
For literally millions of people, this is the definitive reference book on home decor. Since its first publication in 1957, each successive edition has redefined style for the era. This all-new edition is no exception.
Inspiration anchored in believability
Beautiful, achievable looks
Decorating to enhance lifestyle
Readers' favorite features updated
Designed to inspire readers, then move them to action
Work with what's at hand
Create with color and light
Furnish and accessorize with flair
From classic to contemporary, this book helps readers create spaces that reflect who they are and what they love
Fresh starts
Whole-house tours
Decorating workshops
A book so thorough, it has been used as a college textbook
Elements of interior design
Room-by-room details
Organized for easy reference
Questions and quizzes
What not to do!
Synopsis
The definitive reference book on home decor, written and designed to inspire readers, move them to action by helping define their personal style, then implement it.
Whole-house tours and decorating workshops demonstrate decorating and design principles and techniques.
More than 900 photos and 100 illustrations.
Synopsis
12 whole-house tours from coast to coast
8 before-and-after room makeovers
Two distinctly different decorating solutions for five different rooms
8 pages of quick solutions to common dilemmas of decor
A decorating taste test to define personal style
18 pages of decorating projects, complete with instructions
Offers special tips on maximizing storage in bedrooms, baths, kitchens, dining rooms, and family rooms
Multiple window treatments for typical window types
Buymanship tips and charts
URLs direct readers to additional decorating information and photos
Bonus Room Arranging Kit with templates and graph paper
Synopsis
The definitive reference book on home decor, written and designed to inspire readers, move them to action by helping define their personal style, then implement it.
Whole-house tours and decorating workshops demonstrate decorating and design principles and techniques.
More than 900 photos and 100 illustrations.