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Synopsis
Mary Gilliat's classic work on home design has now been fully revised and updated for the needs of today's homeowner. With 115 new pages and over 300 new photographs, The Complete Book of Home Design takes up the topics of studies and home workspaces, children's rooms, and special paint effects. And practical information has been updated to account for changes in technology and product design, while many new pictures capture exciting developments in contemporary decorating style.
Planning, furnishing, and decorating a home can be a creative and rewarding pastime, dependent not on money but on good ideas and know-how. A top interior designer in both the United States and England, Mary Gilliatt uses her extensive experience to offer imaginative inspiration and step-by-step instruction. Her ideas provide a complete plan for home design in the form of a tour through an extensive "showhome" of colorful possibilities.
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From Library Journal
Gilliatt has updated her inspirational and practical guide on home design ( LJ 1/85) to reflect current trends. While some new photographs replace those decorating schemes now considered less fashionable, the text remains virtually unchanged. Included are new chapters on children's rooms, studies, and home work places. Deleted from this edition are the room sketches with suggestions of fabrics, textures, and finishing touches. Written for the nonprofessional, the book gives much sound advice on essentials as well as decorating accessories. Diverse examples are offered for adding and creating style in every room of a home or apartment, with detailed discussions of storage systems, suitable surfaces, work triangles, equipment selection, wall and window treatments, flooring, heating, and lighting. For all public libraries where the previous edition is not owned.
- Judith Yankielun Lind, Roseland Free
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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