The New Smart Approach to Home Decorating (New Smart Approach Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580111432 ISBN 13: 9781580111430

Publisher: Creative Homeowner Pr, 2003

Synopsis

The New Smart Approach® to Home Decorating is a complete introduction into the subject of interior design. In words and pictures, it explains everything a homeowner needs to know to design and decorate a house with professional results. Topics covered in the book include explanations and examples of the basic principles of design, space planning, layout, and arrangement; furniture; color, pattern, and fabric; window treatments; accessories; and decorating room by room.

About this title

About the Author

Consumers recognize Creative Homeowner as their leading and trusted source for the best information, inspiration, and instruction related to the house and home. Creative Homeowner is the preeminent publisher of books on all aspects of decorating and design; home repair and improvement; house plans; gardening and landscaping; and grilling. Creative Homeowner's books stand out from other publications with their complete and easy-to-follow instructions, up-to-date information, and extensive use of color photography. Among its best-selling titles are Ultimate Guide to Home Repair and Improvement, Updated Edition; Ultimate Guide: Plumbing, 4th Updated Edition; and Ultimate Guide: Wiring, 8th Updated Edition.

From the Back Cover

The New Smart Approach to Home Decorating

Revised and updated, The New Smart Approach to Home Decorating shows you how to decorate every room in your home with the same confidence and flair as a professional designer. Over 425 photographs as well as Smart Tips from professionals reveal the secrets of selecting colors, mixing patterns, adding texture, and arranging furniture. You'll also learn the importance of good lighting and how to add personal touches to your design.

|The New Smart Approach to Home Decorating

Revised and updated, The New Smart Approach to Home Decorating shows you how to decorate every room in your home with the same confidence and flair as a professional designer. Over 425 photographs as well as Smart Tips from professionals reveal the secrets of selecting colors, mixing patterns, adding texture, and arranging furniture. You'll also learn the importance of good lighting and how to add personal touches to your design.

Reviews

Part of a new series, this updated volume of a popular Creative Homeowner title covers the principles and practicalities of home decorating. By using scale drawings, furniture templates and sample boards, the authors encourage the reader to think like an expert by showing how to analyze space, shape and mood and use color, texture, lighting and other techniques to achieve a professional result. After an overview to planning and designing, chapters move on to lighting, flooring, wall and window treatments, furniture and room design as well as focusing on kitchens and bathrooms. Outside living spaces are covered with treatments for decks, porches and landscaping. Illustrated with more than 440 color photos with full explanatory captions, each chapter contains Smart Steps and Smart Tips to achieve each goal in easy manageable steps, and each concludes with a four-page Gallery of Smart Ideas that sums up each section. Rounding out the volume are a useful resource guide, glossary and an appendix of templates of furniture, fixtures, windows and doors to help readers draw up their own scale plans. With easy-to-follow text, coupled with instructive photos, the book provides a comprehensive overview and answers many queries the non-professional may have.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Creative Homeowner Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580111432
• ISBN 13: 9781580111430
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Creative Homeowners Press