Home Decorating for Dummies

Home Decorating for Dummies Book Description

"The perfect book for the frustrated interior decorator in each of us!"
--Karla Krengel, Kitchens.com

Easy, affordable solutions for stunning home makeovers

Give your home a great new look!

Turn your home into a designer showplace without spending designer dollars! This friendly guide shows you how to create stunning rooms by mastering your own personal decorating style. Expert advice and cost-cutting tips will help you create the home of your dreams, whether you want to paint one room or redesign your entire house.

Praise for Home Decorating For Dummies

"This guide will prepare you with the basic recipes you will need to make your interior more pleasurable."
- Karim Rashid, Famous Designer

"Wow! Has there ever been a more complete home decorating tutorial? This step-by-step guide instills confidence as a complete home decorating course or as an invaluable resource for specific information."
--Caroline H.S. Hipple, President, Storehouse Furniture, Inc.

Discover how to:

• Prepare a floor plan
• Mix colors, patterns, and textures
• Make the most of small spaces
• Create focal points in every room
• Design floors, ceilings, and walls that grab attention

Do you long to create picture-perfect rooms but can't quite seem to achieve them? Do you want better functioning spaces for working, playing, or living? Do you clamor to express your personal style? If you said "yes" to any of these questions, you've turned to the right source for real answers from the pros.

"Home Decorating For Dummies," 2nd Edition is for all kinds of people in all kinds of decorating situations, including: First-time buyers or renters. You have a whole new place to decorate. Where do you start? Second- or third-time home buyers. Whether you've gone up or down in size, stayed in the same region or moved to a whole new one, you need to know how to make your old furniture work in a new setting, how to add furnishings, and how to make your style seem fresh. Newly blended families. He has furniture, she has furniture, they have furniture. Can it all work together harmoniously? Indeed And anyone else who loves decorating. Don't forget: Imagination counts.

Each part of "Home Decorating For Dummies," deals with a broad area of decorating, and each chapter contains specific and detailed information. You'll discover tips on Basic planning - where to begin when you want to start decorating Creating surface interest - the effects of color, pattern, and texture, and the problems created by too much or too little of them Creating backgrounds - what you need to know about the special decorating requirements of your walls Tackling tough rooms - how to effectively decorate rooms that have special functional requirements Accessorizing with art and other stuff - adding the final flourishes to every space in your place

"Home Decorating For Dummies," 2nd Edition containsall the basics - including how to figure out what you can spend; how to spend it; and the latest and greatest in styles, trends, and technology. What do you do with your space next? The possibilities are endless.

Deliverable Countries: This product ships to United Arab Emirates, Australia, Belgium, Bahrain, Switzerland, China, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, South Africa.

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