Book Description
Whether you live in a hilltop village in France or an apartment in New York, "Creating Cottage Style" is a wonderful resource for simple, inspiring ways to introduce cottage style to your home. In the first part of the book, Cottage Styles, Katherine Sorrell takes a tour of inspirational interiors from around the world, from the relaxed simplicity of Scandinavian style to the comfortable charm of the country homes of England. Spread throughout the book are twelve stylish yet achievable projects, each one accompanied by step-by-step illustrations. Projects include a pretty floral tablecloth for your dining room, yellow-checked curtains for your living room, and a painted closet for your bedroom. In "Cottage Rooms", Katherine guides you through every room in the home, while lavish photography highlights intriguing details along the way. This wonderful book provides a wealth of ideas for you to recrate at home--cover beds and pillows with toile de Jouy fabric, paint rooms in pale, soft colours, or disguise kitchen storage spaces with gathered panels of traditional fabric. -A treasure trove of ways to capture the essence of country living, whether you want to add handcrafted touches to your kitchen or redecorate your living room. -Includes 12 truly illustrated step-by-step projects for country-inspired details including pillows, curtains, bedspreads, and wreaths.
Book Description
Piles of clutter scattered about the house disrupt the smooth flow of energy, thereby draining the health and well-being of those who live there. By completing some of the 101 specific clutter-clearing tasks detailed here, you’ll bring sanity and sanctity back to your home. Each chapter covers a different area of the house and provides all the guidance necessary to declutter that room. Fill in questionnaires to determine hotspots, and then work to develop your dream atmosphere. Maintenance timetables ensure that the mess won’t return, and a listing of suggested treats for completing the tasks await you at the end of each section. Whatever the motivation, this inspirational handbook will help you gain perspective and unclutter your life—in more ways than one.
Customer Reviews:
Very helpful.......2005-08-28
Great little book. I bought it here after checking it out one day in a bookstore. It had all these logical little tips in it. It goes room by room, and the best part for me was: "things to look for", and it'll just name things that you should find and toss. What was i thinking keeping a bunch of random keys around. :D. And freakin' takeout menus. I tossed the old keys and put the menus in a folder. The book is much better than that, but those were the first 2 things i did. I've seen a ton of decor, declutter and organize books. this one is really good.
Wow! What a valuable book!.......2004-10-05
This is a wonderfully-written book that I found incredibly useful. Here's why:
- The info is broken down into small, readable chunks
- The exercises are timed, so you can plan time in advance if you have a busy schedule
- The author lists the benefits - immediate, long-term, and emotional, so you can clearly see "what's in it for you."
I am recommending this book to all my friends.
Book Description
Architectural Digest Top 100 winner!
Simple, approachable nine-step design process is based on Hayes's thirty years of experience
Visit the stars' homes! Dozens of color photos of Hayes's designs for celebrities from the NBA, the NFL, music, and Hollywood
Beautiful rooms guaranteed!
Beauty, elegance, and attention to the smallest details—these are the hallmarks of the cutting-edge work of acclaimed interior designer Cecil Hayes. A visionary artist, expert designer, and impeccable furniture and furnishings craftsman, Cecil Hayes's work personifies luxury, style, and grace and her interiors are known for their creativity and innovation. One of the most celebrated designers in the world, Cecil Hayes at last shares her secrets in Cecil Hayes 9 Steps to Beautiful Living. Readers will discover how Hayes's nine steps, developed over the course of her career, make it easy—and even enjoyable—to transform a house into a dream home. Stunning full-color photographs illustrate the author's ideas with examples of rooms she has designed for top stars from sports, music, and movies, including Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, P. J. Brown, Wesley Snipes, Samuel L. Jackson, Ty Law, and Timbaland. Clear, common-sense instructions, cutting-edge design ideas, and warm, inspired yet practical, advice give readers the confidence to create rooms that work well, look stunning, and withstand the test of time.
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No other interior design book is needed........2007-07-15
Finally an interior design book that gives information you can use and not just pretty pictures. I have now boxed up all of my other interior design books to give away because everything I need to know is in this one book. The book gives you rules you can use. For example, the actual measurements you should allow for free space around a bed, sofa and dining table. She gives the distance you should have between conversation areas, side tables and lamp heights required for specific areas. Each step in the book is well written and provides answers to all you will need to know to make your home beautiful.
An Organized Approach to Decorating.......2006-04-12
This beautifully illustrated book of interior designs shows the work of Cecil Hayes. She has a style all her own which may or may not be to your liking. However, in creating these designs she has come up with a list of nine steps in the decorating process:
Get to Know Your Space
Create Your Personal Look Book
Create a Furniture Plan
Decorate One Layer at a Time
Mix Styles and Periods
Choose Your Colors
Use a Variety of Fabric Patterns and Textures
Decorate with Art and Accessories
Evaluate Your Finished Design.
The rooms pictured here are heavily decorated, Ms. Hayes is clearly not of the minimalist school of decorating. This is, of course a matter of personal choice and is part of her nine steps - Create Your Personal Look Book.
This book is one that's filled with ideas. Even if they don't appeal to you, you'll be able to see concepts in decorating that you haven't seen before. and the steps she describes make very good sense.
A RENOWN INTERIOR DESIGNER TAKES YOU BY THE HAND AND TEACHES HER PROCESS!.......2006-02-14
If you really want to understand the "why" behind interior design, this is the book for you. The book is written in an easy, informative style and Cecil goes out of her way to make it understandable for the average person. Even after working for her for several years, I learned sooo much from this book that its incredible. Cecil's teachning background is readily apparent and she shares the secret of her personal design process wholeheartedly!
Anyone who wants to create their own one-of-a-kind interior design, is contemplating a career in interior design, or who is generally interested in interior design will find this book inspirational. Humorous anecdoes, professional wisdom, and the life lessons of a celebrated interior designer, all rolled into a teaching text on interior design. Highly, highly recommended!
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- Home Bliss II
- The Best book on home decorating
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Step-by-Step Home Decorating Book
Nicholas Barnard
Manufacturer: DK ADULT
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Complete Home Decorating Book
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Color Schemes Made Easy (Better Homes & Gardens)
ASIN: 0789451867 |
Book Description
The Step-by-Step Home Decorating Book is an up-to-date, expanded edition of Nicholas Barnard's bestselling Complete Home Decorating Book. It is a contemporary practical guide to both hard-surface decorating -- painting, wallpapering, tiling -- and soft furnishings, from making curtains to patchwork quilting. Beautiful room interiors inspire you with ideas for your home, and color photographs set out the choice of materials and useful equipment available. Over 200 pages of step-by-step photographs explain every decorating technique. In the first part of the book, basic sewing techniques -- hand-stitching, making seams, attaching fasteners, and applying trimmings -- are all demonstrated. Chapter by chapter, instructions are given for making curtains, cloth blinds, bed covers, cushions, and other soft-furnishing accessories. Painting, wallpapering, tiling, flooring, shelving, and lighting are covered in the second part of the book. Galleries of photographs help you choose a style you like, and numerous step-by-step sequences explain how to successfully complete every project. With its detailed coverage and extensive use of color photographs, the Step-by-Step Home Decorating Book is sure to become the essential practical manual for today's enthusiastic homemaker.
Customer Reviews:
Home Bliss II.......2002-08-09
This edition is now fully revised and updated. Already half a million copies of this book have been sold worldwide. Now they have included an extra 64 pages of innovative suggestions on how to improve your home with unique decorating discussions.
This book is written in a step-by-step style and is a contemporary and practical guide to beautiful adventures in home decorating.
The contents include:
Soft Furnishings
Basic Sewing techniques
Curtains and Draperies
Shades
Bed Furnishings
Pillows and Cushions
Simple Upholstery
Table Linens
Lampshades
Decorating
Painting
Wallpapering
Tiling
Hard Floors
Carpets and Rugs
Shelving
Lighting
Care & Maintenance
A discussion on the types of fabrics is followed by a pictoral guide to the basic sewing kit. Then you enter the world of hand sewing and machine techniques. It is reminiscent of home economics courses in high school, but they go into slightly more detail.
If you are thinking of putting up curtains, there is a section on hanging systems. While curtains take a bit of work, if you have a sewing machine and a bit of patience, you can create exactly what you imagine. The sewing sections in this book are a real highlight. It seems that most of this book is about sewing!
For the adventurous new decorator, there is a visual list of what you need for a household tool kit. Already I see I should purchase a few more items if I'm going to get any of these projects completed. Yes, I have a wire brush on my "to buy" list now.
Bagging is an interesting technique for painting. Sponging and glazework is also explained in detail. The painting section is less detailed than the sewing section, but
equally useful.
Once you get to the "tiling" section, you have to ask yourself if you really want to attempt this yourself? The flooring and tiling sections look quite advanced and perhaps these sections are more to help you decide on which types of flooring or tile you would prefer to install.
Shelving is not that difficult to install in reality and this section was short, sweet and practical.
If you are up for the challenge or are just looking for more
inspiration, this is your book.
~TheRebeccaReview.com
The Best book on home decorating.......2000-06-15
I have read just about every book that our public library carries on home decorating. I never found one book that could address the issues in such detail with visual aids for every step of a project, until I came across "Step-by-step Home decorating book" by Nicholas Barnard. This is the best decorating book that I ever read. My search for the most satisfying decorating book has ended. It makes very good reading. A must for your library.
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Decorative paint effects run the gamut from the simple mottled look of sponging or ragging to the textural appearance of crackling and the faux finishes of wood graining or marbling. Likewise, the required skill level ranges from the jump-right-in-and-start-painting variety to methods that can take hours or weeks to master. Author Karl-Heinz Meschbach is certainly a master of the craft, demonstrating 24 different finishes in his book, Fabulous Finishes for Your Home. He lays solid groundwork on tools, materials, and surface preparation, then fully explains each method with extensive how-tos and color photos of the process. Unfortunately Meschbach focuses so heavily on teaching technique that he occasionally can't see the forest for the trees: despite the great close-ups there are no overviews or illustrations to indicate what a particular finish might look like on a wall or a piece of furniture. If you're prepared to experiment and make a lot of sample boards--and you're good at visualizing what an effect might look like in another context--this is a fine reference for honing technique. Novices, however, will probably want to start elsewhere. --Amy Handy
Book Description
With a can of acrylic paint and a few simple tools, you can create lovely, lively finishes on walls, chairs, boxes, floors ... virtually any surface! Learn the "tricks" from Karl-Heinz Meschbach, one of America's leading experts on decorative finishes. Just follow along with his clear instructions and step-by-step photos to create a fantastic range of effects--from easy finishes like ragging and mottling to fancier faux finishes like crackling, verdigris and heartgraining. With these can't-miss techniques--and Meschbach's expert advice for picking the right colors and finishes for any job--even the absolute beginner can achieve impressive results!
Customer Reviews:
Excellent resource.......2006-12-05
Great variety of techniques. Good explanations. It is a must have if you like to paint.
The Faux Meister IS the Master!.......2001-03-04
This is the most intuitive book I have ever read on the subject. Karl-Heinz takes the time to explain in detail how to create fabulous finishes for your walls and furniture. This book is a "must have" if you are interested in creating faux marbles and wood grains. I have read many books on the subject and "Fabulous Finishes" is one of the best on the market.
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Cecil Hayes 9 Steps to Beautiful Living: Dreams, Design, and Decorate Your Home with Style
Cecil Hayes
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0823099636
Release Date: 2007-10-30 |
Book Description
Beauty, elegance, and attention to the smallest detail. These are the hallmarks of rooms created by acclaimed interior designer Cecil Hayes, the first African-American to be named one of the country’s Top 100 interior designers by Architectural Digest. She has worked her magic in the homes of countless celebrity clients, including Ty Law and Timbaland. Now readers can use Hayes’s nine steps to transform their ordinary rooms into dream spaces. Inspiring yet practical, the ideas and techniques she shares in this easy-to-follow guide--now in paperback for the first time--give everyone the confidence to live beautifully.
Book Description
Presents a variety of tile options, practical tips for choosing tile, and step-by-step guidance for installing tile indoors and out.
More than 40 inviting, inspirational photographs of tile installed in a variety of environments.
Thorough instructional copy and more than 200 illustrations.
Tips from the experts on properly installing tile floors, walls, backsplashes, and patios.
Simply and clearly explains tile composition, grouting, and sealing.
Tips for properly fitting tiles in difficult places and choosing the right accent tiles.
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Wallpapering: Easy-Step Books
Manufacturer: Sterling
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0806970618 |
Book Description
Looks, durability, washability, and ease of installation: you have to take these and other factors into account when choosing a wallcovering. It takes just a few easy steps to check out papers, gather tools, plan the job, and master the techniques. Here's how it's done: * Find out the advantages and drawbacks of different papers and fabrics, and see which patterns and textures will simplify your work. * From scissors and tape measures to clamps and broad knives, pick the tools that speed up the job. * Estimate quantities, prepare walls, get started with the first sheets--and plan for each coming one. * Apply primers, draw plumb lines, and get hints on cutting, pasting, booking, and choosing a seam technique. * Solve problems raised by tricky corners and other obstacles. * Repair bubbles, damaged areas, and more. * Bonus: special applications, such as archways, stairways, and ceilings. 64 pages (all in color), 5 1/4 x 8 7/8.
Book Description
Any parent who wants to create a play space, build a loft, or add a desk for a child will appreciate the unique ideas, easy instructions, and expert advice in Step-by-Step Kids' Rooms Projects, published by Better Homes and Gardens (R).
Customer Reviews:
old fashion.......2006-03-16
i did't like this book at all. The rooms that were displayed, looked very out dated. It wasn't very hopeful to me at all.
Great book if you are looking for 1 of the 8 themes shown........2005-09-15
This is a really great book if you are looking for 1 of the 8 themes that are shown. A number of views of the rooms are shown and detailed instructions are given for making the items. I chose to return my book because I was not interested in any of the 8 themes. I was looking for design ideas for a girl's room.
The themes are:
1. Butterfly/dragonfly: butterflies and dragonflies make a cute theme for a girl's bedroom but there rendition seemed a bit tacky looking to me.
2. Cowboy theme: I thought this one was really cute, but we don't have any boys.
3. Pink and white frilly floral theme: they call it Good morning Princess. It just wasn't the look I had in mind.
4. Jungle/Zoo theme: really cute ideas but again it seemed better for a boy. Included directions for making a bamboo screen, bamboo lamp and bamboo headboard!
5. The magical garden: again, a bit too frilly and floral for my taste
6. Sailing, seaside theme: really cute! We live in Minnesota so the seaside, sailing theme seemed to fit a little more coastal child...
7. Chicken coop. There were some good ideas if you are looking for a chicken-type theme with red, blues and yellows. Chickens weren't what I had in mind.
8. Memory Lane: girl's room, I didn't care for it. It looked like Mary Engelbreit designed the furniture. There was a comforter that looked like the Jack and Jill pictures from the reading books...
It would be a good book to order if you want a jungle/zoo, cowboy or seaside/sailing theme.
Good Ideas.......2005-07-13
Although some styles in this book are outdated, I feel that it provided inspiration for my own projects. After reading this book, I had ideas for redecorating my two daughters' rooms. My favorite room ideas were the princess room and the nostalgia room. The cowboy room was really cute too. Good themes, projects, and clear instructions are included in this book. If you are in need of some inspiration, this book will help.
8 great creative rooms w/ detail instructions and templates........2004-04-07
This book gives you 8 different rooms to choose from. Some of them include a "Princess Room" that is full of pink and frills. It gives you good ideas to update your childs room with out having to purchase alot of expensive furniture. It seems to concentrate on refurbishing basic furniture with paint, material and embellishments. The Nautical themed room could be used for a boy or girl with just a few changes in color and accessories.
The Cowboy room is ideal for "Buckaroos" of all ages. This could be used for a todler now, and as he matures could easily be updated with more elaborate accesories. The twin bed that is made out of a tree with the bark still on it is unique. Another room excellent for a boy or girl is the "Bug Room." The most creative item in this room, I think is the room screen made out of recycled screen doors. The colors are lovely opaque blues and greens. This room is accented with butterflies and dragonflies. This book is not your typical decorators book that gives you just pictures to go by. It give you the patterns (many in color) and instructions to help you create a room that will please your child for many years. Other themes included are "Wild Kingdom," The "Chicken Coop," the "Magical Garden," and "Memory Lane" that is filled with nostalgia.
Common Themes and Simple Instructions but Uninspiring.......2002-02-22
If you're searching for a book full of unique ideas for kids' rooms, you will be sadly disappointed as I was. I found the ideas to be mediocre and seen before almost everywhere. If, however, you are seeking simple, cheap, easy to do ideas, that you've seen before, but didn't know how to accomplish, then buy this book. The instructions seem to be very clear and easy to follow, with most of the ideas requiring very little materials or skill. In fact, many of the ideas begin with ready-made furnishings (i.e. tables, chairs, bedding, curtains...). The book does contain detailed patterns, but you probably have the equivalent in your clipart files. In short, this book is good for the person who has NO ideas about decorating for kids, and who can't replicate ideas without some instruction. It's a beginner level basic book.
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Everything for Kid's Rooms
Patricia Bueno
Manufacturer: Atrium Publishers Group
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ASIN: 8495692775 |
Book Description
At the time of decorating the children's bedrooms, most people discover that there are not that many sources of inspiration to help in the task. The hundreds of examples given in this book are an effective guide when you need to make an important decoration choice. Includes hundreds of full color photographs showcasing styles for every taste and home.
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- Creating Your Own Japanese Garden
- Dear Pam ... Teach Me Your Quick Quilting Techniques
- Decorating Furniture: Antique and Country Paint Projects (Decorating Furniture)
- Desert Gardening: Fruits and Vegetables
- Embroideries
- Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants
- Even More of Your Garden (In Your Garden)
- Fanciful Paper Projects: Making Your Own Posh Little Follies
- Ferns for American Gardens
- Fleurish
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