Big Book of Interiors, The: Design Ideas for Every Room [Hardcover]

Agata Losantos (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 13, 2006

The Big Book of Interiors features more than 600 different design ideas covering every room in the house...and then some.

For easy reference, the chapters are divided by location in the home:

• Living Rooms
• Bedrooms
• Kitchens
• Bathrooms
• Home Offices
• Kid Rooms
• Entrances and Corridors

Each section opens with text describing the decorating challenges unique to that part of the house, followed by full-color design ideas showcasing hundreds of different solutions to outfit every size room with a range of current interior style methods.The styles featured focus on the most popular used by today's best interior designers, including New rococo, Minimalism, New Rustic, Retro and Contemporary. Photographs are accompanied by captions explaining the different approaches from each designer and architect.

Whether it's one room or an entire house, Big Book of Interiors is the ultimate reference for every homeowner ready to redecorate.

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About the Author

Àgata Losantos is an editor who specializes in illustrated books. After getting her degree in translation, she has collaborated with several publishing houses editing books related to travel, architecture, and design. She is currently an editor at Loft Publications.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Collins Design (June 13, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060833432
• ISBN-13: 978-0060833435
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,441,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Ideas With Some Unusual Areas, July 14, 2006

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Book of Interiors, The: Design Ideas for Every Room (Hardcover)

This is a great idea book of interiors done by some of the best designers in the world. It is organized by the types of room:

Halls and Staircases
Kitchens
Dining Rooms
Living Rooms
Bedrooms
Home Offices
Bathrooms

This book offers ideas in several areas that you don't normall see in such idea books. The section on staircases is fantastic. Staircases give the designer to do some really dramatic things. I didn't realize just how dramatic until I saw all the designs that are shown here. And surprisingly, many of them look like they would be less expensive than traditional designs.

Another aspect of this book that isn't often seen is the decoration they have done on smaller houses and even lofts in converted warehouses, and sometimes showing very small areas.

Don't get the feeling though that you could build rooms like these by buying your appliances and furniture at the cut-rate discount store. This is a book of high end designs. Spectacularly photographed and printed.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Big Book of Interiors, July 21, 2007

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LAL "LAL" (Herndon, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Big Book of Interiors, The: Design Ideas for Every Room (Hardcover)

Not a book I'd recommend unless you're interested in pretty much the same design reworked over and over again. More than 380 pages of ultra-modern rooms which are sterile and "office building" chic at best. No diversity at all.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected, April 5, 2007

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A. Brady - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Book of Interiors, The: Design Ideas for Every Room (Hardcover)

I don't really like having to rate a book so low, but I think it was more because it was nothing that I expected. My husband and I are basically "flipping" our house and I thought that this book would give us some great ideas and tips designing our new rooms. However, this book is just pictures! No information on where you can even find some of the products which is probably better because only movie stars and millionaires live in the houses that were displayed along the pages. If you have the money and want to gut everything, then this book is worth buying, however, if you just need some little ideas I suggest trying a different book.