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Christi Carter's Art of Accessorizing

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Finally an extensive book on the art and science of accessorizing your home!

This book has absolutely inspiring photos but it includes equally great step by step tips to get you that look. As any decorator - professional or wanna bee - knows, accessories make the room. This book is a "must"!

I am a home decorating/design book junkie for 30+ years. I hesitate to write a review lest the reader think I am exaggerating or that I've been paid off by the author.

There is no other book out there like this. You may find a few, phenomenal pages of accessorizing/arrangement tips in home decorating magazines and books. I have clippings that date back three decades because they are so timeless. This book encompasses all of them and much more.

Add this extraordinary classic to your new or ancient collection. You will possess a treasure trove of exquisite design ideas, lessons, examples and principles.

Christi Carter, her family and her company have made significant contributions to Habitat for Humanity through her family's business and all of the proceeds of this book are donated. If you buy this book for no other reason, this may be the most compelling.

This book is sooooooooo good. It is like being enrolled in a decorating class --- except you learn and study at your own pace. This is helpful to me since I do not have time to take a class. I have never seen another decorating book that even compares to this. She breaks everything down into steps and categories. Everything is illustrated using actual rooms and real situations. The information is very usable and I will be applying the principals learned in this book from now on. I think it will save me $$$$ by keeping me from purchasing the wrong accessories that do not work in my home. The book is also attractive and fun to look at so you could approach it by just looking at it and getting ideas the way most decorating books help us This book will help you learn what works and what does not and why. Again it is the best decorating book ever because you can casual use it to flip through and get ideas. You can also use if to really study and learn how to decorate. Either way you will not waste your money on this one.

This is one of my favorite decorating books in my library.

I wish Christi would write another book on this subject (or any decorating subject!) Her photos are simply exquisite. Also, this book is easy to follow.

This book shows how to accessorize in a "semi-formal" way. Christi takes the reader through every room in (any) house and shows ,for instance, how to hang pictures, or place objects in an appealing manner, or use colors, etc....

This is a really lovely book. The examples are very nice and I think most of them come from the authors own home. The three step guide to accesorizing is wonderful. I just wish she had taken a little more time writing. The pictures are vibrant and modern. It's a nice book, but could have used more written content.

Alot of inspiration and ideas on decorating and accessorizing walls, bookshelves, tabletops, etc. Very helpful, with alot of beautiful pictures.

This book is great. It gives a lot of practical hints on how to accesorize your home. I can't wait to try out some of the suggestions.

It's simply a wonderful book in every way - wonderful to look at, wonderful to read and wonderful to learn from! It contains lots of simple brilliant ideas to be aesily applied at our home w/ our own collection that bring smart and beautiful result!

Highly recommended both for the homeowners and design proffesionals - one of the best book in its kind - we got all the lessons and samples we need in accesorizing and decorating our rooms easily and stylishly!

I was weeding out my bookshelf and thought "this book can go." It had been awhile since I'd read it. Then I took one last browse through the book before letting it go. Right away I spotted some tips and photos that inspired me to go rearrange my bookshelves in the guest room and the bookroom. Then I started reading the part about tablescapes. I'm keeping the book. It has the ability to make me rethink my accessorizing and inspire me to try new arrangements of pictures, art on the wall, things on tables, bookshelves and all through the house.

It really helped with the shelf displays by leading me through the steps of emptying the bookshelves, grouping the items, staggering the large items and placing them to lead the eye from one shelf to another, and placing accessories based on color, texture and different shapes. By using four pages to explain this process, I really understood it and could apply the principles to my own shelves. Great decorating book, not just one with pretty pictures!

I was SO excited to get this book. I know that the author is the granddaughter of the founder of Home Interiors and Gifts, and I mistakenly thought that Carter would use a lot of her family's company products in the decorating. Instead, there is little or none in the book. It is the author's own home, and non withstanding the beautiful cover arrangement, I was taken aback by what I find to be her dog-ugly decor. I know style is a very personal manner, but what about faith in your own company products? I have a LOT of Home Interior, and I was looking forward to learning how to use what I have in a better way. If I can get over the photographs, the book MIGHT tell me how to do that somewhere. So disappointed!