The Complete Home Decorating Idea Book focuses on vertical and horizontal surfaces by examining not only windows, walls and floors but also celebrates the fifth wall ceilings! Readers will discover the clever possibilities for treating surfaces of all kinds with paint, wallpaper, tile, stone, fabric and more. Beginning with a chapter on a personal favorite, window treatments, Stoehr covers all types of hard and soft window products, as well as how to approach the decoration of a large window wall. A chapter on wall coverings follows, including paint, paper, tile, stone, fabric and wood. In section three, the decorated ceiling pulls our eyes upward from the horizontal sweep we normally experience in a room, creating a sense of satisfied completion to any interior. Decorated ceilings, our interior sky is attention to detail at its best, creating drama in the dining room or a calm, restful environment in the bedroom. Finally, we look to the floor, an area frequently overlooked but is the ultimate component for finishing any room with style. All this and more, including thousands of today's top interior photographs, will be found in The Complete Home Decorating Idea Book.
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Current Draperies & Window Fashions columnist, writing Trends Tracking and Reading Review, as well as intermittent Market Reports and focus articles. Has written articles for Tapestria's fabric trends website, Today's Home Creative Arts magazine, Experience Life magazine, and a host of others. Previously editor-in-chief of Window Fashions magazine, managing editor of Fine Furniture International, and publications director for The Wall Paper. Managing editor of International Wolf magazine. Marketing manager for designWorks, a retail design shop specializing in spatial organization. Design competition judge, seminar presentations, Current owner of Chemistry Creative, a Minneapolis, MN-based editorial, project management and design agency, focusing on coaching fiction and non-fiction writers, writing fabulous copy and designing eye-catching publications-all on time and within budget. B.A. cum laude Speech Communications, Theatre, English, 1982; M.A. magna cum laude Theatre History, 1986. Stoehr lives in Edina, MN with her husband Mark, an artist; daughter Hanna, an athlete and musician; and a host of pesky, fur-shedding, cuddly four-legged creatures.
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Kathleen S. Stoehr has been writing about trends in interior design since the mid-90s, with a strong focus on color, fabrics and especially, window treatments of all kinds. With four books (Dream Floors, Dream Windows, The Complete Home Decorating Idea Book and The Window Decorating Book) published, as well as countless articles for magazines with a focus on interior design, you will find Kathleen to be an expert in the field.
Owner of Chemistry Creative, a consulting, design and writing service for large and small corporations, as well as having held countless positions of responsibility within the field of publishing, Kathleen continues to expand her knowledge and experience to bring readers current and pertinent information.
Kathleen makes her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an area rich in art and culture, but travels often to pick up signals from other culturally rich areas of the U.S. and the world.
Owner of Chemistry Creative, a consulting, design and writing service for large and small corporations, as well as having held countless positions of responsibility within the field of publishing, Kathleen continues to expand her knowledge and experience to bring readers current and pertinent information.
Kathleen makes her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an area rich in art and culture, but travels often to pick up signals from other culturally rich areas of the U.S. and the world.
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THE COMPLETE HOME DECORATING IDEA BOOK,
By INTERIOR DESIGNER "INTERIOR DESIGNER" (AUSTIN TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Home Decorating Idea Book: Thousands of Ideas for Windows, Walls, Ceilings and Floors (Paperback)
I AM AN ASID INTERIOR DESIGNER LOCATED IN AUSTIN TEXAS. I HAVE WON 8 DESIGN AWARDS HERE IN OUR STATE. THIS BOOK IS INCREDIBLY USEFUL AS A TOOL WHEN I AM IN CLIENT MEETINGS TRYING TO CONVEY AN IDEA IN MY MIND TO MY CLIENT. IT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE DESIGN CONCEPT . IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY STYLES OF WINDOW TREATMENTS AND VERY USER FREINDLY. IT IS A GREAT TOOL AS IT IS CLOSE UP PHOTOS TO DISCUSS DETAILS. THE STYLES ARE CALLED OUT WHICH ARE UNIVERSAL, SO THE CLIENT KNOWS WHAT MY WINDOW TREATMENT COMPANY IS TALKING ABOUT. PS. ALL MY CLIENTS END UP KEEPING THE COPY I AM WORKING WITH FOR THEM. I CAN'T SAY NO.
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Tons of clear pictures and descriptions,
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I extremely liked this book especially the pictures. As we decorate our home I can show my husband or contractors an idea of what I am looking for. This book really delivers thanks!
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Wonderful Book that Shows every idea,
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As a window treatment designer this book shows every option (almost!!) that a homeowner could do for there home
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The Complete Home Decorating Idea Book, Wall Coverings, Shade Varieties, Stone Walls, Café Curtain, Bracket Decorative, Tile Laminate, Roman-Flat Fold Shades, Fabric Walls, Ruffled Rod Pocket, Flip Topper Curtains, Decorative Border, Grommeted Curtains, Window Coverings, Papered Walls, Floor Coverings Browse Sample Pages:
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The Complete Home Decorating Idea Book, Wall Coverings, Shade Varieties, Stone Walls, Café Curtain, Bracket Decorative, Tile Laminate, Roman-Flat Fold Shades, Fabric Walls, Ruffled Rod Pocket, Flip Topper Curtains, Decorative Border, Grommeted Curtains, Window Coverings, Papered Walls, Floor Coverings Browse Sample Pages:
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