Decorate Rich: Creating a Fabulous Look for Less [Hardcover]

Jo Packham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2001

Want to decorate like a millionaire? You can--even without a lot of money. All it takes is a well-chosen focal point, that one special something, to make an entire room look newly and expensively designed. If you know what you like, but can't always put your finger on it till you see it, open up and dip into these dozens of marvelously photographed ideas, all selected with comfort, taste, need, and lifestyle in mind. Think about the effect of an unusual wall treatment, or an eye-catcher prominently displayed on a shelf: people's attention will jump right over to that object. And, when they leave, they'll remember the rest of the room being equally beautiful and imaginatively done. One way to achieve this magic is to use something you already have for a different purpose--a candle sconce as a hanging plant holder or a metal shelf as a drapery valence. Page after fabulous page demonstrates how small touches--even the way your bathroom towels are folded and hung on the bar--make an enormous difference, on the wall, the table, the mantle, the bed...everywhere, indoors and out!

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Ogden, UT

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Sterling/Chapelle; Edition Unstated edition (June 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806962674
• ISBN-13: 978-0806962672
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 10.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,605,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is THE worst decorating book I have ever read, November 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Decorate Rich: Creating a Fabulous Look for Less (Paperback)

If you love clutter, ill conceived floor plans, bad scale and poor color choices; this is the book for you. Jo needs to go back and rediscover the harmony of scale and color. Even the jacket picture she selected of herself and her family is unflattering.
I like the fact that she truly is trying to come up with ideas and ways to cut costs but it looks half done or over done with just too many things going on to take away from the total design.
This is the first negative review I have ever written. I purchased this book for some creative ideas but I ended up recycling the book in my mixed paper bin because it really is "that bad".

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars sadly disappointed, March 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Decorate Rich: Creating a Fabulous Look for Less (Paperback)

Based on its cover, which let's face it, is how we buy decorating books, this one looked really interesting and quite sumptuous. Unfortunately, the contents did not live up to the cover and featured rooms and ideas that are already beginning to look "dated". There were no ideas for creating a rich or monied decorating style and the text was rather "homespun". Having bought it on sale, I was very glad I hadn't paid full price; I would have been most disappointed.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Glad I Didn't Pay Full Price for Decorate Rich, February 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Decorate Rich: Creating a Fabulous Look for Less (Hardcover)

Scan the pages of Decorating Rich for some beautiful photography and interesting ideas. Skip the narrative, as it is labored and dull. It is a good coffee table book that won't make any demand on your brain power, even if you read the text.