Do-it-yourself decorating (Rd Home Handbooks) [Mass Market Paperback]

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This book offers instruction on how to achieve decorative effects in home remodeling using the colors and textures of a variety of materials. These materials include paints, wallpapers, tiles, flooring, and--in the case of curtains, bedding, and other sewn accessories--fabrics. For a small-format book there is a lot of information here, much of it conveyed through color photos, drawings, and charts, all of which are tightly but creatively juxtaposed. This layout works especially well for selecting and using materials to achieve different decorative as well as functional results. Its brief hands-on descriptions of tools (ranging in this case from power saws to sewing machines) and application procedures will need supplementing by more detailed how-to manuals, in some cases. Recommended for most public libraries.
- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Readers Digest (May 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895773813
• ISBN-13: 978-0895773814
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,510,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Library Journal

This book offers instruction on how to achieve decorative effects in home remodeling using the colors and textures of a variety of materials. These materials include paints, wallpapers, tiles, flooring, and--in the case of curtains, bedding, and other sewn accessories--fabrics. For a small-format book there is a lot of information here, much of it conveyed through color photos, drawings, and charts, all of which are tightly but creatively juxtaposed. This layout works especially well for selecting and using materials to achieve different decorative as well as functional results. Its brief hands-on descriptions of tools (ranging in this case from power saws to sewing machines) and application procedures will need supplementing by more detailed how-to manuals, in some cases. Recommended for most public libraries.-- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.