Eclectic Living: Ideas for Creating Your Own Unique Homestyle (Bari Lynn at Home) [Hardcover]

Bari Lynn (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bari Lynn at Home | Publication Date: September 23, 1998

Fully illustrated with step-by-step color photographs, Bari Lynn's straightforward instructions make such popular techniques as colorwashing, tiling, glass etching, and gilding accessible to readers who don't have a lot of spare time, money, or space. Each project can be completed in an hour to a day, and Bari shows how to make dramatic use of inexpensive materials and flea-market finds. The book includes a glossary of techniques and tools, and Bari provides information about where to purchase every material needed for the projects.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

You don't have to be a fine artist or as rich as Midas to create a stylish, personalized, luxurious-feeling home. Many of the projects and techniques described in this lavishly illustrated book will take the reader from a half hour to a maximum of three hours to transform dull into dramatic and create stunning visual affects, whimsical touches, and infusions of color and texture. Lynn does not promote a particular style or taste, but rather shows the reader how to develop individual style and express it in doable ways without breaking the bank. Also covered are cosmetic fixes and quick-and-easy decorating tricks, party planning, and homemade gifts that are simple to make but elegant and memorable to give. The simplicity and modest cost of all the projects detailed by Lynn are sure to inspire the reader to begin the transformation of home into "home sweet home." --Mark A. Hetts

From Library Journal

These project books contain quick, do-it-yourself decorating ideas with easy-to-follow instructions. Lynn and Dimmick cover sewless fabric projects, decorated picture frames, etched glass, and napkin rings, among other things. Maflin shows gilding, stenciling, paper crafts, painting, printing, and mosaic projects using an Engish modern style. Lynn goes into more complicated projects such as rug painting that are covered in more detail elsewhere (see Caroline O'Neill Kuchinsky's Fabulous Floorcloths, reviewed below), but her "Shabby Chic"-style projects include a guide to the type of store that will carry needed materials. Dimmick, whose projects will appeal to twenty- and thirtysomethings, includes a mostly New York resource list and the approximate cost and time needed to complete each project. All good additions where there is a great interest in crafts, with Lynn's perhaps the most highly recommended because of the variety of projects.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Harper; 1st edition (September 23, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060191171
• ISBN-13: 978-0060191177
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,132,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A painless guide to making your house a home., October 23, 1998

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This review is from: Eclectic Living: Ideas for Creating Your Own Unique Homestyle (Bari Lynn at Home) (Hardcover)

A beginner's guide to home decorating for the budget-minded among us, especially those who need a little reassurance. We're not all Martha Stewart, nor want to be, and Bari Lynn and Abbe Aronson expertly hold our hands and tell us it's okay. Their quick-tip guide, a kind of decorating for dummies, makes the point that it's our house, our apartment -- and it's supposed to be comfortable, not some kind of sterile showcase. The text starts off by letting you know that you really can do it yourself, and that you don't need a six-figure income to pull it all together. Just a little imagination. And the pictures supply a lot of energy and mix and match ideas. Best yet, all the while they're holding your hand, you never get the sense they're talking down to you. You get the sense there's no 'wrong' way to do a home. What works for you works, and that's really all that counts.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great and Easy Ideas that Look GREAT, August 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Eclectic Living: Ideas for Creating Your Own Unique Homestyle (Bari Lynn at Home) (Hardcover)

I found Bari Lynn's first book to be full of fun, great looking and inexpensive ideas. Her how to instructions are very thorough and all the color pictures illustrating key steps are a great help. I, for one, can't wait for her next book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing new look at inexpensive home decorating, November 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Eclectic Living: Ideas for Creating Your Own Unique Homestyle (Bari Lynn at Home) (Hardcover)

Eclectic Living by Bari Lynn shows her unique eclectic vision. Throughout the book her easy,cost-conscious creative ideas kept me saying "I can do that!" Looking forward the next of her series.