Elegant and Easy Living Rooms: 100 Trade Secrets for Designing with Style [Paperback]

Dylan Landis (Author), David McGrievey (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Elegant and Easy | Publication Date: April 11, 2000

ELEGANT AND EASY LIVING ROOMS is the guide to creating design magazine magic in any home--a living room that's a personal haven for family and a magnetic gathering spot for friends. Whether readers want a design overhaul or just a few beautiful upgrades, this compendium is packed with designer-tested (and budget-conscious) tips, including: the best specific paint colors for living rooms; restful, romantic ways to brighten a room starved for sun; and simple ways to make a ceiling look higher (or lower).

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Landis, contributing editor to Metropolitan Home, expands on her previous book, Elegant and Easy Rooms (LJ 1/98), dividing its information into separate books and giving more tips she has assembled from interior designers over the years. While in her previous book she gave unaccredited tips, here she identifies the designers and even mentions specific products, such as which Benjamin Moore color a designer recommends for hallways, making the information even more helpful to amateur decorators. In each book, she discusses furniture, windows, ceilings, and walls, concluding with a list of resources for home furnishings, paint, and accessories. An excellent purchase for public libraries.
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Praise for Elegant and Easy Rooms:

"If the choicest thing in your apartment is the rattan blinds, don't call in the wrecking ball just yet. Instead, follow these tips from Dylan Landis."--Cosmopolitan

"The secrets are short, real, and very good . . . Wonderfully easy to understand, and fast to read."--Victorian Homes Magazine

"Truly helpful hints for spaces large and small."--The Washington Post

"What it promises . . . this paperback delivers . . . writer Dylan Landis  . . . has an inside track to the best professional advice."--Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Magazine

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Dell (April 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440508592
• ISBN-13: 978-0440508595
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.3 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #252,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #55 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Interior Design > Style

More About the Author

Dylan Landis is the author of the debut novel-in-stories NORMAL PEOPLE DON'T LIVE LIKE THIS, a Newsday Top Ten Book of 2009 and a More magazine choice for Top 100 Books Every Woman Should Read. ("The characters...are blessedly extraordinary," wrote Vanity Fair's Elissa Schappell.) A former journalist & author of six interior-design books, Landis has won a 2010 fellowship from the National Endowment from the Arts. Visit her at DYLANLANDIS.COM.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best guide for a non-professional, May 24, 2002

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C. Y. Wah (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elegant and Easy Living Rooms: 100 Trade Secrets for Designing with Style (Paperback)

I am AMAZED at how helpful the tips in this book are. Yes, it doesn't have nice photographs like many other books, but it gives short and easy tips for decorating. It is easy to read, understand and apply many of the concepts. This book actually turns out to be the one I reach for the most among all the interior design books in my collection. Don't judge this book by the photographs (or lack of it).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best it is, February 13, 2008

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M. Spektor "Openminded" (new york, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elegant and Easy Living Rooms: 100 Trade Secrets for Designing with Style (Paperback)

My husband and I just recently moved in the new condo and I had to make a big decision on how to decorate my space from scratch. I bought probably over a half of dozen books with great photos. along with series of books by Dylan Landis. And turned out that I used them most.Aldo this books do not have photos, mostly drawings still was extremely helpful. I would recomend it to anyone