Have Fun with Your Room : 28 Cool Projects for Teens [Paperback]

Lynette Jennings (Author)

Book Description

Series: How-To Book

A Room Of Your Own

Do you ever wish your room could really express who you are? Do you see yourself in a feminine retreat decorated with hearts and flowers? Or are you most comfortable surrounded by your beloved collection of teddy bears? Or do you want your room to reflect the natural world outdoors? Or perhaps something truly outrageous?

Lynette Jennings, star of the Discovery Channel's Lynette Jennings Design and frequent guest on the Today Show, can help you decide what you want your room to say about you, and then show you how to create that special space -- with loads of fun. Simple projects you can make from stuff that's easy to find and no expensive to buy.

So get ready to have fun with your room -- after all, where else can you really, truly be yourself?

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The star and namesake of the Discovery Channel's Lynette Jennings Design show offers girls 28 decorating ideas in Have Fun with Your Room. The chapters "Nature Girl," "Funky Chick," "Flower Power" and "Teddy Bears" feature four different rooms to replicate. An opening quiz helps to determine the most suitable style. The coolest craft? A "Scrunchy Post" made of a soda bottle and painted PVC pipe for holding hair accessories.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Gr 6-10-Beginning with an introduction to encourage teen girls to figure out what kind of personality they have, the author then describes four very different, attractive ways they might want to decorate their bedrooms. The suggestions are divided into four sections: "Flower Power," "Teddy Bears," "Funky Chick," and "Nature Girl." Each chapter includes wall, window, headboard, and bulletin-board ideas as well as other decorations around those themes. Checklists tell what is needed for each thematic decor and clear descriptions and color photographs for each step are provided. The author states that all projects could be financed by a baby-sitter's wages, with parental approval, but none need much, if any, adult help.

Cathie Reed, The Montessori School, Lutherville, MD

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse; Original edition (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689825854
• ISBN-13: 978-0689825859
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,441,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very stupid book, December 19, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Have Fun with Your Room : 28 Cool Projects for Teens (Paperback)

I purchased this book thinking that it would have good ways to make my boring room look a bit interesting, but I, as a thirteen-year-old, wasn't impressed with the ideas in the book. Condratitory to what the author says, the projects were NOT fun, NOT cheap, NOT for a teen audience, NOT interesting, and NOT a good addition to your room whatsoever. The four themes in this book, which include flowers, teddy bears, funky, and nature, all look as if they were made for the ten-and-under age group. I mean, seriously, what teen devotes their whole room to TEDDY BEARS and decorate every inch with the strange projects in this book? The ideas for the projects are unoriginal, strange, and lame. For example, some of the ideas suggests that you splatter your bedroom wall with multi-colored paints, make a scrunchie holder out of a recycled soda bottle, put a headboard behind your bed that says "I Love Teddy Bears," and so on. Yeah, I know, it's stupid and immature. So if you want a GOOD book that will give you some GOOD room decorating project ideas, definitely stay clear of this one!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not really for teens, May 31, 2005

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This review is from: Have Fun with Your Room : 28 Cool Projects for Teens (Paperback)

If I had purchased this book for a teen, I would have been really disappointed. The projects are too "young" for teens! The title really should have read "for Pre-teens".
My pre-teen was relatively happy with the ideas in the book. She got a few cool ideas from it and still had a great time redecorating her room.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Come on, STARGYMNAST, November 14, 2004

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Chalet Copine "*chal*" (Lake Tahoe, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Have Fun with Your Room : 28 Cool Projects for Teens (Paperback)

Ok, just by looking at the cover of this book, you get the idea that it isn't for anyone over the age of 10. Once you flip through the pages, that becomes more and more apparent. So, what is STARGYMNAST thinking? She sounds like a walking advertisement for Lynette Jennings.
Actual teenagers will have absolutely no interest in this book unless they're on Trading Spaces and want to horrify their neighbor. Go find something sophisticated.