The Nest Home Design Handbook: Simple ways to decorate, organize, and personalize your place [Paperback]

Carley Roney (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter (May 6, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307341917
• ISBN-13: 978-0307341914
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 0.5 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Interior Design > Decorating
  • #34 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > How-to & Home Improvements > Cleaning, Caretaking & Relocating

More About the Author

Carley Roney is at the helm of the world's favorite wedding brand as editor in chief of TheKnot.com and its sister sites, TheNest.com (for newlyweds) and TheBump.com (for first-time parents). She appears regularly on national television shows, including Oprah, Today and The View. She is the author of several popular wedding and home decor books from The Knot and The Nest and will be releasing a highly anticipated baby book, "The Baby Bump". "The Baby Bump" will feature expert and real mom advice on everything future moms really want to know.

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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful for the Clueless!, February 25, 2009

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This review is from: The Nest Home Design Handbook: Simple ways to decorate, organize, and personalize your place (Paperback)

I can only speak on behalf of myself, who is a completely clueless when it comes to decorating a home! I have always lived with others in apartments or school dorms, so I never had a say on home decor. Now, in the process of buying my first home, I am completely lost as to how to decorate it and what to buy! I love entertaining and I love having visitors over. I love color and I love beautiful furniture... if it wasnt for this book, I'm sure I would have gotten tons of different focal points and tons of splashes of color (I was color deprived when I was young!). This book helps you organize your thoughts mentally, and helps when you are starting off with a clean canvas. I say it's helpful for the clueless because it is of tremendous help to me (very clueless!). I'm not sure how helpful it will be if you already have ideas about home decorating! It's also pretty modern (I'm 24) if that is the direction you are looking towards.

The last section is also really cool! It has a floor grid and cut-out furniture pieces and a checklist that I can't wait to play around with!

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, create tips for those that like to "invent", September 3, 2008

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Allie "Busy working mom...that wants to be my... (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Nest Home Design Handbook: Simple ways to decorate, organize, and personalize your place (Paperback)

I purchased this book because I wanted some unique ideas in an easy to read format and sure enough, this is what I was given!!! I love it!!! It is FULL of pictures which makes it easy for my husband to flip through and say like it/hate it....and that brings a huge grin to my face ;-) Oh, we relocate every three to four years (nope, not a military family) and we ALWAYS have new places and spaces. This gives great advice on using what you have and really adding speacial pieces.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a supremely useful book on home decoration and design, May 26, 2009

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L. M. Keefer (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nest Home Design Handbook: Simple ways to decorate, organize, and personalize your place (Paperback)

This book is perfect for the beginning home owner or renter who doesn't know where to begin in making decisions about how to decorate their home. The book has material you can't find elsewhere on layout, types of sofas, chairs, beds, rooms etc. The rooms are contemporary, up-to-date and fresh.

The book has useful charts and questionnaires which will help the reader in decision-making and it's very clear and easy to read. It's a wonderful springboard to begin to articulate your personal style. I teach a class on interior design through continuing education and find the book very useful for students as an introduction to a complex subject like interior design.