Pottery Barn Bedrooms (Pottery Barn Design Library) [Hardcover]

Sarah Lynch (Author), Clay Ide (Editor), Prue Ruscoe (Photographer)

Book Description

Series: Pottery Barn Design Library | Publication Date: September 2003

Pottery Barn Bedrooms guides readers through all the decorating possibilities for the most personal room in the house. Encouraging a warm, inviting refuge the book provides detailed tips and techniques that still allow for personal style and individual needs. Pottery Barn Bedrooms inspires more than just a good night's sleep.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Clearly, finding the right bed—Platform or canopy? Four-poster or sleigh?—is crucial for any bedroom. But as this book makes clear, a comfortable mattress and a stylish frame are just the starting points in designing a multi-purpose bedroom in which to sleep, relax, dress, eat breakfast, or exercise. Organized into ten chapters focusing on a single subject (lighting, color, texture), the book breaks down otherwise complex topics in ways that are accessible and easy to absorb. Each chapter begins with a basic overview, followed by room "tours" told through sumptuous photos and explanatory text. Particularly useful are the two-page spreads called "Find Your Style" which help readers determine which approaches—Subtle or brave color? Soft or vibrant lighting?—will work best for how they plan to use their rooms. Whether you’re designing a romantic boudoir, a guest bedroom doubling as an office, or a siesta space at a summer cottage, Pottery Barn Bedroomsoffers the necessary tools to make the planning and execution as easy as possible. --David Bombeck

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0848727606
• ISBN-13: 978-0848727604
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 9.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Look elsewhere for that "Pottery Barn" inspiration., April 8, 2004

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Stellina "stellina" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pottery Barn Bedrooms (Pottery Barn Design Library) (Hardcover)

I love Pottery Barn and have managed over the years to purchase their furniture and a handful of their accessories. They have wonderful ideas (that can be pulled off with a fraction of the price if you look around) that are fun to try and unique. But if you are looking to find that inspiration, don't count on this book. I find that I can get better ideas straight from their catalog instead.....and that is free! Their ideas bordered on boring and not real conducive to everyday use. I plan to stick with the catalog after being disappointed with all of their books in the set.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Look elsewhere for inspiration, August 26, 2004

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Carvet "carvet" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pottery Barn Bedrooms (Pottery Barn Design Library) (Hardcover)

I have read/used three of the Pottery Barn books listed in order of my opinion of them: Baths, Living Rooms, and Bedrooms. Baths was very good, with beautiful photographs, interesting and innovative ideas, and some useful design advice. Most of the book provided a several page showcase for an individual bath with discussion of what made it special.

Living rooms was OK. It's content was more canned, but it still had some inspiration and enough ideas that were useful that although I would not put it amongst the best such books, it was worth an hour or two to browse.

Bedrooms hit the bottom of the list for me. The content seemed especially canned. The ideas were not fully developed and most of them appeared to me more appropriate to someone's first apartment than an established home (so it just needs the right audience?). Lot's of the pictures involved just using eclectic pieces and did not involve actually developing a decorative theme.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!!!, October 13, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Pottery Barn Bedrooms (Pottery Barn Design Library) (Hardcover)

Thank you Pottery Barn! 'Bedrooms' is a fun read, lots of ideas, especially on colors and design. I haven't put the book down yet.