Customer Reviews

Pottery Barn Bedrooms (Pottery Barn Design Library)

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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.

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.

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.

Let me start out by saying that I absolutely love Pottery Barn. If I could afford to furnish my house with only products from Pottery Barn, I would. Of course, like most people, I can't afford to do that. I thought this book might provide some ideas on how to make a "Pottery Barn bedroom" without the cost of Pottery Barn. Instead, however, it's basically just a lengthy advertisement unworthy of your money.

Bottom line: take the 17 bucks you would spend on this book and start a savings account. Add a little to it every month and maybe, someday, you can buy some Pottery Barn furniture!

I just got this book to complete my set (I have Living Rooms and Bathrooms) and it's great! There are lots of really clever ideas for giving a room a new look without spending your life savings--and the photos are just gorgeous. There are good tips for choosing color (which I always think is the hardest thing to do) and TONS of ways to change the accessories in a bedroom. The book is just as beautiful as the Pottery Barn catalogs, but has new decorating ideas in it that I had never seen there--or anywhere else before.

Décor is a very personal thing, which probably accounts for the widely divergent reactions of readers of this book - they either love it or hate it.

A small design team have selected and completely decorated, with Pottery Barn furnishings and accessories, 24 rooms, large and small, in homes of varying types, including a Victorian townhouse, small cottages, farmhouses, a saltbox, a ranch house and a modern home inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright design -- in what amounts to variations on a single theme - simplicity, informality, tranquility.

The décor of each room complements the character of its setting, reinforcing it with restraint & subtlety, without being obvious or overwhelming. There are plenty of props, artefacts and accessories to add interest but nothing cutesy or kitsch, and the overall impression is of simple comfort.

Personally, I love this book, but I can see how some people might be put off by its limited colour schemes and understated style. People who are not fond of beige will probably not be happy with the book. A more apt title might have been "Pottery Barn in Neutral". The emphasis - which may be due to the designer's bias -- is on warm neutrals - ecru, linen, cream, sand, taupe, honey, butterscotch or camel. There is lots of light, in white or cream painted walls, furniture and woodwork, in white sheets and matelasse or in sunlight filtered through sheer curtains.

When there is colour, the palettes are often subdued: watery blue, chambray, celadon, muted reds or sienna. Colors are also neutralized by combining with white or cream in checks, toile, pinstripes, quilts, woven rugs or cabana-stripe Roman shades.
You won't find any formality here, no moiré wallpaper, no brocade or satin or tapestry bedspreads, no black, royal blue or emerald green, no loud colours or sharp contrasts.

My favourite room in the book (except for a rusty old iron bedstead which I would have freshly repainted in bronze) is done almost entirely in winter-white and cream, right down to the white painted floor boards, and accented by colourful cushions and bed-skirt of red plaid taffeta. I find it reminiscent of old-fashioned English country cottage and the whites & pastels of Swedish country.

I can hardly wait to adapt some of those ideas to that attic room I've been renovating.

GREAT book and great series (all the Pottery Barn Design Library books)! I have an interior design background, and this series is the best I've ever read --- great design and storage ideas that are easy to do and the ideas are multi-faceted, so you could use in another room, etc.

This book brings about a 'retreat' setting and I love it. Gives so many ideas that triggers more ideas!!!! I love this book and will hold on to it.

If you want to build a 'retreat' setting, this book is for you!

Happy dreams :-)

I just ordered this book and was very happy with it. The book condition lived up to the sellers description and the contents were great. I took delivery of this book right on time, as a matter of fact the book was delivered a day before they said it would be. I would definetly purchase another product from the seller

Great book to have when you are trying to organize a clutter in the house or even a life! :)