Create a pleasant, safe, and useful haven for baby with The Smart Approach to® Baby Rooms. The latest title in our best-selling The Smart Approach to® series explains all of the aspects of design as they relate to newborns, infants, and toddlers, including how to analyze space, use color, and select furnishings. Other topics that are covered in the book include: sleeping options, an overview of infant-related products from changing tables to baby monitors, storage, safety, and special needs. A series of Smart Steps and Smart Tips throughout the book provide guidance for accomplishing design goals and achieving professional-like results.
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This new offering in Creative Homeowner's "Smart Approach" series (which includes Kitchen Design; Bath Design; etc.) presents decorating ideas for people "who don't know where to begin when shopping for furniture or choosing fabrics." Schemes for sprucing up a baby's room or creating a nursery from scratch run from basics like "Where Will the Baby Sleep?" to the complicated demands of "Meeting Special Needs" for children with physical disabilities, allergies and asthma. Handy tips on everything from choosing between cradles and cribs to finding the proper diaper-changing table are interspersed with suggestions for mixing and matching colors and fabrics. Advice on paint and wallpaper mingle with suggestions for fabrics and materials for most budgets and tastes, though a bias for the traditional ("antique wicker is sweet") shows. Chapters begin with suggested design parameters and ideas for formulating how to best use spaces. "Smart Tips" sidebars, such as "Essential Nursery Furnishings and Accessories Checklist," are illustrated with numerous photographs, and each chapter ends with "A Gallery of Smart Ideas," which showcase more photos of possible layouts that should offer plenty of design inspiration. Furniture templates and a hefty resource guide will help do-it-yourselfers find suppliers and purchase materials. A glossary of design terms and an index complete this comprehensive guide, which will be of tremendous help to amateur interior decorators and new parents alike.
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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"...comprehensive guide...will be of tremendous help to amateur interior decorators and new parents alike."
--Publishers Weekly
--Publishers Weekly
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5.0 out of 5 stars
This is the baby room book to own!,
By Theresa "ltn" (Appleton, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Smart Approach to Baby Rooms (Paperback)
This is a complete resource for planning a baby's room. It goes beyond the visual decor and provides practical advice for for everything from flooring to bedding. As the youngest of 4 siblings I've been around & babysat several babies and toodlers, yet the smart tips feature proved to be very educational as I prepare a room for a baby of my own.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not the book you want for decorating ideas,
This review is from: The Smart Approach to Baby Rooms (Paperback)
I ordered this in hopes of finding inspiring pictures for decorating our nursery. The pictures seemed dated. I wouldn't recommend.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice resource- I would recommend,
By Chris "ldrunnrmom" (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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Lovely pictures, fun and creative ideas. I already had the Smart Approach to Kids Rooms which is also nice. I will refer to this one often! I especially like how they tie in ALL the details, not just crib bedding.
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