Style on a Shoestring: How to Create Fantastic Rooms Quickly and Easily [Paperback]

Anne McKevitt (Author), Shelley Warrington (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Bay Books & Tapes (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912333669
• ISBN-13: 978-0912333663
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,124,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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45 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book TONS of pictures, October 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Style on a Shoestring: How to Create Fantastic Rooms Quickly and Easily (Paperback)

I liked this book because I am a very visual person, so for me to really be able to get an idea of what i want in my new home I really have to be able to see it. It is a great book for ideas with lots of pictures. However the how to part is very short and sweet. It tells you what is in the picture and what they did do make that effect. I really enjoyed this one!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not one good idea!!, September 16, 2004

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K. C. Farmer (Indialantic, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Style on a Shoestring: How to Create Fantastic Rooms Quickly and Easily (Paperback)

I was shocked by how bad this book was. I am a new homeowner decorating my first home and I'm pretty radical when it comes to design. I LOVE bold colors and there won't be a white wall in my house if I can help it! I'd say my style is somewhere around transitional/neo-retro/modern. I'm sorry to say it, but this book isn't creative or fanciful, it's just stupid. Among her ideas were things like attaching an empty crooked frame hanging halfway off a mantle. She also likes to paste random bits of torn tissue paper onto walls, um, randomly. (I'm serious.) There's a place for asymmetry, she just doesn't seem to know where it is. I own a dozen or more decorating books and this is the only one I found utterly useless. Don't waste your money!!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars So-So book, March 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Style on a Shoestring: How to Create Fantastic Rooms Quickly and Easily (Paperback)

I purchased this book because I wanted to get some fresh new decorating ideas that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg. I was disappointed to see that most of the ideas in this book contained gawdy bright creations. I would never use most of these ideas in my home because all the ideas are so bright and loud. They may be able to be used in a child's room where technicolor is appropriate. I don't think this is a book to purchase if you have an elegant "grown up" style of decorating in your home.