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

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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!

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!!

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.

This book has beautiful pictures. The "how-to" isn't all that informative, and some of the ideas are more colorful than I would put into my household, but the pics give you GREAT ideas. Just looking through it, my mind was reeling with ideas for my house. If you need a little push... a little inspiration... this is a great book.

I love watching Anne McKevitt on the TV show, Home Front. This book is full of her practical and inexpensive solutions for decorating rooms. The solutions generally involve using paint, which is fairly quick and inexpensive to use. I found lots of gread ideas here.