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Decorate: 1,000 Design Ideas for Every Room in Your Home Hardcover – April 20, 2011

by Holly Becker (Author), Joanna Copestick (Author)

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In Decorate, the world's top designers and leading decor experts including Kelly Wearstler, Amy Butler, Jonathan Adler, and many others come together to share over 1,000 professional tips, ideas, and solutions for every room and every budget. Written and compiled by Holly Becker, founder of the hugely popular design blog Decor8, and Joanna Copestick, acclaimed lifestyle writer, this intensive home dcor program combines beautiful inspiration with nuts-and-bolts how-to for stunning results. More than 500 gorgeous color photographs provide motivation while line illustrations, checklists, shortcuts, and floor plans make it easy to get started. For those looking to make the most of their home and create stylish interiors, Decorate is the start-to-finish resource to keep on the bookshelf for years to come.

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288 pages
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English
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Chronicle Books
Publication date

April 20, 2011
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18 years and up
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8.75 x 1.13 x 11 inches
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0811877892
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"It's like your first pack of Starbursts - exploding with color, homes and sunshine in equal measure. " - Apartment Therapy

About the Author

Holly Becker is the founder and editor of Decor8blog.com (which has 45,000 daily readers), as well as a columnist for RealSimple.com. She lives in Hannover, Germany.

Joanna Copestick is the author of over ten lifestyle and décor books. She lives in London.

Debi Treloar has photographed for Elle Décor, the Sunday Times, and over thirty books. She lives in London.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books; 1/30/11 edition (April 20, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0811877892
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0811877893
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.5 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 1.13 x 11 inches

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1000 Decorating Ideas to Inspire You!

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2011

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It's obvious that this original and vibrant book was designed with great craft and care to be useful to the apartment dweller or home-owner who is looking for direction on where to begin in decorating their space. The following styles are highlighted: simple, natural, modern, flea-market, colorful, floral, eclectic and modern glamour style. There are helpful guidelines in how to create each of these styles in a home. In "Attention to Detail" you'll see accessorizing tips for mirrors, lighting, pillows, flowers and table settings.

The styles represented are fresh and vibrant; this book should appeal to folks who like modern, vintage, flea-market, DIY, urban, retro, cottage, rural, industrial, bohemian, global, mid-century, heirloom, Apartment Therapy, eclectic and any variation on these themes. These are real homes in which you can easily imagine folks living. It is fun to see designers Jonathan Adler & Simon Doonan's home and Vicente Wolf's loft in the mix. If you've ever wondered how one-room living and sleeping would be, Liz Bauer's NYC studio apartment in this book (and Billy Baldwin's from another book) are convincing that you can have a bed in your living room and still look stylish! Loved her space.

This book exceeded my expectations--didn't really know what to expect regarding how 1000 quality design ideas would fit in one book--and think it will be especially valuable to those who want their home to express them and their personal vision of a lively, lovable and livable space.

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ElyShi

Great design book

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2015

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Love love love this book. Home design is not a new interest for me, but I've only recently begun buying books in this category. Of the 5 or so books I've purchased, this and becker's companion workbook are the ones I return to again and again. There is always some new vignette I didn't notice, some random piece of delightful furniture or ceramic. She has an eye for color and layouts. The structure of the book was helpful: brainstorming, highlights of different styles, room by room, then little details. The sheer number of photographs was so worth the price. I highly recommend this book.

3 people found this helpful

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Suki

Design Eye Candy for the Creative Soul

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2011

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I love this decorating book! So many ideas that spur my inner creative designer. I especially like that it shows you how to use the stuff you already have which is great in this economy and for those of us who are trying to reduce the size of the ever growing mountain of garbage. The fact that the techniques urge you to bring out your own style just makes it that much better. I love when I go to someones home and feel their personality conveyed through their surroundings. I am able to connect in a deeper way. I also enjoy seeing all of the DIY possibilities. It will take months and months of savoring this book before I absorb it all!
P.S. Thanks for sharing ideas on creating inspiration boards - such a generous bonus.

3 people found this helpful

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Laura Hamor

A Different Kind of Decorating Book

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2011

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As an artist I own many books on home decor. Most of them I flip through looking for a photograph that is useful for a current project, but
DECORATE is filled with soulful, creative interiors. EVERY page has something I can use, something I can incorporate, an idea that I can expand on.

This is a decorating book that I have actually READ cover to cover! It is not just filled with gorgeous inspirational photographs, but there are fabulous quotes from designers, useful room layouts, palette ideas, and tons of style ideas!

The rooms in DECORATE are not stiff and matchy matchy, or locked into a defined 'style'. This book gives room for all styles. The rooms in DECORATE look clean, crisp and purposeful. You can see the human touch behind the design. I LOVE the chalkboard wall on page 42 and the surprising purple shade on page 38, and the colorfully painted furniture on pages 118-119!
Oh, and I LOVE the fun busy flowered wallpaper and raspberry kitchen on page 124, if for nothing else than it is luscious eye candy!

Every page has a take-away, something wonderful that you can apply to your own home or your own project. This will be a wonderful book to show my clients. And I am already using it to inspire my own home!
These interiors have a feeling of being created over time. Designing a room over time, incorporating old and new, mixing in some quirky or surprising accessories, really layering the design is what sets this book apart.

I have been a big fan of Decor8, Holly's blog, and this book lives up to those high standards. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

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James Hoffman

Good

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2011

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I enjoyed this book. It has some very pretty pictures and encompasses a broad variety of design/decor styles. Some of the featured houses were really not to my taste but since this is not a style specific book that is fine. I really enjoy the decor8 blog and this is a nice hard copy to have on hand. I definitely did pull some inspiration from the decorate book and I think many different tastes will be able to do so since it is so broad, but if you prefer reading books about your favorite style you may want to look for something more specific.

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ssanders

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2019

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The book was dull and boring. I found it lacking in creativity. Maybe just not my style. Did not "spark joy" of any kind.

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Fenny Setiawan

Decorate book review from the biggest fan :)

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2011

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I ve been waiting so long to finally get Decorate at my hands so I can spend my cozy time entirely reading on it. And It is as I expected, I fall in love with the book, gorgeous pictures, simple and to the point explanation, not intimidating (for me as a person that has a very little knowledge about interior design, but longing for creative ideas).

I love all the section on the book, but I personally adore the tips and picture for a compact space/ one bed room as we live in the very limited space and it is a great tips that we can apply too.

I love the author too, Holly Becker as she is my blogger teacher and I always portray her as a warm and genuine person, and I thought the book is just her reflection and her honest intentions to share her expertise to us the reader, and for that I really appreciate it.

( I am sorry I don' t know Joanna personally, but I think she is lovely person too)

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Val Robson

Unreadable electronically and photos mostly of cluttered colourful rooms.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2020

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This book is completely unreadable on my Kindle. I have also tried it on my laptop with the Kindle app using a 25" monitor. It is still largely unreadable but i can see the photos. I have tried every setting possible but there is no way I can read all of the text so I have given up as the photos are mostly of eclectically decorated rooms which are cluttered and multi coloured.

I was hoping for something more stylish with soothing colour schemes. I'm not sure I could live in any of the rooms pictured with the contrasting colours and dusting that would be required. No, I am not a minimalist, but looking at this book is sending me that way!

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DP

Not a decorating book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2016

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I have had this book since 2011 and have decorated several rooms since then. I bought this book hoping to get ideas on how to decorate rooms and have gone to it several times hoping to get inspiration. Each time I was sadly disappointed.

What I was thinking/hoping the book would help with: various colour schemes or advice on how to counteract bad lighting in rooms, e.g. if your room is north facing what to do; use of wallpaper, different paint effects, different styles, e.g. the colours to use and how to decorate if you want a Moroccan style, Scandi/Retro etc. Unfortunately there was none of that.

The book seems to recommend placing a load of nik-naks in your room - the rooms seem all very busy with ornaments and white walls, mismatched furniture. No inspiration for me at all. I am about to get rid of the book. Not worth the shelf space.

14 people found this helpful

Artsreadings

Good for beginners in decoration

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 13, 2013

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The content of the book is structured around 4 large sections:
1. Space Matters: 'using', 'linking', 'flexible', 'compact'
2. Setting Your Style: 'simple', 'natural', 'modern', 'flea', 'colourful', 'floral', 'eclectic', 'modern glamour'
3. Room by room: 'kitchens', 'urban kitchen', 'cook's kitchen', 'sociable kitchen', 'living spaces'...
4. Attention to Detail: 'finishing touches', 'mirrors', 'lighting', 'cushions', 'flowers', 'table settings'

There are many nice quotes by professionals or connoisseurs into interior decoration, most of them rather inspiring, although sometimes they might contradic one another, which is a reflection of the open-endedness of the publication.

There are specific case studies of homes discussed in further details.

Some pictures/examples are featured twice throughout the book, which might feel a bit cheeky, especially if the book is read from cover to cover.

It is actually advisable to read the book from beginning to end, then to come back to it according to your needs or interests at any given moment, as it is also to a great extent a picture book.

From this angle, it also puts the book under strain as there is nowadays an unbeatable picture book, ie. Internet.

But this book might prove especially useful for beginners in decoration, who need some pointers to start with.

7 people found this helpful

Shelf Life

Nice to browse

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2016

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I like looking through these books sometimes to see how motivated people make their houses nice. Made a good half an hour read while I kidded myself that I might actually one day make something extraordinary out of my mundane suburban homage to mediocrity. Lots of pictures, not as much design direction or advice as I would have thought. Verged on the scandinavian a lot. I'm making little sense because really these books don't either. But strangely compelling.

6 people found this helpful

Julia Flyte

Jampacked with ideas and inspiration

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2012

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This is a stunningly gorgeous book which is absolutely crammed with design inspiration. It takes you step by step through the process of the interior design process and is packed with very specific suggestions and advice.

The first section, "Space Matters" gives pointers to assess the space that you have, how to make the best use of it and ways that you might alter it to make it feel larger or brighter. The next section, "Setting Your Style" talks you through the process of creating a mood board and identifying your own personal style. Maybe you want your home environment to be colourful and uplifting or calm and soothing, perhaps you want it to be about glamour or perhaps a more lived in flea market chic is your style. Regardless, you will find help and inspiration here.

The third section talks you through very specific tips and ideas, room by room, including lots of layout sketches and explanations about the design elements that are contributing to the overall feel. I particularly liked the sections on children's rooms and workspaces - divine! Finally, the authors talk about the details that pull a room together and ways to display collections of items. There is also a comprehensive index of suppliers whom the writers recommend for sourcing furniture, rugs, fabrics, vintage homewares and lots of other beautiful items.

Quite aside from the wealth of useful information, this is a beautiful book which is a delight to look through (and which will keep you going for a long time). The houses that are featured are from countries as diverse as the US, UK, Australia, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden.

3 people found this helpful