This guide is big and beautiful, with a stunning landscape format, amazing photographs, and an astounding 500 ideas on how to make a home absolutely fabulous. As home decorators pore through the advice on making color choices, working with textures and patterns, organizing collectibles, turning found objects into functional or fanciful accessories, theyll begin to see that the process of creating the perfect living space is an exciting adventure. As home decorators pore through the advice on making color choices, working with textures and patterns, organizing collectibles, turning found objects into functional or fanciful accessories, theyll begin to see that the process of creating the perfect living space is an exciting adventure. And since the book is arranged to go room by room-from bedrooms to laundry rooms-theyll be able to concentrate on whatever space theyre working on at the moment and come up with imaginative ways to renew that area.

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What transforms a room from monotone to magical? Color. So, if you and 39;re nervous about splashing that white with bright, this conveniently portable primer based on House Beautifuls most popular column will help. With special insider advice from top designers, plus a directory of actual paint swatches, this book is the most comprehensive and appealing color resource available today. All the colors are searchable by shade and by room, and every paint is accompanied by its manufacturer, name, and number, so you can match what you want right from the book. The guide and 39;s unique format makes everything easy.

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Top-selling author Susan Waggoner shows how anyone can enjoy a more relaxed lifestyle filled with traditional country values-and save time, money, work, and frustration in the process-with household hints our foremothers knew well. This ingenious and fun-to-read illustrated handbook presents tried-and-true household hints and practical solutions to everyday problems. And the superb organization-covering such topics as Clutter Control, Better Living Through Baking. Whether its a no-scrub trick to make bathroom faucets gleam or advice on growing a garden guaranteed to attract birds and butterflies, Country Living Simple Country Wisdom is the key to creating a home thats cheerful, welcoming, and warm.

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All the design know-how anyone needs to decorate a new home or redo an old house is in this one-stop, all-encompassing, lushly photographed, and brilliantly conceived volume. Everything from wonderful home basics and working with space to the art of color and perfect patterns to the absolute essentials for floors, windows, walls, and lighting is here. In addition to presenting fundamental decorating principles, this unequalled reference looks at different styles, such as Country and Modern. No matter what your style, how many rooms you want to decorate, or what your budget is, this complete reference is your guide to decorating success.

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Transform Your Life and Home in a Weekend or Less Simon Brown has introduced the UK and the world to the Chinese philosophy of Feng Shui. Now, Brown gives practical advice on how you can use the principles of Feng Shui in everyday life to tackle problems ranging form self-improvement to interior design. Every chapter introduces a new project that can be completed in a weekend or less. Brown guides you through the projects with clear and easy to follow instructions. Full colored photography, detailed computer-generated floor plans, and charts help illustrate each step. 160 pages. Softcover.

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Jayme Barrett, the feng shui consultant to the rich and powerful of Beverly Hills, has written the most comprehensive and life-changing book on the subject. Taking us on a personal tour of the homes she has transformed, Ms. Barrett explains the techniques she uses to create positive space. Room by room, she illustrates the deeper purpose of every aspect of design; she demonstrates how the simplest adjustment-moving a plant from one corner to another-ultimately, your life. Lush photography and hundreds upon hundreds of facts, ideas, tips, and suggestions-from her own experience and gleaned from the wisdom of the ages-take us ever closer to the revitalization of home, health, and spirit.

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Details bring a room to life-and House Beautiful shows how to make every room special by accentuating exquisite finishing touches. Each chapter covers a different room, focusing on such eye-catching features as colorful crockery on open kitchen shelves, elaborate glass chandeliers shimmering with light in the dining room, scenic wall treatments, and crystal beads sparkling on pillows. From glamorous to minimalist, there are beautiful examples for every taste, and each chapter has an introduction, a gallery of photos, tips, and three sidebars focusing on popular decorating styles. Quotes from top designers appear throughout, providing their special, professional insight.

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The garage is often the last place in the home that gets a makeover—even though its often desperately in need of an overhaul. But homeowners are catching on. Now, Rick Peters presents six themed ways to transform the garage into a comfortable, effective, and efficient space enclosing a carport; making a mechanics dream work area; adding a woodworking shop; creating a craft room; putting in storage (and more storage); and building a family room. All the work takes place on site, in real families two-car garages, with the tasks divided into two groups those that the average homeowner can accomplish him or herself, and those best left to professionals. The guides friendly and easy-to-follow format shows what needs to be done and how to do it; the more demanding jobs receive extremely detailed descriptions that explain what the work entails, how long it should take, and what it typically costs.

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Here are makeovers you can actually use, afford, and do yourself. Unlike some books on remodeling the bathroom, this real-world guide steers clear of wildly expensive options that demand a costly contractor to implement. Instead, eye-catching, sensible suggestions explain how to get rid of the dingy old vanity, redo that terrible lighting, and lose the stained, worn linoleum. Get down to the nitty-gritty with instructions for replacing cabinets, laying down sheet flooring, relaminating or tiling countertops and backsplashes, and putting in a new sink or faucet. Follow one of three marvelous bathroom transformations, or creatively mix elements from them all. From choosing color schemes to budgeting time, every valuable page shows how to upgrade a bathroom.

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This inspiring volume, which comes from one of the most trusted experts in the do-it-yourself field, steps outside with authentic makeovers that anyone can accomplish. After discussing in detail all the basics that go into constructing a good porch, deck, or patio, Rick Peters gets to work and remodels one of each, three times-economy, mid-range, and high-range-to demonstrate what you can achieve on a real-world budget. While there are beautiful shots to inspire you to try your own makeover, these are not studio set-ups every project was designed and carried out on an actual familys home.

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