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Decorating - Recommended Books
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Use What You Have Decorating : Transform Your Home in One Hour With Ten Simple Design Principles Using the Space You Have, the Things You Like
by Lauri Ward
ISBN: 0399144382
Before-and-after black and white photos illustrate quick fixes for common arrangement problems in rooms, including my pet peeve: uncomfortable conversation areas with seating too far apart and/or awkward or not correlated to the focal point of the room. This book covers all the basics, effects of art and accessories, clearing traffic patterns, and other misalignments in rooms, some of which take only minutes and cost nothing to rectify.
Leslie Linsley's High-Style, Low-Cost Decorating Ideas : For Every Room in the House
by Leslie Linsley
ISBN: 0312199082Leslie's tips come in one or two paragraph bites that make them easy to absorb during interminable waits in airport lounges. The do's and dont's provide many basics and some splashy effects for quick decorating and entertaining. There is a glossary of decorating terminology that's useful.
Shopping for Furniture : A Consumer's Guide
by Leonard Bruce Lewin, James Goold (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0941936392If you're going to be spending thousands of dollars on new furniture, it's a smart idea to know what you're buying. This book, which is especially good on leather items, gives you the background to ignore salesman's pitches and focus on the quality of the piece. It will pay for itself in savings, both time and money.
Mary Gilliatt's Shortcuts to Great Decorating : Simple Solutions to Classic Problems
by Mary Gilliatt
ISBN: 0316314226Decorating should be fun, even if you're in a hurry. This book is packed with color pictures of charming, personality-filled rooms with suggestions that are up-gradeable as your income increases. It is chock-a-block with high-style oomph and practical how-to guidelines.
Mary Emmerling's Smart Decorating
by Mary Ellisor Emmerling, Jill Kirchner, Michael Skott (Photographer)
ISBN: 0609603256Emphasizing slightly weathered or crafty touches to warm up even the most frenetic career-girl's home, this book shows real-life uses of heirloom or flea-market finds that steer you to good decorating and an interesting week-end hobby. A section of 100 Smart Tricks contains useful tips for personalizing your home.
The Not So Big House : A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live
by Sarah Susanka, Kira Obolensky (Contributor)
ISBN: 1561581305If you're planning to build a house or make a major addition, you should read this book. The award-winning author makes a brilliant case for better space rather than bigger space, and provides very convincing pictures and architecturally-sound reasoning to encourage you to really think through the American obsession for big and bulky. You will end up with rooms that accommodate the way you really live and save yourself the time, trouble, and money of decorating archaic vestiges that no longer are necessary in the 21st century.