From the publishers of House Beautiful comes a book packed with ideas about decorating you home elegantly with all those books you've got lying around or sitting in boxes.

Innovate while you renovate! It's Decorating 101! Here is a comprehensive guide to decorating styles and terms, design basics, inventive solutions, tips on working with a professional, and more-presented in the illustrated format that home improvement readers love. From a room at a time to a whole house, start-from-scratch to dazzling makeovers, this book offers everything aspiring decorators need to know. Photos and line drawings throughout plus a lush 32-page color insert A back-of-the-book decorating kit offers templates, graph paper, and a sketchbook so readers can get started on their projects right away Particularly timely as Trading Spaces hits the NYT bestseller list!

Give any store-bought basket such decorative trims as ribbon, fabric, wire, or flowers and turn it into a showpiece. The techniques are so simple that you can make quick work of these projects if you desire. Color wash or glaze the basket, put in a lining, dress it up in a skirt, or go South of the Border by hanging it with faux chili peppers. Fifty styles.

The decorating tips for rooms with fireplaces cover everything from furniture choices to mantel decorations to selecting and maintaining fireplaces and stoves. More than 200 color photos, 25 illustrations.

Discover how to beautify your home with the help of the extra-ordinary tips and tactics... Home Decorating Home Improvement Stores Tuscan – A Great Home Decorating Idea Mobile Home Decorating And more...

At last, for busy non-DIY people--how to work with a professional to solve and complete your home decorating dreams in colors, fabrics, window treatments, paints, furnishings, lighting, and more