Interior Design Basics is a self-help manual with short and concise teaching on the basics of Interior Design. Its purpose is to give the home owner tips on how she can more effectively decorate her home. Over 150 pages of instructional text and black and white illustrations cover topics from designing a furniture layout for a room through to choosing color and fabrics for wall and window treatments and finishing with lighting and accessories. Special consideration has also been given to kitchen and bathroom layout and design. Filled with helpful information, Interior Design Basics is a worthwhile tool for those who want to decorate with more expertise.

Do you long to create picture-perfect rooms but can’t quite seem to achieve them? Do you want better functioning spaces for working, playing, or living? Do you clamor to express your personal style? If you said “yes” to any of these questions, you’ve turned to the right source for real answers from the pros. Home Decorating For Dummies, 2nd Edition is for all kinds of people in all kinds of decorating situations, including: First-time buyers or renters. You have a whole new place to decorate. Where do you start? Second- or third-time home buyers. Whether you’ve gone up or down in size, stayed in the same region or moved to a whole new one, you need to know how to make your old furniture work in a new setting, how to add furnishings, and how to make your style seem fresh. Newly blended families. He has furniture, she has furniture, they have furniture. Can it all work together harmoniously? Indeed! And anyone else who loves decorating. Don’t forget: Imagination counts. Each part of Home Decorating For Dummies, deals with a broad area of decorating, and each chapter contains specific and detailed information. You'll discover tips on Basic planning – where to begin when you want to start decorating Creating surface interest – the effects of color, pattern, and texture, and the problems created by too much or too little of them Creating backgrounds – what you need to know about the special decorating requirements of your walls Tackling tough rooms – how to effectively decorate rooms that have special functional requirements Accessorizing with art and other stuff – adding the final flourishes to every space in your place Home Decorating For Dummies, 2nd Edition contains all the basics – including how to figure out what you can spend; how to spend it; and the latest and greatest in styles, trends, and technology. What do you do with your space next? The possibilities are endless.

Interior Design Interior Design Basics - Learn How to Decorate Your Home To Look Gorgeous! Do you live in a house but not a home because you have no idea how to decorate your space? Are the rooms in your apartment or house filled with a mix of furniture and art that a professional would never dream of putting together? Do you long for a relaxing haven and a home you can be proud of?You have come to the right place! In this book, Interior Design: Interior Design Basics - Learn How to Decorate Your Home to Look Gorgeous! You wil learn everything you need to know to help you get started decorating your home without having to hire a decorator. In this book, you will discover: A fun quiz that will help you identify your individual decorating style. How to decorate on any budget from $100 to $10,000. How to budget and how save money. Accents, colors, and design elements that will complement any style. A beginner's guide to what steps you need to take to make your project run smoothly.

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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!

Home Decorating Basics is a self-help manual with short and concise teaching on the basics of Home Decorating. Its purpose is to give the home-owner tips on how she can more effectively decorate her home. 125 pages of instructional text and black and white illustrations cover topics from designing a furniture layout for a room through to choosing color and fabrics for wall and window treatments and finishing with lighting and accessories. Special consideration has also been given to kitchen and bathroom layout and design. Filled with helpful information, Home Decorating Basics is a worthwhile tool for those who want to decorate with more expertise. Previously published as Interior Design Basics.

Don't we all want to decorate our house like the professionals? But sometimes, it's hard to know what to do because we don't want to get it wrong! (And most of us are walking around saying, "My house is ugly!") Look no further than this book as it provides multiple methods that anybody can utilise to make their home more unique to them. The main content of this book revolves around topics including: - The Walls - The Floor - Lighting - Furniture - Decorative Items - Pets - The Garden