Decorating Without Fear: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating the Home You Love Book

Acknowledgments     vii
Designing the Big Picture
Pay Attention to What You Love     2
Define Your Style     9
Define the Essentials and Assess Your Needs     23
Live with What You Love and Get Rid of the Rest
The Kitchen-The Heart of the Home     36
A Room for Living     46
A Bedroom Sanctuary     55
The Bath-Your Personal Best Bathing Beauty     66
The Beauty of a Home Office     76
Laundry Rooms and Mudrooms     83
Designed for the Senses
Scents and Sensibilities     92
Life in Living Color     98
Touchable Decor     109
Floor Plans and Compositions
The Mission of Composition     120
Perspectives and Focal Points     129
Designing a Plan for Living     135
Too Small? Too Tall? Too Many Windows?     144
Taking the Basement to a New Level     153
Let There Be Light
Daylight Matters     162
Three Layers of Light     168
Up, Down, and All Around
Walls and Ceilings     178
The Natural Path     186
Something Soft beneath Your Feet     195
Decorating with Fabrics     201
Wonderful Windows     207
The Art of Arranging Accessories     213
Afterword: Designing the Home You Love     223
Index     227