House Beautiful 750 Decorating and Design Ideas: Express Yourself with Color, Pattern, Light and Style Book

It's huge, oversized, filled with color, and packed with 750 unique, innovative ideas from House Beautiful. From walls to ceilings, indoors and out, these beautifully illustrated design ideas will solve every decorating problem. The magazine's experts show how to turn ordinary interiors into breathtaking, livable homes: they go through every room offering suggestions for window treatments, lighting, and storage. See how to use colors and patterns, personalize and accessorize a space, and make room for a growing family.

Publishers Weekly

The editors of House Beautiful magazine have pulled together this large, inexpensive, though ultimately simplistic book. Arranged by chapter headings such as "Colors & Patterns," "Walls, Windows & Floors," and "Space & Storage," the book does offer a bounty of decorating ideas with hundreds of beautiful photos in an attractive layout. With only one to three photos per double-page spread, this book is candy for the eye. Written in the margin are ideas addressing each photos-some helpful, but most obvious or silly. In the chapter "Personalize & Accessorize," one caption reads: "An object by itself is only and object. Juxtapose it with something else and it becomes a composition." "Recite a poem at your next dinner party" is another suggestion. Though the book is quite beautiful, it's not very helpful; home decorators looking for solid ideas or step-by-step instructions for decorating should look elsewhere. (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.