Reviews for Country Living 500 Quick & Easy Decorating Projects & Ideas

The average rating for Country Living 500 Quick & Easy Decorating Projects & Ideas based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-02-23 00:00:00 Curtis Bailey This book attracted me because it's very colorful and well-photographed. But I should have looked closer, because I don't really think it's for me. The primary aesthetic is distressed country, which I don't love. To pull off these styles, I would have to spend the rest of my life haunting flea markets and flea markets of a much better quality than the ones I usually go to. I like the layout of the book -- by room -- and the simplicity of the layout. But according to these designers, virtually every room in the house (bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, entryway, etc.) can somehow incorporate a repurposed mantel and also a ladder. Because I have so many spare mantels lying around. Some of the decorative objects are just hideous. There's this faded clown head in one of the pictures that gives me nightmares. A bathroom design suggests that the perfect accompaniment to your antique bathtub is a vintage chenille bedspread repurposed as a shower curtain. Can you imagine the mildew? I'm supposed to pack my vintage Christmas tree ornaments in vintage egg cartons. I think that's getting pretty over the top when one's packing material has to be vintage too. But every time I get totally turned off by the aesthetics and disgusted by the prose, then I find a page I really like. I think people who do some serious shopping at Anthropologie will probably like this book more than I did. It's not bad. It's just a matter of taste, and mostly, this isn't mine.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-07-12 00:00:00 Ifjdfdif Ikipkph Despite being a total city girl, I'm in love with cottage / country decor. What appeals to me about this book if that the aren't trying to tell you that you can do anything when you can't. Rather, they just want to show you the possibilities. This is not a book of how-tos, but rather photos with short descriptions of the how the color, fabric, flowers, etc. work for that room. There is minimum text and beautiful photos straight from the pages of Country Living magazine. It covers Entries and Hallways, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Living Rooms, Dining Rooms, family and Great Rooms, Bedrooms, Kids' Rooms, Home Offices, Small Rooms, Laundry Rooms, Porches and Outdoor Spaces, and Seasonal Decorating.