Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062701436 ISBN 13: 9780062701435

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1996

With an emphasis on strategy and preparation, this is a guide to DIY home-decorating. It covers tools and equipment, the specific challenges (tiles, flooring, special features) and paint effects of each room, colour schemes, lighting, and maintenance and repairs.

From Booklist:

In this addition to how-to collections, Innes wavers between proffering advice on designs and offering craft instructions, eventually settling for before-and-after photographs and details for creating 16 projects in four rooms. Her patterns and ideas have no parallel; color-wash stripes hide walls of uneven countenance, frosted window panes add drama in the bathroom, and faux paneling transforms ordinary cabinets into chic storage. Barbara Jacobs