Home Decorating For Dummies® - Softcover

McMillan, Patricia Hart; McMillan, Katharine Kaye

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764551078 ISBN 13: 9780764551079

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Synopsis

Worried about spending a fortune decorating your house but ending up with more of a mess than a makeover? Let Home Decorating For Dummies spark your imagination and help bring your ideas and enthusiasm to life with practical, money–saving suggestions on space planning, furniture selection, window treatments, and accessorizing your own home. Give your home that million–dollar makeover easily and economically with this wonderful hands–on guide to creating your own sense of style and grace...on any budget!

Hundreds of ideas, resources, and budget–wise tips from this decor–savvy mother–and–daughter team of interior designers will inspire you to new heights of interior design projects yourself. Glance through more than 30 pages of full–color photos for some great inspiration, from bright lighting ideas to moldings, wallpapers, fabrics, accessories, floor coverings, and more. Discover the fundamentals of decorating and design, make a room fit your style with the right colors and textures, and create looks with timeless appeal in any room of the house. From floor to ceiling, you′ll be impressed with this book′s clever solutions to all those familiar decorating woes.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Give your home a million dollar makeover!
Worried you'll spend a fortune decorating and end up with a house of horrors? Let "Home Decorating For Dummies™" spark your imagination and help bring our ideas and enthusiasm to life with money-saving, practical suggestions on space planning, furniture styles, window treatments, and accessorizing with art and personal mementos. This hands-on guide shows you how to find your own sense of style and create a space you'll be proud to call home.

Patricia Hart McMillan is an acclaimed interior designer with more than 20 years of experience. Her designs have been featured in numerous books and magazines worldwide, including House Beautiful's Home Decorating Guide, McCall's, Woman's Day, and Parade as well as on Home & Garden' TV's Decorating with Style. She writes frequently about design for seven different publications. Katharine Kay McMillan is an author and contributor to numerous periodicals on the subjects of decorating and design, lifestyle, beauty, and fashion. She is a contributing editor to two internationally distributed interior design magazines.

IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., headquartered in Foster City, Calif., is a leading global knowledge company featuring a diverse portfolio of technology, business and self-help books and computer-based learning tools, including the best-selling ...For Dummies®, ...Secrets® and Teach Yourself® and Cliffs Notes™ brands. IDG Books Worldwide has more than 700 active titles plus translations in 36 languages around the world. IDG Books Worldwide is a subsidiary of International Data Group, a leading global provider of information technology media, research, conferences and expositions.

From the Author:

Be smart! Get the best decorating reference on the market!
Patricia Hart McMillan designed "Home Decorating For Dummies" just for you! It's packed with tons of design concepts, useful information, Quick & Easy Decorating Ideas and Decorating Magic! Lots of pretty full-color pictures, b/w photos, and illustrations make this book the best decorating tool ever! Put a copy in your "decorating kit" today! Makes a great gift, too!

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0764551078
• ISBN 13: 9780764551079
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360