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Can't Fail Color Schemes

Can't Fail Color Schemes
By Amy Wax

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For a fresh approach to color in the home, look no further than Can't Fail Color Schemes. This book allows readers to coordinate paint colors, textures, and accessories while factoring in such things as light effects and psychology of color. Heavy on photographical examples of working schemes and light on text, Can't Fail Color Schemes acts as a workbook readers can take along to home centers and paint stores. Unlike so many other color scheme books, it even includes an ample section on exterior color. With Can't Fail Color Schemes, readers can give every room in their home a brand new look.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #49364 in Books
  • Brand: CREATIVE HOMEOWNER PRESS
  • Published on: 2007-10-01
  • Released on: 2007-10-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Spiral-bound
  • 304 pages

Features

  • Creative Homeowner Press #CH279659 Color Scheme Book
  • CREATIVE HOMEOWNER PRESS

Editorial Reviews

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Winner of a Gold Ippy Award (Independent Publisher Book Award) and a Silver ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award.
 
Finalist for the Indie Book Awards.
 
 

From the Back Cover

A take-it-with-you visual guide to selecting color. See how color alone can change the mood and style of a room or an entire house, inside and out. Over 300 photographs and more than 200 pages of coordinated color schemes make it easy to choose colors for creating an entirely new scheme or just accent colors for accessories.

About the Author

Amy Wax is the brains behind Your Color Source Studios, Inc., a color-consulting firm in Montclair, New Jersey. With a B.F.A. in illustration from Syracuse University, Amy has studied color theory and uses that expertise when working with clients. She has followed the trends of color for over 25 years. Family ties to the real-estate business have kept her working closely with building professionals since the early 1980s.
 
Amy’s experience includes color consulting for both residential and commercial projects. Recognized for her color prowess, she has been selected to serve on the Residential Design Advisory Council for Benjamin Moore and continues to serve on the editorial advisory committee for the company's Ensemble magazine. Whether she is working with building and design professionals or homeowners, she strives to make sure that the colors she recommends reflect the taste and personality of each client. Amy resides in Montclair with her husband, Denis, and three children.

Customer Reviews

Coloring Your Life Just Got Better5
Ms. Wax's book is a treasure for home decorators that love to play with color. She introduces color in so many different ways in the home and encourages her readers to experiment with different palates. There is also a fascinating discussion of people's perception of color and how it affects the choices in the home. The book's spiral binding, makes it quite user friendly while referencing and reading it. When I picked up the book, I immediately began to envision some new projects that I wanted to start working on, and in the colder months it takes a lot to get me motivated.

Don't renovate without it!5
Clothes may not make the man, but color sure makes the room, doesn't it?
If you respond intensely to color, as I do, but have no idea what turns you on or turns you off, this book is the handy guide you want (even the way it's bound, in a spiral, like every cookbook should be but isn't).
Amy Wax's book is indispensable for anyone choosing colors in decorating or, especially, as we used it for, to guide you through a major renovation. After all, you spend thousands to redo a room, so why not spring for 13 bucks (now at Amazon) to guide you through the crucial decisions on color? After all, isn't that what everyone comments on?

Finally, some help!5
This is the book I've been waiting for! It helps tie everything together, answers all my color/decorating-related questions and the result is a colorful decorating creation that makes me want to work this magic on every single room in the house! What a great gift idea, too! Well-written, lots of pictures and a one-of-a-kind primer for someone like me!