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Ready, Set, Decorate: The Complete Guide to Getting It Right Every Time (House Beautiful)
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Product Description
Decorating can be foolproof, when it's done the House Beautiful way! With practical, down-to-earth guidance, and the magazine's photos as inspiration, even true beginners will find out how to get it right the first time…and every time.
Go from clueless to faultless! Home decorators who long for a contemporary loft-style apartment, chic Colonial living room, or cozy beach hut bathroom can make their dreams come true…effortlessly. With House Beautiful's straightforward, no-nonsense approach to everything from painting and wallpapering to lighting and window treatments, reviving a home is as easy as Ready, Set, Decorate! The segment “Ready!” explains the many wonderful options to choose from--colors, patterns, surface treatments, or hardware--and offers confidence-building tricks. “Set!” leads you through all the preparatory stages that spell the difference between success and failure. And “Decorate!” shows how to do the job yourself or brief a professional--and how to avoid the pitfalls, whichever route you take. Plus, there's practical guidance on quick, fun-to-do projects that add value and beauty to any home.
A Selection of the Homestyle Book Club.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #959632 in Books
- Published on: 2006-05-28
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 128 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Editor Callery tackles the A-Z of home design in a unique fashion in three steps: ready, or understanding your options; set, the preparation stage; and decorate, the time to do it yourself or hire a professional. She starts with the easy stuff, painting and wallpapering, including the kind of advice only a well-conditioned instructor-expert could provide, whether it's decorative techniques like ragging and striping to copy or tips when papering around light switches or doors and windows. Then it's full speed ahead to seven other categories--tiling, flooring, kitchens and bathrooms, soft furnishings, window treatments, storage, and lighting--each containing more than enough information to finish part or all of one room or the whole house. A great guide for first-time and old-hand home owners alike. Reviewed July 2006))Barbara Jacobs
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Lesson one is that it doesn't hurt to be a mediagenic author; name recognition-as in NBC expert and TV host Corbett (and, by the way, author of Find It, Fix It, Flip It!, 2006)-counts, as does his life experience in flipping 30 pieces of property. Lesson two is that real estate and all its attendant information sells. Think Donald Trump, as one prime example. Lesson three is that it's all about business; leave emotions behind when marketing real estate. Much of the advice proffered here is in the professional know-how category. Such as declutter the rooms, inside and out (or, as Corbett says, save it/store it/sell it/check it); paint, repair, and otherwise make sure it's squeaky clean; hire a professional realtor (avoiding the FSBO lure); and never close on a Friday. Lots of tips around Ready, Set, Sold (RSS) sales successes, as well as data-packed sidebars (e.g., a list of 411 real estate Web sites), add an even higher value to Corbett's counsel. -- Barbara Jacobs, Booklist
Customer Reviews
Don't Waste Your Money
Even if you've never read a decorating book before, this book isn't one on which to waste your time and money. It's elementary (do we really need yet another explanation of the color wheel)and glib (don't even think about doing a faux finish based solely on the information in this book). I bought it used for about $2.50 and still think I overpaid.
Beautiful illustrations give great ideas!
This book is more for the beginner than advanced BUT it does have great ideas for every room in your home. It covers a wide variety of styles that are sure to please everyone. The book goes room by room, each covered in three sections; ready, set and decorate.
The getting "ready" section covers the different styles and materials used in decorating (i.e. fabric and window shapes in the window section) - this section clearly defines where to begin and what can be used to change it. The "set" section explains in further detail what needs to be gathered and decided before you decorate. The last section, "decorate" explains techniques used.
If you are interested in ANY of the techniques in this book, you must get additional resources for the "how to" instructions. This book is shy on that BUT it has lots of decorating tips and outlines that will really help any begining decorator.
Good ideas
This book has some good ideas to decorate. It is easy to understand. Unique plans for rooms.
