Product Description

Each volume in the 101 Homes series is filled with inspirational and creative design ideas that will enliven your home without hurting your budget.

Each book in the 101 Homes series offers 101 great design ideas with full-color photos, and contains a directory of useful suppliers, with web addresses. 101 Finishing Touches puts the expert knowledge of an army of stylists into the hands of the home decorator, and provides a wide range of insider secrets with simple instructions to get the ideas off the page and into the home. Carefully divided by project type into 10 sections, each project is supported with a beautiful color photograph, a list of what's needed and easy-to-follow instructions. 101 Ideas for Downstairs presents details on every step of decorating living rooms, dining rooms and kitchens. It's filled with valuable insights into choosing colors, mixing patterns and being creative with lighting and finishing touches. There's something about bedrooms and bathrooms that gives people the confidence to be a little daring and experimental, and 101 Ideas for Upstairs is filled with in-depth advice on how to create a look you'll love. 101 Flower Arrangements is packed with stylish, creative and, above all, easy ideas for everything from combining different color and flower shapes to making the best use of vases. A special section covers quick and easy ideas that can be achieved in under five minutes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1430240 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-07
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author
Julie Savill has over 18 years' experience writing on home style, furnishing and DIY. She has worked for a wide range of leading magazines including Homes and Antiques and is currently Editor of Good Homes, a magazine that makes modern home trends accessible and achievable.

Customer Reviews

A Little Bitty Book
Just wanted everyone to know that the books in this 101 series are all very small books. They are about 6" x 6" in size. I had planned on ordering all of the series, but because I found this one used on Amazon, I decided to see if I liked it first.

The books is laid out by having the text on the left page that describes the room that is pictured on the right page. Because of the book's small size, it is difficult to see some of the details of the photos and many of the rooms cannot be seen in it's entirety. For example, in some of the bedroom photos, it shows the linens, bed, and part of the window, but you might not see the detail of the top of curtains.

The text that describes the rooms can be very helpful. There are a few sentences about "The Look", colors used, beds, linens, window, furniture and accessories. Some pages include paragraphs on walls, storage, tiling and other features about the specific room.

I did like many of the design ideas in the book, but some don't work. For example, there is a child's dinosaur room on page 114. The walls are a VERY bright orange. There is a handmade crib. The text says the crib is unique and eyecatching and was treated with a purple stain so it could stand out. I'm sorry, the crib is totally lost in that room with all the bright colors. The huge yellow and red dinosaur and orange walls were the first thing I saw when I looked at this room, I didn't even notice the features on the crib until after reading the text. That was one of the misses, but there were mostly hits.

I understand that this is a way to market a book (small, portable size), BUT I think it's small size compromises the potential of this book. Even if it was say a 6x9, that would make the features in the room easier to see for those who may be somewhat visually challenged. I would say 3.5 stars for this book.