Product Description

The Encyclopedia of Window Treatments is a must-have for anyone interested in home décor. Cross-references help the reader navigate an abundance of traditional and modern designs. Visually compelling with more than 1,000 full-color illustrations and photos, the book presents hundreds of window treatments: draperies, curtains, shades, valances, swags and cascades, and blinds and shutters. Features:

* The most comprehensive collection of today’s window treatment options in various configurations

* More than 1,000 full-color illustrations and photographs

* Visual glossary identifies various elements of window treatments

* Offers complementary pillow and tabletop ideas throughout

* Special section on measuring windows and estimating yardage

* Problem/Solution guide presents ideas for challenging window configurations

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #788514 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-01
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent Basic Book of Ideas
I feel compelled to defend this book. I am a home-dec seamstress and constantly on the look for a book for clients to look through. This book has proven invaluable to me. It is very clearly organized, the pictures are clear and there are examples of the basic, traditional styles many of my clients are looking for. Many other books try to show 'fancy' styles that are either impractical, hard to visualize due to the color, or flat out impossible to sew. Many of my clients are overwhelmed by looking through "Encyclopedia of Window Fashions", but not this book.

I highly recommend this book. It is clear, concise, well organized and has great explanations of each window treatment.

Repeat
I ended u p returning this book - it was a repeat of another one I already owned; it's a rendered collection of images not photographs.

The world's leading window decorating authority
Apparently, Sunset Publishing Corp. cannot come up with an original idea. This book is a complete rip-off of my book: The Encyclopedia of Window Fashions. Sunset says their book is "The most comprehensive collection of today's window treatment options in various configurations" which is a lie. The Encyclopedia of Window Fashions has 2000 illustrations. For the same amount of money you can get everything in this book, plus a complete historical section (40 pages), yardage schedules for all the treatments, images in both color and black and white, extensive glossaries and much, much more. Why not go to Barnes & Noble or Borders and compare the books? Ninety nine percent of what you find in the book you will find in The Encyclopedia of Window Fashions, and get another ninety-nine percent that is not in this book.
I am always suspicious of books written or partially written by editorial staff, rather than a real idea by a real author. In other words, the publishing executives see a successful book like The Encyclopedia of Window Fashions (a book that has sold over one million copies over its lifetime) and say to their staff "hey, we need to do a book like that." Sadly, this is exactly what this book is. Most of the information in this book has already been published in various other books; therefore, this book is just putting already published information in a pretty new dress and with a slight change of title