Home Decorating For Dummies

Do you long to create picture-perfect rooms but can't quite
seem to achieve them? Do you want better functioning spaces for
working, playing, or living? Do you clamor to express your personal
style? If you said "yes" to any of these questions,
you've turned to the right source for real answers from the
pros.

Home Decorating For Dummies, 2nd Edition is for all kinds
of people in all kinds of decorating situations, including:

• First-time buyers or renters. You have a whole new place to
  decorate. Where do you start?

• Second- or third-time home buyers. Whether you've gone up
  or down in size, stayed in the same region or moved to a whole new
  one, you need to know how to make your old furniture work in a new
  setting, how to add furnishings, and how to make your style seem
  fresh.

• Newly blended families. He has furniture, she has furniture,
  they have furniture. Can it all work together harmoniously?
  Indeed!

• And anyone else who loves decorating. Don't forget:
  Imagination counts.

Each part of Home Decorating For Dummies, deals with a
broad area of decorating, and each chapter contains specific and
detailed information. You'll discover tips on

• Basic planning - where to begin when you want
  to start decorating

• Creating surface interest - the effects of
  color, pattern, and texture, and the problems created by too much
  or too little of them

• Creating backgrounds - what you need to know
  about the special decorating requirements of your walls

• Tackling tough rooms - how to effectively
  decorate rooms that have special functional requirements

• Accessorizing with art and other stuff - adding
  the final flourishes to every space in your place

Home Decorating For Dummies, 2nd Edition contains all the
basics - including how to figure out what you can
spend; how to spend it; and the latest and greatest in styles,
trends, and technology. What do you do with your space next? The
possibilities are endless.

Autorentext

Katharine Kaye McMillan, former senior editor of a New York
City-based national magazine, is a writer whose work appears
regularly in magazines and newspapers. She is a contributing writer
to internationally circulated Florida Design Magazine. She
is the co-author of several books on decorating and design,
including Sun Country Style, which is the basis for licensed
signature collections of furniture and accessories by three leading
American manufacturers and importers. A graduate of the University
of Texas in Austin, she holds a masters degree in psychology and is
a doctoral student in psychology at Florida Atlantic University,
Boca Raton, Florida.

Patricia Hart McMillan is a nationally known interior
designer, whose interior design work for private clients, designer
showcases, and corporations has appeared in publications worldwide,
including the New York Times and USA Today. Known as
a trend spotter and for clearly articulated views on design, she is
quoted frequently and extensively in both trade and consumer
publications. She a ppears on TV and talk radio. A prolific writer,
she is coauthor and author of seven books on interior design and
decoration, with Sun Country Style signature collections of
furniture based on two books. She has taught decorating courses at
several colleges and conducted numerous seminars across the U.S.
She is decorating editor for Christian Woman Magazine and
reports on design trends for The Sun-Sentinel, a Tribune
newspaper based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She has been
editor-in-chief of two publications and was head of a New York
City-based public relations firm representing some of the most
prestigious names in home furnishing and building products. She
holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, with a minor in art
history (with an emphasis in architecture), from the State
University of New York (New Paltz). She was awarded a certificate
from The New York School of Interior Design.

Zusammenfassung
Do you long to create picture-perfect rooms but can't quite seem to achieve them? Do you want better functioning spaces for working, playing, or living? Do you clamor to express your personal style? If you said yes to any of these questions, you've turned to the right source for real answers from the pros. Home Decorating For Dummies, 2nd Edition is for all kinds of people in all kinds of decorating situations, including:

• First-time buyers or renters. You have a whole new place to decorate. Where do you start?
• Second- or third-time home buyers. Whether you've gone up or down in size, stayed in the same region or moved to a whole new one, you need to know how to make your old furniture work in a new setting, how to add furnishings, and how to make your style seem fresh.
• Newly blended families. He has furniture, she has furniture, they have furniture. Can it all work together harmoniously? Indeed!

• And anyone else who loves decorating. Don't forget: Imagination counts.
  Each part of Home Decorating For Dummies, deals with a broad area of decorating, and each chapter contains specific and detailed information. You'll discover tips on

• Basic planning where to begin when you want to start decorating
• Creating surface interest the effects of color, pattern, and texture, and the problems created by too much or too little of them
• Creating backgrounds what you need to know about the special decorating requirements of your walls
• Tackling tough rooms how to effectively decorate rooms that have special functional requirements
• Accessorizing with art and other stuff adding the final flourishes to every space in your place
  Home Decorating For Dummies, 2nd Edition contains all the basics including how to figure out what you can spend; how to spend it; and the latest and greatest in styles, trends, and technology. What do you do with your space next? The possibilities are endless.

Inhalt

Introduction.

Part I: Basic Planning.

Chapter 1: Bringing Your Vision to Life.

Chapter 2: Planning Your Budget.

Chapter 3: Evaluating Your Space.

Chapter 4: Understanding Design Principles.

Part II: Creating Surface Interest.

Chapter 5: Eyeing Color Basics.

Chapter 6: Applying Pattern Basics.

Chapter 7: Feeling Your Way Through Textures.

Chapter 8: Troubleshooting Basics.

Part III: Style and Substance.

Chapter 9: Living with Historic Decorating Styles.

Chapter 10: Decorating with Contemporary Styles.

Chapter 11: Determining Your Personal Decorating Style.

Chapter 12: Finding Out about Furniture.

Part IV: Creating Backgrounds.

Chapter 13: Creating Wonderful Walls.

Chapter 14: Finding Fabulous Floors.

Chapter 15: Sprucing Up Ceilings.

Chapter 16: Dressing Up Windows.

Chapter 17: Lively Lighting.

Part V: Tackling the Three Tough Rooms: Kitchen, Bath, and
Home Office.

Chapter 18: Cooking Up Your Dream Kitchen.

Chapter 19: Beautifying Your Bathroom.

Chapter 20: Setting Up Your Home Office.

Part VI: Fixing Up Four Easy Rooms.

Chapter 21: Styling Serene Bedrooms.

Chapter 22: Creating Your Living Room.

Chapter 23: Designing for Dining.

Chapter 24: Transforming Bonus Areas.

Part VII: Embellishments: Accessorizing with Art and Other
Stuff.

Chapter 25: Acquiring and Arranging Art.

Chapter 26: Accentuating Your Style.

Part VIII: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 27: Ten Quick and Easy Centerpieces.

Chapter 28: Ten Tips for Leftover Wallpaper.

Chapter 29: Ten Favorite Sources.

Index.