The New Home Decorator

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The New Home Decorator
Inexpensive, simple and stylish ways to transform every room of your home
Includes more than 100 practical projects presented in a clear step-by-step format
Features a thorough guide to the basic techniques of home decorating
Over 500 full-colour photographs
Achieve stunning results w^ith the minimum of fuss

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The New Home Decorator
Every homeowner wants to keep their living space looking stylish and up-to-date. Whether you have just moved into a new house and want to give it the individual touches that will make it a home or simply wish to give old furniture, walls or floors a new look, The New Home Decorator will be an invaluable source of practical and inspirational ideas. The striking transformation of your homes interior doesn't have to be expensive or time-consuming - let this exciting book show you how to turn even the most everyday objects into eye-catching and beautiful features with the minimum of fuss.
More than 100 self-contained... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The New Home Decorator
Inexpensive, simple and stylish ways to transform every room of your home
Includes more than 100 practical projects presented in a clear step-by-step format
Features a thorough guide to the basic techniques of home decorating
Over 500 full-colour photographs
Achieve stunning results w^ith the minimum of fuss

X
The New Home Decorator
Every homeowner wants to keep their living space looking stylish and up-to-date. Whether you have just moved into a new house and want to give it the individual touches that will make it a home or simply wish to give old furniture, walls or floors a new look, The New Home Decorator will be an invaluable source of practical and inspirational ideas. The striking transformation of your homes interior doesn't have to be expensive or time-consuming - let this exciting book show you how to turn even the most everyday objects into eye-catching and beautiful features with the minimum of fuss.
More than 100 self-contained projects are divided into six chapters, according to different types of room - living and dining rooms; studies, dens and hallways; kitchens; bedrooms; novelty and children's rooms; and bathrooms. Each is presented in a clear step-by-step format, with colour photographs of every stage so that you can check that you are on the right lines. Whether you want to enhance your room with distressed wooden floorboards, rejuvenate an old director's chair, create an unusual wall texture or change the room's atmosphere with new lighting or soft furnishings, all the ideas are attractive yet achievable.
The book also includes a comprehensive guide to the basic skills required for enhancing every type of object and surface, so that you can repair floorboards, strip wallpaper, fix curtain rails and achieve all kinds of effects with confidence. Once familiar with these techniques, you will not only be able to create the projects successfully, but also be equipped to realize your own creative ideas.
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With a stunning range of innovative and decorative ways to improve or revitalize every room, this book is an essential companion for anyone who wants to make their home truly their own.

6 INTRODUCTION

NTRODUCTION
Dkcokation, colour, and design - never have Ihey been more important than In the modern home as the twenty-HrsI cenlury approaches. Yel, while evei7one wants a beautiful home, lives are busier and fewer and fewer people have the time or money to devote to intricate decorative schemes.
This book is an ideal starting point for anyone who is looking for ideas to brighten the home and add those individual touches that distinguish the exceptional from the ordinary. In it you will find decorative ideas for evei7 room in the house, from living and dining rooms, through the kitchen - the most important room in the house -to studies, hallways and dens, so often neglected, and then on to children's rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms. Children's rooms, particularly, are very important and the right decorative detail can
provide that missing amount of street cred for the lively teenager. As in so many things it is the willingness to devote time to the small touches that ^ makes the difference and provides creative flair that uill brighten your home.
One of the easiest ways to change the look of (I room is by making new lampshades. Interesting wall treatments are also a good idea, as they are often quick and economical.

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