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Maximize comfort and style, minimize design errors.
"Design Sense" is more than a guide; it’s a personal design coach in book form. If you're feeling daunted by the world of interior decoration, Linda Blair's expertise offers a hands-on approach to making educated choices that resonate with your style while dodging those costly mishaps. Whether sprucing up a quaint space or revamping an entire home, her practical advice, steeped in years of experience, empowers you to create spaces that are both aesthetically pleasing and practical for your everyday life.
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ISBN: 9780471141044
Authors:
Linda Blair
Publisher: Wiley
Date of Publication: 1996-09-28
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 2 readers)
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Now everyone can have great Design Sense — and create attractive, comfortable rooms that match great value with lasting style. Here is the total interior design guide — with everything you need in order to plan, buy, create, and care for all of the elements of a great home. Written by Linda Blair, one of the nation's top interior design experts, Design Sense trains you in the fundamentals of good interior design, providing you with valuable skills that will enable you to make sound design choices — and avoid costly mistakes. You'll find invaluable advice on how to make a small room look larger, develop a good color scheme, brighten up a dimly lit room, and when to seek professional design help. At last! Here are the answers to all of your basic interior design questions — in a single, straightforward, and easy-to-use guide. The key to great design is planning. Design Sense shows you how to develop and implement a strategy that successfully accommodates both use of space and personal style. Demystifying the entire design process, the book's complete step-by-step approach gives you solid training in the fundamentals of good interior design, from using patterns to set a mood to selecting furnishings that will last. Beautifully illustrated and filled with Blair's enthusiasm, energy, and wit, Design Sense is the ideal "must-have" guide for every style and budget.
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Maximize comfort and style, minimize design errors.
"Design Sense" is more than a guide; it’s a personal design coach in book form. If you're feeling daunted by the world of interior decoration, Linda Blair's expertise offers a hands-on approach to making educated choices that resonate with your style while dodging those costly mishaps. Whether sprucing up a quaint space or revamping an entire home, her practical advice, steeped in years of experience, empowers you to create spaces that are both aesthetically pleasing and practical for your everyday life.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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