Book Review; House Beautiful 750 Designer Secrets

There are book reviews, and then, there're book reviews. This is a book review. If you're like me, you need a little help with decorating your home. You want your home to look special, and, also want to make sure it conforms to the needs of your family. Your home performs many functions, from dinner parties, to after school gatherings, to sleepovers and Super Bowl parties. You need a design professional without the cost. Don't we all? One way, to get the help you need is through decorating books. And then... there are literally millions of decorating books on the market. Sifting through the books can be a full time job in itself. What would really help, is, if you could find a good home design book that;

• makes decorating easy,
• gives real professional design help,
• won't require you to sift through chapters of repetitive text, and
• gives you ideas you can implement at a moment's notice

A solution for you may be House Beautiful's 750 Designer Secrets-Exclusive Design Ideas from the Pros. It's a 439 page book, with 750 numbered design tips. Best of all, It's a pictorial. A pictorial from some of the nation's top designers. Plus, the design secrets are succinct, to the point and you won't have to consult a color wheel to use them. I like this book, mainly because it subscribes to my journalistic philosophy; don't hold the readership in suspense with unnecessary babble. Get to the heart of what they want to know. And this, I feel, is what this book does. Additionally, 750 Designer Secrets is 12 inches long x 9 inches wide. It contains many half and full page, color photos. And the decor ideas are for you and me-not overly formal nor too casual.

So, I'm doing a macroscopic review on 750 Designer Secrets. That is-a chapter by chapter review-7 in all. One There will be a new chapter review every Wednesday, for the next few weeks. You can bookmark this page and click the link at the bottom to be taken to the first chapter. The same will be true for each subsequent week. In the end, or anywhere between, should you obtain a copy, you'll have a ready reference to highlight, make notes in, and, review the hundreds of full-size color photos--with an eye for your own design ideas. See you at chapter one...

Coming Next Week,
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