Product Description
When it comes to successful design, simple ideas are usually the best. Here is a homeowner’s guide to assessing each room, determining how it could be redesigned to better suit the family’s lifestyle, and doing the work without help from professionals. Also includes tips for creating stylized moods (e.g. Renaissance, Asian, Country), and overview sections on principles of design and design in practice… More >>
Time-Life Book of Home Design Techniques
#1 by K. A. Teicher on April 13, 2010 - 2:33 am
This book has a lot of usable ideas and how-to projects, including how to make a basic picture frame, how to make a built-in bookcase. It really removes a lot of intimidation when you look at the steps. There’s information on color theory, proportion, lighting, styles of decorating, etc. It lists the three major styles as contemporary, traditional and ethnic. It doesn’t go into specific styles like Victorian, Arts and Crafts or Southwestern, like some other books do.
I looked at several books in the shop, and this one kept my attention for a long, long time. Time Life usually does a good job on all its projects, but this one really does it for me.
Rating: 5 / 5