Best Home Interior Design
From small spaces and apartment solutions to how to tackle a big, messy home with a 15-week total home organization challenge, this book covers it all. "If you haven’t already, you need to add The Complete Book of Home Organization to your must-read list...In all honesty, I love this book. Toni Hammersley is the creator and writer of www.abowlfulloflemons.net , an organizing website that inspires thousands of people around the world to get their lives in order.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Just flipping through the book will make you feel motivated enough to start tackling an area of your house! There are tons of ideas on saving space, organizing, and lest you feel overwhelmed at the state of your current household, the author has also many suggestions on how to start the process (which is sometimes the hardest part). The process is manageable enough that you can do a little bit every day...or set aside a couple of hours on the weekends and knock out an entire room in one swoop."
"The 14 week challenge helped me get my life and brain functioning again, my house still stayed in order a year later."
"I absolutely love this book."
"How does Toni do it?"
"Love this book!"
"This book is awesome!!!"
"The book follows the same plan that is available free of charge on the author's website."
"I wasn’t as impressed with this book as I expected to be after the other reviews."
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Denny Fairchild author of Healing HomesMove Your Stuff, Change Your Life is home improvement, entertaining, educational hilarity that will have you smiling while scrubbing and glowing in the feng shui flow. Presenting sound feng shui advice in an easy-to-understand and easy-to-use manner, Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life communicates how to: -- GET A RAISE. -- MEET "THE ONE". -- BECOME ABLE TO CONCEIVE AND BEAR CHILDREN. -- FIND A DREAM JOB. -- EARN BETTER GRADES IN SCHOOL. -- ENJOY A BETTER SEX LIFE. -- ACHIEVE OPTIMAL HEALTH. Feng shui is a powerful yet simple tool by which to change one's life.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great book."
"Love this book."
"It really helped to simplify Feng Shui and make it accessible for my use in redecorating."
"Simple, easy and fun feng shui cures."
"I love this book!"
"Easy read and concise info."
"Easy to follow guidelines."
"Simply by moving around some things that you probably already own, you can set up the energy in your life to work for you."
Real Life Organizing offers clutter free storage solutions and advice that can help you create a Pinterest worthy home on a small budget: Learn how to organize your home, simplify life and have more time for the things you love. Simplify your life: In her debut book, Real Life Organizing , Cas walks you through the steps you can take to create a beautiful, organized, clutter free, and almost self-cleaning home ─ a DIY Pinterest home. - Keitha, from The Bajan Texan and founder of Home Made Luxe subscription box. I love knowing that if she came into my living room and saw a giant pile of unfolded laundry, we would laugh about it. “Cas is relatable and real, and makes having an organized home attainable for today's busy person.”. The Organized Clutterbug is also a very busy mom of three small children, two cats and a dog named Oscar Meyer Weiner. She loves sharing her favorite home organizing tips, tricks and practical advice on her popular YouTube channel, blog and weekly podcast.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If "I" can find something that inspires me as much as this wonderful young woman and her smart, sassy, silly, nurturing, down to earth style then everyone will. I've already made big changes and am reaping the benefits.. As we age we might not have the patience or energy on some days to run around like a chicken with our heads cut off trying to find that "whatchathingy" we KNOW we own."
"I am also returning a favor to all the reviewers I depend on before buying something on Amazon. I have several books on decluttering and organizing, including Marie kondo and Peter walsh, this is the best one. The author, cas aarssen, gives detailed advice on where to start and what kind of "clutterbug" you are. I wanted to suggest my favorite chapter but the whole book is great advice."
"I've read many organizing books and this is by far the BEST!"
"She also gives great client or personal examples throughout the book that help better explain her ideas on clutter and organization. What's Your Organizing Style Test. While I wouldn't hold fast and true to it, I think it does provide a great baseline of a persons clutter issues and possible fixes. Instead of making clutter a one type fits all thing this helps break down possible ways certain types of people view clutter and ways to improve. Sentimental Clutter. I liked the ideas on how to deal with sentimental clutter and her thoughts on why clutter becomes sentimental was helpful. Types of Clutter. I found her breakdown on the types of clutter interesting and I liked the idea of taking a picture of the room to really see where the clutter is because after a while we get used to things and they become "invisible"."
"She gives amazing real life tips and tricks and what works for different organizing styles of " Clutterbugs" She says things she had issues with and how she resolved it and found solutions that worked for her and for her family. She combines styles she has learned and adds her own spin and knowledge and refines things to be simple and not overwhelming."
"I enjoyed this, it was a quick read."
"Fun to read and great ideas for organizing !"
Best Interior Design Decorating
─ Clutter free solutions for an organized home. Real Life Organizing offers clutter free storage solutions and advice that can help you create a Pinterest worthy home on a small budget: Learn how to organize your home, simplify life and have more time for the things you love. Simplify your life: In her debut book, Real Life Organizing , Cas walks you through the steps you can take to create a beautiful, organized, clutter free, and almost self-cleaning home ─ a DIY Pinterest home. Create a Household Management Binder Make a “Kids Cupboard” in your kitchen Create an IN/OUT system Organize paperwork based on your unique style Create a Kitchen Command Center Organize your holidays with a gift closet Build the best toy organizing system And, enjoy a DIY Pinterest home. - Keitha, from The Bajan Texan and founder of Home Made Luxe subscription box. I love knowing that if she came into my living room and saw a giant pile of unfolded laundry, we would laugh about it. “Cas is relatable and real, and makes having an organized home attainable for today's busy person.”. The Organized Clutterbug is also a very busy mom of three small children, two cats and a dog named Oscar Meyer Weiner. She loves sharing her favorite home organizing tips, tricks and practical advice on her popular YouTube channel, blog and weekly podcast.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"If "I" can find something that inspires me as much as this wonderful young woman and her smart, sassy, silly, nurturing, down to earth style then everyone will. I've already made big changes and am reaping the benefits.. As we age we might not have the patience or energy on some days to run around like a chicken with our heads cut off trying to find that "whatchathingy" we KNOW we own."
"I am also returning a favor to all the reviewers I depend on before buying something on Amazon. I have several books on decluttering and organizing, including Marie kondo and Peter walsh, this is the best one. The author, cas aarssen, gives detailed advice on where to start and what kind of "clutterbug" you are. I wanted to suggest my favorite chapter but the whole book is great advice."
"I've read many organizing books and this is by far the BEST!"
"It made me realize that I don't need to set aside a whole day or weekend cleaning out a room or closet; instead, just spend a few minutes organizing a shelf or getting rid of a couple of things each day and in time, your space will be organized."
"I love this book so much!"
"Especially liked the breakdown of people's different organizing styles."
"Love her you tube channel."
"Organizing how to's for busy people."
Best Interior Design Decoration & Ornament
Charles Faudree's Country French Living features his newest room designs. From the entryway to the dressing room to walls, dining rooms, and outdoor spaces, Charles teaches principles of design that make a house a Country French home: The importance of the bedroom and how to make it a soothing sanctuary, deserving as much attention to beauty and detail as the rest of the home. Charles Faudree's Country French Living also shows how to make the most of accessories like lamps, pillows, baskets, paintings, and more to finish a room and provide the charm and character so important in a well-designed French Country setting. Charles Faudree's Country French Living features his newest room designs. From the entryway to living spaces and private spaces, rooms for entertaining and outdoor spaces, Charles teaches principles of design that make a house a Country French home.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Not quite what I was looking for however lovely designs."
"I wrote a review for the first of his book's that I had purchased."
"This book is an excellent read and a definite keeper for all design projects."
"Absolutely love this book."
"If I had a complaint, it would be that the captions didn't maintain much of a narrative regarding the rooms depicted, but basically listed material resources."
"Books are AWSOME , have then sitting on my coffee table."
"This is a beautiful book, with large photos, allowing a careful study of the details."
"I am starting to look for pieces now at estate sales and antique stores."
Best Interior Design Floors
If you want to learn how to install laminate wood flooring as a DIY project, this book provides the information you need to get it done like a PRO! Determine the type of laminate flooring you will use based on the installation method of the finish texture. Determine the amount of materials needed - add 10% to the area calculated. Continue installation of the laminate wood flooring throughout the room.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Among the plethora of longish manuals, full-scale do-it-yourself guides, printed home remodelling books and YouTube tutorials on one side, and thousands of free online articles on the other, one can get easily confused trying to find just the right stuff, and more to the point, in the right size. This is not to say that the instructions are not good but that I had no idea how much preparation the process takes and that a person can easily fail to plan everything ahead."
"Out of all the self-help books I have read in the past, this is by far the most thoroughly written books that I have come across. If you are a beginner or professional at installing laminate flooring, I recommend reading this book."
"He was able to break down each step required in common language that even someone who is unfamiliar with installing laminate wood flooring can feel confident enough to tackle the job."
"A very interesting read, who would think one day you will find a book about how to install laminate wood flooring?"
"Great book - now I have no excuse!"
"I am not a flooring expert, but have installed floating laminate floors and bamboo floors and would not recommend this 8 dollar book to anyone. My wife bought me this book and another Amazon self-published book about installing laminate flooring, _How To Install Laminate Flooring_,by Gary Johnson. I have several other professionally written and illustrated books about flooring that cover laminate floor installation."
Best Interior Design Lighting
Written by a practicing professional lighting designer who is also an award winning design instructor, The Architecture of Light presents a perfect blend of visual design tools and fundamental lighting knowledge. Released in January 2008, The Architecture of Light is a lighting design textbook that merges fundamental lighting knowledge with graphic techniques for generating and communicating lighting design. The text, which features 28 chapters divided into three parts--the fundamentals of light, designing light, and deliverables--presents procedures that architects and designers can follow to develop an architectural lighting solution that enhances the design intent of a project. In addition to outlining the process of lighting design, Russell includes a series of chapters that focus on lighting fundamentals such as the physical properties of light and color, physiology of vision, and the characteristics of electric light sources. --Source: ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Magazine By Megan Casey Written by a practicing professional lighting designer who is also an award winning design instructor, The Architecture of Light presents a perfect blend of visual design tools, and fundamental lighting knowledge.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I love lighting stores, but did not realize how much goes into creating a lighting design that is functional and efficient."
"The layers (if I remember correctly) are clear over-lays that he uses to plan (1) guiding people's paths in or through the space, (2) task lighting, (3) accent lighting, (4) mood lighting, and (5) lighting architectural details."
"I just redesigned and remodeled my entire house and was extremely happy with everything except for the lighting."
"Using this book in the construction of our new house to make sure the lighting appropriately highlights and accents such a major investment."
"Not sure with what others got, but the printing of the front cover is slightly off."
"Just starting out in the field of lighting design and found the book informative and easy to follow the ideas and concepts."
"As a teacher of Environmental Control Systems, for architecture students (which includes both Illumination and Acoustics, my main field of interest) I needed a text capable of providing a design approach, coupled broadly to the technical aspects of the discipline."
"A great textbook for those going into the architecture and design field."
Best Interior Design Painting & Wallpapering
From small spaces and apartment solutions to how to tackle a big, messy home with a 15-week total home organization challenge, this book covers it all. "If you haven’t already, you need to add The Complete Book of Home Organization to your must-read list...In all honesty, I love this book. Toni Hammersley is the creator and writer of www.abowlfulloflemons.net , an organizing website that inspires thousands of people around the world to get their lives in order.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Just flipping through the book will make you feel motivated enough to start tackling an area of your house! There are tons of ideas on saving space, organizing, and lest you feel overwhelmed at the state of your current household, the author has also many suggestions on how to start the process (which is sometimes the hardest part). The process is manageable enough that you can do a little bit every day...or set aside a couple of hours on the weekends and knock out an entire room in one swoop."
"The 14 week challenge helped me get my life and brain functioning again, my house still stayed in order a year later."
"I absolutely love this book."
"How does Toni do it?"
"Love this book!"
"This book is awesome!!!"
"The book follows the same plan that is available free of charge on the author's website."
"I wasn’t as impressed with this book as I expected to be after the other reviews."
Best Interior Design Professional Reference
In fact, that's the single biggest reason that there are so many remodeling horror stories. You will learn how to identify and select the perfect professional remodeler for your project, save thousands of dollars in the process, and preserve your sanity too. Everything needed for a successful professional remodeling experience is inside! Jannine Wooten - Real Estate Investor, Remodeler "Spend a few dollars on this book, there's a good chance you will get it back 100-fold." Ray Brehm - #1 Bestselling Author & Entrpreneur "Molinelli's enthusiasm for the subject shines through on every page of this invaluable guide, and it's quite infectious."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"In this easy reading instructional manual, Jim Molinelli lays out a concise method for keeping sanity during a remodeling project."
"Jim’s book is full of great information that guides you through the process from beginning to end."
"Undoubtedly THE book to get even if you think you might possibly sometime in the future hypothetically consider remodeling."
"Great book and well done."
"I'd have saved a lot of money and made a lot more when I sold."
"This book gives guidance on how to find reputable contractors (and it's not by using the popular advertised sites)."
"As a women owning 2 homes there is always something to fix, never mind remodeling to just update!"
"Very, Very informative."
Best Interior Design Upholstery & Fabrics
From wood footstools to over stuffed chairs, there's a good variety of projects you can accomplish with the help of this bestselling book. The editors of Creative Publishing international have created dozens of best-selling titles in the fields of sewing, crafting, quilting, home repair, home improvement, home decor, and landscaping.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great sewing reference books!"
"It has been a while since I have done upholstery, so it was a refresher for me."
"Very helpful instructions and pictures."
"Good beginners instructions, easy to follow directions."
"This book is a really good one."
"Great book for the beginner."
"The first chair featured in the book is the chair I plan to recover."
"Great product that works just like it was advertised for."
Best Interior Design Windows
Discover how to. * Express your individual style. * Choose fabrics, trims, and hardware. * Ensure the perfect fit. * Create no-sew or low-sew treatments. * Add decorative details. Express your individual style Choose fabrics, trims, and hardware Ensure the perfect fit Create no-sew or low-sew treatments Add decorative details.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It gave me tolerances and dimensioning that I was missing."
"Curtains, draperies and slipcovers are so pricey, I decided to try my hand at the slipcovers."
"My home is 55 years and the decor and window treatments are truly showing thier age."
"With the help of this book I was able to make a pair of roman shades for my guest bedroom and I must say they turned out pretty darned good."
"Very good reference and instructions."
"This was given to my daughter, who wanted to learn to make slip covers and curtains."
Best Interior Architectural Design
In The Nesting Place, Myquillyn shares the secrets of decorating for real people—and it has nothing to do with creating a flawless look to wow your guests. For the past five years Myquillyn Smith, 'The Nester,' has been encouraging women to embrace the home they are in.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a book for anyone who wants to find new freedom -- not only in her own home, but in her very life, so she can actually live and enjoy her home, rather than perfect and protect her "stuff." This is an invitation to love the home and the life you're in, rather than wishing for something more or something different. This is a book that helps you dwell in the home and in the life you have, rather than trying to over-manage and perfect the places where you live and love. It's a positively beautiful book filled with lovely photos and helpful ideas."
"Instead, this book was more about appreciating your home for its imperfections. Stop dreaming and comparing your home to those in magazines and on blogs, you need to love your home how it is, and grow from there. She shares her mistakes as a first time home buyer and her stories of living in a scary neighborhood and living in dream homes. Myquillyn’s writing and sharing of her personal experiences helps you to connect with her, but there were times where I felt like I was reading the same thing over and over again: love your home for its imperfections, it’s not about how much money you put in it, but that you love it, etc, etc, etc. This book is filled with beautiful photos from her home. I wasn’t falling asleep from boredom, but I think I was looking for a little more inspiration and design ideas than a more philosophical read on loving and living in your home."
"There are good messages in this book - I love her encouragement about putting some nails in your walls (PS - do some extra reading if you have plaster), gaining confidence in your projects, not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, realizing that even houses in magazines don't look that way day-to-day, make your house welcoming, not flawless, etc."