Decorating Ideas Under $100 (Better Homes & Gardens)
Category: Books,Crafts, Hobbies & Home,Home Improvement & Design
Decorating Ideas Under $100 (Better Homes & Gardens) Details
Great style does not require an over-the-top budget. With a little ingenuity, basic skills, and use of supplies from crafts and home improvement stores, you can achieve custom looks at bargain prices. Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Ideas Under $100 offers a wealth of information—101 creative projects with complete materials lists and detailed step-by-step instructions. Inspiring photographs illustrate how finished projects fit into room settings. The first chapter focuses on walls, floors, and other surfaces punched up with paint finishes, wallpaper, stock molding, stenciling, stamping, and decoupage. Another chapter reveals the secrets of dressing up furniture, even garage sale finds, with slipcovers, upholstery, and trim. Freshening up the bed and bath is a breeze with color, unusual headboards, painted linens, and ribbon-trimmed towels. The second half of Decorating Ideas Under $100 delves into details that make a difference, from one-of-a-kind pillows and lampshades to window treatments that give plain panels a lot of personality. Style also goes outdoors with projects for perking up patios and decks.
Reviews
I love to create things for my house, and am always looking for inspirational things to try that don't break the bank. I was initially intrigued because the book stated their suggestions could be created under $100. While I did find that the pictures did a great job of showcasing the suggested decorating idea, none of them really jumped out at me as being all that great. Because of that, I'm only going to give this book 3 stars.With the advent of "Pinterest" and the website "the snug", I found that the ideas presented here were not as complete as they could have been, nor were they anything outstanding. For the beginner in home redecorating, this book might be a good place to start, but if you've had any refurbishing projects under your belt, I would keep looking for something a little more creative to try.
