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Home Decorating For Dummies, 2nd Edition is for all kinds of people in all kinds of decorating situations, including:
- First-time buyers or renters. You have a whole new place to decorate. Where do you start?
- Second- or third-time home buyers. Whether youve gone up or down in size, stayed in the same region or moved to a whole new one, you need to know how to make your old furniture work in a new setting, how to add furnishings, and how to make your style seem fresh.
- Newly blended families. He has furniture, she has furniture, they have furniture. Can it all work together harmoniously? Indeed!
- And anyone else who loves decorating. Dont forget: Imagination counts.
Each part of Home Decorating For Dummies, deals with a broad area of decorating, and each chapter contains specific and detailed information. Youll discover tips on
- Basic planning where to begin when you want to start decorating
- Creating surface interest the effects of color, pattern, and texture, and the problems created by too much or too little of them
- Creating backgrounds what you need to know about the special decorating requirements of your walls
- Tackling tough rooms how to effectively decorate rooms that have special functional requirements
- Accessorizing with art and other stuff adding the final flourishes to every space in your place
Home Decorating For Dummies, 2nd Edition contains all the basics including how to figure out what you can spend; how to spend it; and the latest and greatest in styles, trends, and technology. What do you do with your space next? The possibilities are endless.
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by Katharine Kaye McMillan and Patricia Hart McMillan
Home Decorating For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2003113311
ISBN: 978-0-7645-4156-8
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Katharine Kaye McMillan, former senior editor of a New York City-based national magazine, is a writer whose work appears regularly in magazines and newspapers. She is a contributing writer to internationally circulated Florida Design Magazine. She is the co-author of several books on decorating and design, including Sun Country Style, which is the basis for licensed signature collections of furniture and accessories by three leading American manufacturers and importers. A graduate of the University of Texas in Austin, she holds a masters degree in psychology and is a doctoral student in psychology at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.
Patricia Hart McMillan is a nationally known interior designer, whose interior design work for private clients, designer showcases, and corporations has appeared in publications worldwide, including the New York Times and USA Today. Known as a trend spotter and for clearly articulated views on design, she is quoted frequently and extensively in both trade and consumer publications. She appears on TV and talk radio. A prolific writer, she is co-author and author of seven books on interior design and decoration, with Sun Country Style signature collections of furniture based on two books. She has taught decorating courses at several colleges and conducted numerous seminars across the U.S. She is decorating editor for Christian Woman Magazine and reports on design trends for The Sun-Sentinel, a Tribune newspaper based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She has been editor-in-chief of two publications and was head of a New York City-based public relations firm representing some of the most prestigious names in home furnishing and building products. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, with a minor in art history (with an emphasis in architecture), from the State University of New York (New Paltz). She was awarded a certificate from The New York School of Interior Design.
To my cousin, Margaret Walls Ephlin, loving friend and daughter to my late mother and sister to me.
Patricia Hart McMillan
To Jill, Jon, Naina, and Richard friends who decorate my life.
Katharine Kaye McMillan
Our names are on the cover of Home Decorating For Dummies, and we get most, if not all, of the credit. But, fortunately for us and for you, dear reader, there is a small army of people who worked enthusiastically and efficiently to place this book in your hands. To these wonderful souls, we give credit where credit is due.
First, our continuing gratitude to acquisitions editor Holly McGuire, who will always have a special place in our hearts and consciousness, and Jennifer Ehrlich, senior project editor par excellence on the first edition. Second Edition editors Tracy Boggier, Jill Burke, and Joan Friedman deserve deep bows. So does our rigorous copy editor, Chad Sievers. Technical editor Rose Bennett Gilbert, herself an author, contributing editor, and syndicated columnist, deserves kudos. And Liz Kurtzman, whose illustrations continue to enliven, enlighten, and entertain should know that we love her work and thank her for sharing it with us, and our readers.
We especially thank those industry leaders whose endorsements appear on the covers of this book. Their kind words mean a great deal to us.
Very special thanks go to Lis King, writer and public relations representative without peer, on whom we always know most certainly that we can rely.
Of great help and worthy of gratitude are officers of many companies, including: Aristokrafts Stephen Mangin and Kathy Parker, Bernhardts Heather Bloom, DJC Design Studios D. J. Cole and Karen Carpenter, Garcia Imports Barbara Garcia and Linda Souza, Kim Shaver of Hooker Furniture Co., Kim Craig Boos of Kraftmaid, Gary McCray of LaneVenture for Raymond Waites, David Petersen of Maine Cottage, Michael Riley of Sphinx by Oriental Weavers, Rudy Santos of RoSan Imports and RoSan Custom Kitchens & Baths, Storehouse President Caroline Hibble, and Tiffany Mullis of Vanguard Furniture.
Perhaps least recognized, but greatly to be thanked, are public relations experts who so ably represent Americas top interior and product designers, manufacturers, and importers. These professionals graciously and nimbly responded to our requests for information and photographs. We
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