Decorating Details: Projects and Ideas for a More Comfortable, More Beautiful Home: The Best of Martha Stewart Living

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Summary: I had a bad experience
Review: This book is the follow-on to "How to Decorate," Martha's first book. This book concentrates on the small details: how to display pictures, how to arrange your collections, and so on. The introductory chapter on how to display pictures and photographs is particularly good, giving ideas (complete with beautiful photographs) on how to display pictures and explaining principles such as where to place pictures, how to arrange them, and why certain arrangements of pictures work in certain places and not others.

The book emphasizes Martha's trademark, which is finding inexpensive but beautiful pieces at garage sales, refinishing them, and adapting them to new uses. Many of the ideas she presents, such as refinishing an old footstool and turning it into a stereo stand, are practical and attractive.

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Summary: How to spruce up your home without the help of a decorator
Review: This is a great book for people who want to give thier house more style without hiring a costly decorator. The secret to great decorating is in the details; wall-hangings, pillows, lamps, mirrors, pictures, etc. Something as small as a throw pillow can breathe new life onto a dusty old sofa. Readers can also draw from the beautiful display rooms pictured in the book, where each page is filled with inspiration. Even if only for getting ideas about what you want for your space, this is a great book to check out.

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Summary: I expected more than what I got
Review: This was my first and last Martha book. I admit that I'm not that familiar with her work, but I thought I'd get more decorating information than I did. Iwanted her to teach me more about how to use the projects instead of just giving me projects out of context.

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Summary: Pick a different book
Review: Well I always buy Martha's books and am generally pleased with them,I was a bit disapointed with this one.As usual the photography is wonderful,the layout great,but it just lacks something.Well there is always hope for the next one.