Diana Phipps's Affordable Splendor: An Ingenious Guide to Decorating Elegantly, Inexpensively and Doing Most of It Yourself

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Summary: The Best Ever !
Review: I have had this book since it was published and I continue to reread it at every decorating turn. It takes all the intimidation out of decorating.....and makes it fun! I wish she would write another volume soon.

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Summary: Creative decorating for the creative person
Review: I loved this book. I have many decorating books, but this is by far the best and also the most fun. I am already planning my pink and white checked bathroom!! So many ideas that I can't put the book down. Please Diana, write another.

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Summary: Thinking "Outside the Box" For Your Home
Review: I really enjoy this book every time I pick it up. I may not want to completely cover the walls of a room in fabric, (although now I know how) but I do want to make the most of a very small decorating budget in my pretty average home. Diana Phipps helps the reader to see how much can be done with a staple gun, some paint and imagination. I am now making over a powder room with an ugly floor and battered vanity. Instead of spending my money on replacements, I'll spend my time making them unique! Although Ms. Phipps' style is very traditional in most of the photos, I think the methods she uses could be applied to more contemporary settngs also. You do have READ the book as there are not as many photos as most decorating books published now. Well worth the small sum I paid--my house already looks and feels more beautiful.

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Summary: Creative decorating for the creative person
Review: This book is fabulous. Really gives you a neat perspective on the ease of covering walls and ceilings with dramatic fabrics. Also can make your rooms look like those of a castle! Just love it, used it to transform a relatively "vanilla" bedroom into a sultan's chamber!

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Summary: Fabulous Decorating Strategies - the book for fabric walls!
Review: This book is fabulous. Really gives you a neat perspective on the ease of covering walls and ceilings with dramatic fabrics. Also can make your rooms look like those of a castle! Just love it, used it to transform a relatively "vanilla" bedroom into a sultan's chamber!

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Summary: The Best Decorating Book Ever Written
Review: You probably won't make your own lampshades, but Diana Phipps can show you how. She knows how to do everything - or at least, some version of it. She's modest about her considerable accomplishments, and her good humor makes this book enjoyable as well as useful. When last heard from (in Architectural Digest) she was back in the Czech Republic, refurbishing the family castle. But if Random House wanted to make a buck or two, they could reprint this book: it's timeless. If you like the look she gets (and I do, I passionately do) you couldn't ask for a more encouraging guide.