Home Idea Notebook: A Design Guide for Every Room in the House

Rating:
Summary: Best as a secondary source
Review: The benefit of this book will depend on your use for it.

Pluses:
This book has good questions to ask yourself as you go through the interior design process. Every aspect is covered from furniture to flooring to lighting. This book also shows a nice range of styles.

Minuses:
The main drawback is that some of the pictures seem out-of-focus and/or small. Also, there are no projects, which may or may not be a minus, depending on your purpose for buying the book.

Recommendation:
if you are looking for a book to organize your thoughts and give you useful tips on decorating, this is a decent one. However, if you are looking to be inspired by photographs, you might want to skip the book.