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Summary: An inspiration!
Review: If you have strong ideas on what makes a beautiful home environment, and it doesn't involve shades of taupe and sand or "bringing the French countryside into the suburban home", then this is the book for you! The folks interviewed in this book aren't jaded hipsters rewarming pop culture, either, they are intelligent and witty individuals who simply follow their own vision to it's stunning, silly, freaky extreme.As one young man put it, "I always dreamed that someday I'd have a big mansion with themed rooms that I'd be able to decorate with an unlimited budget. But I decided I was just going to do it now, wherever I happened to be living, and with whatever funds I had." That, to me, is the essense of this practical book.
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Summary: Excellent All Around
Review: Not only is Pad a "do-it-yourself" decorating book but it is also a coffe table book. With vibrant pictures and great writing it delights all the senses. I must say I LOVE this book. It gives me great ideas for when I decorate my house but I read it in my spare time just because of the interesting people featured and the completely uniqueness of the book. This book is for the bold, the daring and the creative! Enjoy, it'll be the best 20 bucks you'll spend this month!
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Summary: Strange fun
Review: This is an odd collection of decorating ideas, personal style and art that amuses and thrills. I would never decorate my home with some of these projects, but it's great fun to leave around as a coffee table book. Excellent text and photos, the cover is textured and has a cut out which shows the quality of the this book. A good gift for the fun loving artist in your life, even if it's you.
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Summary: Simply bad design
Review: JUNK is cool. JUNKY is not. This book simply shows one junked-up place after another, missing the point that finding cool castoffs and so-called junk from the curb or flea market can produce really personal, really interesting living spaces. The places in this book disappoint because what are touted as real places to live come off as unedited junkyards, not to mention unlivable so-called "homes" created simply for effect and not for life. A stupid book on which I wasted my money. I'd give this a minus 2 if I could.
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Summary: I never thought I could decorate, until this book!!!!!
Review: This book is the most amazing decorating book ever. I never realized how much potential all the family leftovers I own had. I now have the mid 60's pagan-goth apartment of my dreams! I did the Flame Pit, and it looks amazing. I took an old Mary statue decorated her in rosaries, santaria beads and a pentagram and then plopped her in the middle of a zillion candles, and wa- la, a poor man's fire place. This bookinspired me to use a sofa bed that I couldn't even give away, now I have it as the head seat for my table, which is an old WWII Liberty Ship door on top of an old typing table. I have learned the joys of ugly swag lamps and the Goodwill. Anyone who doesn't like this book truly has no imagination or is still stuck in the mode that decorating is supposed to be expensive and have no charechter whatsoever. Come and think outside the box!
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Summary: Decorating so people think you are crazy
Review: I was hoping this book was a high-style lounge/cocktail design ideas book. Instead it is photo essay of people who "decorated" their homes using mostly "junk". Some of the photos show very creative use of junk and some show furry/fuzzy 1960s looks. But, very little of the book will appeal to people interested in the high-priced fashion world of european and NYC designers. So, this is a book for basically having fun with your home for very little money. One word to sum it up: alternative. Two words: very alternative.
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Summary: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Review: I saw this book when we staged a Bad Taste Shower for two friends who were getting married and buying their first home. We all had to bring some of the worst stuff we could find at Salvation Army, etc., but the grand finale was this book, which someone found at amazon. The entire book is full of bad taste, and it's a hoot to look at. If the author meant it as a joke, it's great! If he is serious, he ought to be condemned. This just shows that anyone, qualified or not, can publish a home decorating book. Buyer beware!
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Summary: A professional decorator's nightmare!
Review: As you can see from other reviews, you either love this book or you hate it. I think the people that hate it are taking the content a little to seriously. This book is SUPPOSED to be a little off the beaten path. With DIY projects ranging from "The Opium Den Flame Pit" (a Buddah statue on a stand with candles around it) to the "LP Desktop Box" (a box you can make from a record cover) to "Hawiian Eye Swag Lights", you have to love the kitchy-ness of this book. Even if you aren't too handy with tools, this book is still fun to look at. So do yourself a favor, buy the book, look at the pictures, and if all else fails, have a good laugh. Either way, you won't be disappointed!
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Summary: Cool it, you negative daddios
Review: I never respond to negative reviews of things...people are obviously welcome to their opinions, but this I question the idea laid out about the designs being "bad" in this book. What is "good'? I think anything that challenges the norm is good...... Yes, I am not sure I would go as far as some of these people in this book, but this is a creative persons bible. It is a how to book for people who want to think out of the box. Pad is a book about lifestyle as much as it is about design. I mean, my suggestion is to love the cool stuff, and let the rest float around in your imagination. This is a magnificent book, one for dreamers, not for people who are upset that their pad didn't get represented. ./..Check this book out and love it for yourself.
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Summary: A cluttered mess
Review: Yuk. This book is a cluttered mess. I like edgy design and doing my own thing, but what this book promotes is simply tasteless trash. It is a disservice to those readers who don't know any better. From what I could read about the author, this person operates a store of some sort, which explains the junk-store look of the featured rooms.
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