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Christopher Lowell's You Can Do It! Small Spaces: Decorating to Make Every Inch Count [Hardcover]

Christopher Lowell (Author)
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Christopher Lowell has done it again! In response to thousands of letters requesting a book on small-room decorating, the Emmy Award-winning star of the Discovery Channel's most popular decorating show applies his innovative thinking to the challenge of turning cramped quarters into a comfortable, stylish home. He takes the Seven Layers of Design system introduced in his first book one step further by applying it to small spaces and inspiring readers to create extraordinary rooms out of the ordinary.

With his trademark energy and innovation, Lowell guides us through two modular homes, one designed in a traditional style, the other in a more modern decor, but both intended to offer the reader a myriad of design options and ideas. The traditional home features a Nantucket-style master bath, a sunroom with faux stone walls, a French-influenced guest bedroom, and a separate dining room. The modern home contains a kitchen finished in sophisticated stainless-steel paint, a living room-guest bedroom partitioned with sliding bookcases, and a Zen master bedroom with a space-saving platform bed.

Room by room, Lowell tackles such problems as how to make the most of tiny master bedrooms, how to create several rooms from one, what to do with narrow hallways, how to conserve space by creating multipurpose rooms, and how to renovate a guest bathroom for under $100. Before and after pictures show how anyone can perform miracles just by "thinking outside the box." Once again, Christopher Lowell inspires readers to dream big, no matter how small their space.

About the Author

Christopher Lowell is the host of The Christopher Lowell Show (formerly Interior Motives), the most popular daytime show on the Discovery Channel. His eclectic background as an actor, artist, classical pianist, creative director, and teacher of interior design has given him both the skills and the authority of someone who has truly paid his creative dues. On his show, Christopher brings his practical experience and talent to people looking for problem-solving ideas. He delights in teaching them to decorate their homes with fabulous projects and improvements that are achievable, affordable, and fun. Loyal viewers tune in twice a day and still can’t get enough of Christopher; their response has inspired a line of decorating products and custom paint. As Christopher would say, “Love that!”

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1.0 out of 5 stars Bad taste, fake plants, Mar 6 2004
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This review is from: Christopher Lowell's You Can Do It! Small Spaces: Decorating to Make Every Inch Count (Hardcover)
I couldn't find anything in this book that seemed useful. The decoration seems to me tacky and in bad taste. Some of the colors and fabrics are nice, but that's it. Instead of wasting all that space and money spent on putting pictures of himself all over the book, Mr. Lowell could have put something that was actually useful .
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not practical, though pretty colors, Feb 7 2004
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J. Yoon (Ashburn, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christopher Lowell's You Can Do It! Small Spaces: Decorating to Make Every Inch Count (Hardcover)
I agree with several other reviewers that said the rooms are overstuffed and filled with fake plants. I would like to add that many of the furniture items are not functional (dinning room chair with arm-rests that come up to the table top, and therefore block any person from being able to get into the chair... there is also no room to pull out the chair.) He also makes several benches, stools, shelving into a cubic design. These all look terribly uncomfortable to sit in and likely to poke someone in the eye (for shelving). The coffee table candles & vases tower over, so people sitting there will not be able to see each other as they try to converse. The bathrooms are so crammed with nicknacks, that a person will feel like a bear in a china shop (ready to topple things over). However, I gave it a 2 star because some of the ideas are novel, and may be applied usefully in some other setting (and smaller in proportion to the room). The colors were beautiful to look at (reds, yellow, cinnomon). I liked the French style bedroom at the end, though it looked like it will take a professional to line up the wood trims perfectly and attach the faux plaster dome without getting air bubbles.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Awful., Feb 3 2004
This review is from: Christopher Lowell's You Can Do It! Small Spaces: Decorating to Make Every Inch Count (Hardcover)
This is without a doubt, one of the worst decorating books I have ever seen. Christopher Lowell has seen fit to include a picture of himself on nearly every page; he smirks and preens like Marcel Marceau, nearly screaming at the reader "I'm a flaming decorator!" It is positively revolting.
The title "You Can Do It" translates to: You Can Cram Everything You Have Into a Tiny Space." These rooms are totally bursting at the seams with stuff he's obviously been hording since the 80's, including plastic plants and flowers in tacky proliferation.
I was hoping to glean some information about small spaces but there is none to be had. Some of the rooms are so crowded with furniture, shelves, fake plants, and bamboo ornamentation, that I felt dizzy. The best inspiration for your small space can be found in your Ikea catalogue. Seriously.
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