Color For Your Home: Amazon.ca: Christine E Barnes: Books

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Designed to encourage readers to experiment with color selection, this useful guide to home decorating comes with thirteen color wheels and a complete color encyclopedia. Original.

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Designed to encourage readers to experiment with color selection, this useful guide to home decorating comes with thirteen color wheels and a complete color encyclopedia. Original.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Buy!, Jun 1 2003

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Rita-Renee (Pasadena, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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While the builders in Georgia are finishing my FIRST home, I decided to check this book out. I must say it is a gamble well worth taking if you have never purchased a design book, or don't have a clue what you want to do with your rooms. The photos are brilliant and the styles are quite eye-catching. What I liked must was the approach the author took at explaining colors and how to work with various colors, patterns and fabrics. Most importantly it is written in layman's terms. While it does not explain how to get various painting techniques, this book contains color wheels and explains how to use them to get the most out of your ideas. Still, if you don't have an idea or a clue you certainly will find several which cater to different personalities and themes. Finally this book helps you to make each room have a soul and spirit of its own. I say, go for it!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not the best book of its kind, Dec 14 2002

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Amy Hilliard (VA, United States) - See all my reviews

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I was not impressed with this book. The pictures were so-so and showed a narrow range of styles. I thought the color choices were boring and outdated. There are so many other books that do a better job of instructing you on how to work with color, and I list a few of them below.

Recommendation: Skip this book.

Better sources (if you really want to use color):
Color Your Home Beautiful: Ideas and Solutions
This book gives you a broader range of color palettes than Color for Your Home and a broader range of styles (although if you like hard core modern, you might want to skip this book because it is just about the only style that isn't represented). Plus, the photos are beautiful.

The Color Design File by L. Geddes-Brown
The design style is funky modern. She does a good job of covering the basics, and there are beautiful photos. I like the fact that there are pockets for your magazine inspirations. The only drawback is she waxes poetic quite a bit in describing colors, but some people might enjoy a more personal style.

Color in Your Home by T. Evelegh
Yes, it has almost the same title, but what a difference a word can make. This is a great book for beginners. This book describes the basics of using color in easy to understand language and with many examples. Instead of being sectioned by color, it is sectioned off into neutrals, pastels, the mid-tones, the brights, and the deep tones. Like the other books, it has beautiful photos.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Your home will look like YOU ARE A DESIGNER!, Sep 18 2002

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I have to admit, that I am one of those people who adore decorating and design magazines and books. However, so often where I will enjoy and learn from some articles in the magazine, I am often I am very, very disappointed in the content of the decorating and design books. It seems that so many books say the same things over and over again.Especially about color ... by now, the vast majority of us ... UNDERSTAND THE COLOR WHEEL ... and we are looking for more! This book actually is full of ... "now that makes sense" type of content! I now can confidentely put together a room with different patterns and colors and IT NOT ONLY WORKS ... IT LOOKS FANTASTIC! Looking at the book, it was like a light bulb going off in my head ... "I have got it!" I have also shared it with others and they, too, have felt that it also made alot of sense to them too! If you like the look that designers so often put together, however, when you do it, while your room or home looks good, it falls short of great .... THEN THIS IS A BOOK FOR YOU! I have been applying what I have learned to the decorating of our new home ... and I have been getting rave reviews ... what is more ... this perfectionist ... is more than pleased!

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5.0 out of 5 stars sumptuous and very informative
I went to the public library and looked through dozens of books before choosing three to buy, and this was one of the three. Read more

Published on May 27 2002 by audrey

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best decorator books around.
I have a fairly substantial collection of home decorating books on hand to get ideas for my home, and also just because I enjoy browsing through them, and I have to say when I... Read more

Published on Dec 4 2001