The Home Decorator's Color and Texture Bible: 180 Complete Schemes for a Harmonious Home [Hardcover-spiral]

The book's most practical application will be to inspire fresh color combinations with the upholstery and flooring you already have. (Jessie Milligan Fort Worth Star-Telegram 20080105)

Who wouldn't like to have an interior designer pick out the colors, fabrics and flooring for your rooms? (Akron Beach Journal The Charlotte Observer 20080112)

The book's most practical application will be to inspire fresh colour combinations with the upholstery and flooring you now have. (McClatchy Newspapers The Calgary Herald 20080203)

A guide to selecting those decorative pieces, which are simple to use and install. (Martha Phifer Times Union (Albany) 20080928)

Chinn's easy-to-use [and] practical manual will help homeowners pull together every room.... There are also tons of tips. (Cecily Ross The Globe and Mail (Metro Ed) 200801)

[Chinn's] multitude of combinations are sure to inspir (Karen Turner, CanWest News Service The Calgary Herald 20080124)

The page layout ... allows for easy access to the ideas. ... Recommended for public libraries. (Gayle Williamson, Interior Design Library Journal 20080320)

Who wouldn't like to have an interior designer pick out the colors, fabrics and flooring for your rooms? (Tribune wire services Chicago Tribune-city; The Times (Munster, IN) 20080217)

Decorating ideas that will floor you. (McClatchy Newspapers syndicate The Telegraph (Macon, GA) 20080601)

The book's most practical application will be to inspire fresh color combinations with the upholstery and flooring you already have. (Jessie Milligan, Martha Phifer, Lynne Chaput, McClatchy-Tribune News Atlanta Journal, Shreveport Times; South Bend Trib 20080216)

The book's most practical application will be to inspire fresh color combinations with the upholstery and flooring you already have. (wire story Edmonton Journal,, REM 20080201)

[It] is a compact handbook with instructions and adbvice on working with color. (Tribune wire services/McClatchey newspapers Chicago Tribune-City, The Telegraph (Macon), 20080228)

The book's most practical application will be to inspire fresh color combinations with the flooring and upholstery you already have. (McClatchy News Service (wire) Minneapolis Star Tribue 20080101)

Chinn presents 180 palettes from classic to contemporary with tips on combining color to produce desired results. (Herald & Review [Springfield-Decatur IL] 20080630)

Provide[s] lots of inspiration for decorating with paint... a comprehensive handbook that explains how to choose colors with confidence. (The Courier Journal (Louisville KY) 20101212)

No matter what floor you live with, this book has a solution to upgrade your look. (Chicago Life 20101120)

The book's most practical application will be to inspire fresh color combinations with the upholstery and flooring you already have. (wire story The Virginian Pilot 20101229)

From crowd-pleasing neutrals to eye-popping purples, you'll find a lot of help in this toteable spiral-bound book. (Rainbo Electronic Reviews 20101031)

You are sure to find appealing rooms in the small, remarkably thorough guide to the daunting design world. (Grand Magazine 20101211)

The Home Lighting Effects Bible deals with all aspects of this important topic. (Deborah Donovan Arlington Heights Daily Herald )

If you get excited shopping for chandeliers... this is the book for you. (Lisa Kadane Calgary Herald )

This is one small handbook primed to make a very large impact on your décor. (Kim Yeager Minneapolis Star-Tribune )

It's a useful book whether you are building or just looking for an illuminating read for the dark season. (Paula Constantine Providence Journal )

Not sure where to begin? Grab The Home Lighting Effects Bible. (Winnipeg Free Press )

A comprehensive how-to handbook for combining color and texture with 180 ready-to-use palettes.

This guide for homeowners and professionals offers 180 foolproof combinations for effective colors and welcome textures. Each example is displayed on a single spread using color and texture swatches that clearly show how to create a coordinated decor. The carefully selected palettes include flooring; paint colors and accents; fabrics for furnishings and drapes; and surface colors, textures and materials.

The book provides dozens of options to suit any taste. Each scheme starts with a floor color, whether existing or newly installed. For example, "Country Casual" features a traditional oak floor paired with muted yellow-greens, deep orange and azure blue, plus the textures of green plaid wool and mossy green chenille.

The Home Decorator's Color and Texture Bible features:

• Basic color theory
• Choosing and combining colors
• Traditional floor materials plus newer ones such as bamboo, slate, glass, wenge, smoked oak, rubber, resin, metal
• Textures such as chenille, linen, raw silk, cotton, deep pile rug
• All fundamental hues, such as red, orange, yellow, strong green, blue.

The Home Decorator's Color and Texture Bible is a valuable compendium of information and inspiration for professionals and homeowners. The lay-flat concealed-wiro binding makes it extra easy to use.

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