Animal House Style: Designing A Home To Share With Your Pets: Amazon.ca: Julia Szabo: Books

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Animal House Style is the first decorating book to offer practical advice from pet owners on how to select high-performance furnishings for maximum human, canine, feline, and other animal comfort. It also features how to keep your pet-friendly interiors looking their best and other vital information rarely found in design magazines or books.

About the Author

Julia Szabo writes the 'Pets' column for the Sunday New York Post and the 'Truth in Decorating' column for Elle Dcor.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty, Not Practical., May 1 2004

By	P. Rudnicki "cynderela23" (Norfolk Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Animal House Style is one beautiful coffee table book. But truely, it is only a coffee table book. It has beautiful pictures of pets on beautiful designer furniture. But not the greatest advice for caring for a home with pets.

Let's get real here, I have a yellow lab that loves to lounge on my dark gray couch. The advice the author gives for removing pet hair from your couch is to get a strong vacuum cleaner! Um yeah, I would have never thought of that without reading this book! Or you can use a roll of tape to remove pet hair from your clothes! Hmmm, that is truely a new idea!

You can tell that Julia Szabo is a true animal lover, and she does have an amazing sense of style. But most of the home decor is way over my price range, like the Gucci bet she got her pit bull. It probebly cost more than my bed! Animal House Style does make you more aware of animal sensativity to house cleaning chemicals and what are good alternatives to your Clorox cleaners. But that is about the only practical advice this book has to offer.

If you are looking for a book with some really cute dog picks Animal House Style is a great pick. But if you are looking for viable solutions to living with pets, don't get this book.

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2.0 out of 5 stars not what i hoped for, April 22 2004

By	K. Partridge "rvt2mt" (LA CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a book about homes that have a pet in them. I wished for a book that was homes where pets were included in the design.
Pretty pictures not much use.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pra-cat-ical and terrier-ific advice, Mar 16 2003

By	Arlene Millman "chyron24" (Huntington, New York United States) - See all my reviews

The perfect gift book, for wedding, housewarming or any occasion, so long as the recipient is a pet owner. They will thank you profusely, for helping them decorate with their kitty or pup in mind. After reading this terrier-ific book, I realized my home is definitely decorated in a style I think of as classically Boston Terrier black and white. The hair blends in perfectly, so who cares? Arlene Millman, author of BOOMERANG - A MIRACLE TRILOGY (The tale of a remarkable Boston Terrier).

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3.0 out of 5 stars Stylish Read for fashion followers
I should imagine this book is a great hit with the NYC apartment upper income bracket, who have pets as fashion accessories and treat them like animated teddy bears. Read more

Published on Dec 28 2002 by A. M. Thomas

5.0 out of 5 stars FOUR-PAWS UP!!!!!!
MEOW! The only decorating book I've ever read that treats animals as companions worthy of consideration when making design decisions. Read more

Published on Sep 28 2002 by doris athineos

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK!
Animal House Style proves that, more than orchids or chintz, what really gives a home style is a handsome dog. Read more

Published on Sep 28 2002 by Ann Coulter

5.0 out of 5 stars Here kitty kitty
Caring for your dog and/or cat just became a whole lot easier and more enjoyable, thanks to this well-written and beautifully illustrated book that is a must read for anyone who... Read more

Published on Sep 27 2002 by doris athineos

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing
This reads like a who's who in NY decorating. Not useful for pet owners living in the real world.

Published on Sep 23 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Dog Gone good!
Great book for those who love animals and maintaining a beautiful home. Proves that animals only enhance "home sweet home"....

Published on Jun 5 2002 by W. Berry

5.0 out of 5 stars It's About Time
Here's my take on some of the negitive comments made about this book - it may seem idealistic, but to me it's about raising the rep of "pet owner" to a new level, a... Read more

Published on April 14 2002 by Kay

3.0 out of 5 stars haute decor for your home zoo!
Designing a home to share with your pets.

The flyleaf says: Journalist Julia Szabo is the "Pets" columnist for the Sunday NEW YORK POST & wrote the "Truth in Decorating" column... Read more

Published on Feb 26 2002 by Rebecca Brown