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5.0 out of 5 stars
I can't get a catalog, and I'm really glad I got this book, July 27 2005
By A Customer
I've often been puzzled how best to display my large book collection, or my china, or how best to arrange my storage. I love this book. It's offered me far more help in a few pages than years of decorating magazines ever have. No we are not all born with the decorating gene. I certainly missed out, but I'm glad I can buy some help in this book. I put the pottery barn books up on the level of my other favourite decor books by Lauri Ward-- Use What You Have Decorating and it's sequel. Those taught me furniture placement, but this teaches me how to make my home up to date, both warm and welcoming. I live outside the USA, and am NOT near a pottery Barn so I was worried I was buying a big expensive ad for their stuff. I am so glad I bought this book. Because of it, and Living Rooms, I immediately bought Dining Rooms, Bathrooms, Bedrooms and Outdoor Spaces. They are a wonderful course in relaxed casual home design. I'm sure that people with the decor gene might be bored with stuff I consider revolutionary but I'm so tired of decorators telling me to break the rules when I can't tell what the rules are in the first place. (what rules? who knew? I don't even know when I'm breaking the rules "right" or really wrong!) The pottery barn books and Lauri Ward's books have given me a head start in making my own space look comfortable and inviting and I'm grateful.
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