Easy Style: 300 Decorating Shortcuts

by Better Homes and Gardens (Editor)

A busy person's guide to stylish, current decorating includes whole house schemes and room settings to quickly illustrate and teach design principles, as well as three hundred quick and easy ideas and projects from real homes. Original. 30,000 first printing.

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had previously been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.

Better Homes and Gardens is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.

Reviews

[Lora · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had tidbits that appealed to me. For one, there were pictures to look at. Two, it was broken down into projects by the length of time they would supposedly take. Three, it was fairly short.
Downside: the broken up text with bullet points kept distracting me. Too many points involved the purposeful use of clutter (hats, baskets, and books) which made me feel really weird about the practical application of clutter in my own life. Mine is clutter; theirs is 'comfort'. Hunh?
The books. I liked looking at piles of books in the pictures. But honestly, it often just came across as 'make sure you look like a reader'. Readers have a look to them? Their piles of books make their homes look attractive? Hmm...
Ok book overall, not the most inspiring for me, and sometimes the irritable reading troll inside me would rear its ugly head and make snide comments. Please don't feed the troll.
Next book, please!