Room for You: Find Your Style and Make Your Room Say You!

by Shawn Banner (Illustrator)

Offers ways for girls to decide how they would like to decorate their bedrooms, and provides advice on decorating styles, cleaning, sharing a bedroom, and other common issues.

Genres: Childrens, Middle Grade

80 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2001

Reviews

[Panda Incognito]

This vintage American Girl guide takes girls through a personality quiz and then shares interior decorating advice for each of the four categories they're boxing girls into. I didn't relate to any of the design aesthetics strongly, and never would have, but there are a variety of unique and interesting decorating ideas here. Many of them were too intense, dramatic, and maximalist for me, but there were some really clever ideas, and I like the emphasis on doing DIY projects and shopping your own house for things instead of thinking you need money to do a room makeover.

I prefer the mid-90s AG book Groom Your Room: Terrific Touches to Brighten Your Bedroom, since it doesn't have the personality basis and is less over-the-top. Still, this brightly colored book captures the styles of the early 2000s, was a nice nostalgia trip, and could still appeal to some girls today who are looking for flashy, budget-friendly ways to update their room.

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