Use What You Have Decorating : Transform Your Home in One Hour With Ten Simple Design Principles -- Using the Space You Have, the Things You Like, the Budget You Choose
by Lauri Ward

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Book Review: ... A veritable Bible of Interior Design Wisdom!
Summary: 5 Stars

Ward's vision of things is brilliantly conceived and organized. Complex design strategies turn out to be shockingly simple to implement. Page by page, step by step, (without investing a nickel), the metamorphosis from commonplace to showplace occurs within a matter of hours. Much to your disbelief, nearly everything you originally think mandates replacement instead becomes magically redeemed.

By applying the simple principles itemized from the start, the book enables you to open yourself to the intrinsic potential of things you already possess. You learn how to prioritize your practical needs -- for everything so fundamental as a well-balanced conversation area -- to properties so abstract (but just as indispensable) as a peaceful place on the wall where the eye itself comes to rest.

You discover how to undo the scourge of clutter and create a graceful flow of space. Instantly you recognize which of your decorative objects need to be displayed together -- as opposed to those which need to stand apart. The perfect place and position for everything you own suddenly becomes clear. Her concept is predicated on comfortable, elegant integration of your pre-existing space with your pre-existing material things -- to their combined peak advantage. She has thus produced the definitive text of what might as well have been called "The Zen of Interior Design." As the absolute master of this art, she is destined to accrue legions of grateful disciples.

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