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Redecorate in one day using what you have? It sounds too good to be true, but this was the basis of Lauri Ward's revolutionary and successful home-decorating business, started in 1981.
Ward thought that many people simply wanted a prettier place to live without spending thousands of dollars on new stuff and living in a construction site for months during the process. Then she took it a step further by training decorators in the one-day business, and so the Interior Refiners Network was born.
Ward and her network are at your disposal in this how-to book, offering their best advice, tips, solutions for all rooms in the house. There are the ten most common decorating mistakes, a section everyone will turn to. They include ignoring the room's focal point, using upholstered furniture of different heights, using lighting incorrectly, and hanging artwork improperly. Once you've decided if you've committed any of these sins, move on to the room-by-room suggestions.
Among Ward's practical
For better visual harmony, correct the metal accents in every room of the house -- brass for traditional homes, stainless steel or brushed chrome in modern homes.
Never use more than three colors in your kitchen -- and that includes steel or chrome, which "reads" as a color.
For a great do-it-yourself desk, try using two 30-inch-high end tables and laying a piece of Formica or marble across the top.
Instead of using a wallpaper border in your child's room, have a 6-to-8-inch wooden shelf mounted 12 inches below the ceiling all around the periphery of the room. It will be the ideal way to display toys and stuffed animals.
Convert a large closet into a home office so you can close the door on your work life at the end of the day.
There's black-and-white line art throughout, and a good resource section at the back. One Ward does have one tip that all book lovers would do well to avoid. She thinks you should remove the paper jackets from all your hardcover books for a more sophisticated appearance. Don't do that! (Ginger Curwen)
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