Mary Emmerling's Smart Decorating: Inexpensive Projects for Every Room of the House

by Mary Emmerling

Decorating with style and creativity -- no matter what challenges real life may bring -- is a Mary Emmerling trademark. In her last book,Mary Emmerling's Quick Decorating, she proved that beautiful rooms could be put together in hours and even minutes; now she brings the same ingenuity and panache to decorating on a budget inMary Emmerling's Smart Decorating. The secret of her system for avoiding expense is keeping the big-ticket furnishings simple,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609603256
• ISBN13: 9780609603253
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful photography

Exquisite photography makes this a perfect book for those who like to look at humble materials in a new light.

GREAT BOOK

I FOUND THIS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST DECORATING BOOKS AROUND.I DO NOT HAVE ALOT OF MONEY BUT WITH THE IDEAS IN THIS BOOK YOU DON'T NEED ALOT OF MONEY -JUST TASTE AND SOME CREATIVE THINKING.IF YOU ARE A YUPPY WITH NO INDIVIDUALITY AND YOU WANT A HOUSE THAT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE ELSES THAN SKIP THIS ONE.IF YOU WANT A CREATIVE,UNIQUELY BEAUTIFUL HOME AND ARE WILLING TO INVEST SOME TIME IN DECORATING THEN BUY THIS.AND YES THERE IS A SHABBY CHIC AIR TO SOME OF THIS,HOWEVER I THINK IT IS QUITE LOVELY AND VERY TASTEFULL.ONE OF THE BEST DECORATING BOOKS I'VE SEEN. IF YOUR'E A FREE THINKER AND LIKE TO MAKE YOUR OWN THINGS THEN IGNORE SOME OF THOSE REVIEWS.EVEN IF IT'S NOT YOUR'E STYLE THIS IS AN EXCELLENT BOOK.