Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion

by Charlotte Lyons and Mary Engelbreit

This book contains fifteen chapters on everything from Kitchens, Tabletops, and Entries, to Cozy Corners, Cheap Tricks, and Odd Sports. The first in a series of books on the Mary Engelbreit look--... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836246217
• ISBN13: 9780836246216
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.3" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

--Nobody does it like Mary--

MARY ENGELBREIT'S HOME COMPANION is a delightful book filled with her charming illustrations and beautifully decorated rooms.If you're a fan of ME than you'll really enjoy this book. The photographs are good and the book is chock full of uniquely decorated rooms. I honestly have to say that almost every room has something in it that I would like to incorporate into my own home. There are fifteen chapters and at the end of each a "project" is presented with instructions called "Watch ME Make It." Some of these are: A Tea Towel Pillow, Hand-Painted Picture Frame, and Birdhouse Bookends. Most of the projects seem to be fairly simple to do. To be honest, I don't usually do projects, but I'm very tempted to try to make several of these.I loved looking at how "various collections" are incorporated into the styles of the different rooms. I'm a bit of a collector myself, and it was a treat for me to notice that some items that I have from my own collections are featured in the pictures.It may sound odd to say this about a book on decorating, but I found HOME COMPANION to be very uplifting and a joy to read. I think I could live in this book!

Fabulous!

This book is whimsical, inspiring and it just plain makes me happy! I have looked at it so many times, I have almost memorized it. Anyone who is familiar with Mary Engelbreit loves her and her books are absolutely the best. If you want your home to have a fun, colorful, unique look, buy this book.

Mary Engelbreit at her Best!

ME is an inspiration to all of us who love her style without the fuss. Her ideas for the home are simple to obtain and cost very little. I have shared this book with many of my friends, and they too are now hooked.

Decorating Inspiration.

I used some of the ideas shown in the book to redecorate my daughter's bedroom. Only have one bad thing to say about this book... Once you start redecorating it becomes habit forming and you start branching out into the other rooms....!! YIKES!