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The Home Decorator’s Color and Texture Bible 180 Complete Schemes for a Harmonious Home

by Painter Lady

Review
The book’s most practical application will be to inspire fresh color combinations with the upholstery and flooring you already have.

(Jessie Milligan Fort Worth Star-Telegram 20080105)

Who wouldn’t like to have an interior designer pick out the colors, fabrics and flooring for your rooms?

(Akron Beach Journal The Charlotte Observer 20071222)

The book’s most practical application will be to inspire fresh colour combinations with the upholstery and flooring you now have.

(McClatchy Newspapers The Calgary Herald 20071222)

Chinn’s easy-to-use [and] practical manual will help homeowners pull together every room…. There are also tons of tips.

(Cecily Ross The Globe and Mail (Metro Ed) 20080928)

[Chinn's] multitude of combinations are sure to inspire (Karen Turner, CanWest News Service The Calgary Herald 200801)

A guide to selecting those decorative pieces, which are simple to use and install.

(Martha Phifer Times Union (Albany) 20080124)

The page layout … allows for easy acc (more…)

The Home Decorator’s Color and Texture Bible: 180 Complete Schemes for a Harmonious Home

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House Colors: Exterior Color by Style of Architecture

by Painter Lady

House Colors is the most comprehensive resource ever compiled on choosing exterior house colors.

Sorted by architectural style, this format will allow the reader to pinpoint the colors that will best suit their style of home.

It is the ultimate resource for those looking to achieve exceptional color combinations, from subtle to bold, that are so difficult to achieve without professional design assistance.

The information included will supply the homeowner with all of the resource information from manufacturers and retailers that are needed to provide dazzling professional results that will increase the beauty of the home and neighborhood, increase curb appeal and add value to the property while creating pride of ownership for the homeowner.

From the Inside Flap

HOUSE COLORS Susan Hershman Beautiful, well-chosen exterior color can add significant value to any home investment, not to mention fill its owners with a sense of pride. But finding the right colors through (more…)

House Colors: Exterior Color by Style of Architecture

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1001 Ideas for Color & Paint

by Painter Lady

From Publishers Weekly
Painting a room is the “quickest and most cost-effective way to dramatically transform the look of your home,” says Callery (Right First Time Decorating).

For those ready to take the plunge into color, the author explains how colors are perceived, what color schemes work and how to achieve them.

Using that classic elementary-school art class prop, the color wheel, Callery illustrates the differences between primary, secondary and tertiary colors, as well as harmonizing, contrasting, warm and cool colors.

She then addresses various schemes, starting with naturals and neutrals, moving through “Mediterranean magic” and “exotic looks,” and into “period colors” which, when used in a historic home, create a link with the past, but when used in a modern home, lend “a whole new feeling of identity.”

Although Callery provides plenty of instruction for overwhelmed readers, she also urges them to think creatively. For example, if you like neutrals, “think of na (more…)