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Collector's Style (Better Homes & Gardens) | 
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| Author: Better Homes And Gardens Books
Creator: Denny Caringer
Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
Buy Used: $0.85
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 831495
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 9.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0696213958
Dewey Decimal Number: 747
UPC: 014005213952
EAN: 9780696213953
ASIN: 0696213958
Publication Date: October 15, 2002
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Product Description
Helps collectors arrange, enjoy, and perpetuate their hobbies.Photo tours of entire homes offer ideas on room-to-room flow using color, fabrics, and accessories. Shows how real-life collectors use decorative flair and ordinary products to carry out schemes for traditional, modern, and contemporary styles. Dozens of fun projects will inspire both novice and expert home decorators. Well-placed sidebars add informative tips on shopping, caring, and displaying collections.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
Inspired Countless Home Decorating Epiphanies May 21, 2008
Jennifer Perkins (Austin, TX United States)
When my mother suggested that I pick up a copy of a book put out by Better Homes and Gardens I thought it might be time to start looking into nursing homes. Me, the queen of kitsch, the woman with a 3 foot tall panda head in her living room and a naked picture of Burt Reynolds over her living room fire place why would I want a book by Better Homes and Gardens? Talk about judging a book by its cover. Collectors Style has turned out to be one of my favorite home decorating books of all time and has inspired countless home decorating epiphanies.
Stating with the cover I now collect vintage Chinese Checker Boards. The spread for Indulgence in Deco is awe inspiring with the gorgeous furniture and glimpse of an impressive Enid Collins purse collection. I am drawn to the mid century modern Color by Design spread. I basically designed the game room in my house after studying these pictures. The Heywood Wakefield furniture is enough to make you drool. The eclectic style of the Big, Bold and Bright spread is probably the most close to my own decorating taste and the one I relate with the most. Great juxtapositions of kitschy collectibles become unlikely bedfellows.
I listen to my mother anytime she recommends home decorating books now. I should have never doubted her in the first place.
cheerful August 23, 2004
Tonya R
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this book, I love several of the collections (my favorite has to be the robots), and I just wish BH&G would publish a sequel. These aren't sterile environments and stuffy collections, instead there are bright, unusual, and FUN arrangements.
Very cool March 5, 2003
tommie van deusen (San Francisco Bay area)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a very cool book for people who love their stuff. The homes are in lots of different styles. What I really like is the attitude of the book which is a bit about breaking the rules instead of having boring, picture-perfect rooms. A very refreshing take on design today.
I totally love this book January 9, 2003
Alix Leonard (LA, CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
if you are a collector, you will love this book as much as we do. It is intriguing to see how other people decorate with their collections. The book features styles that go from modern to traditional. I've shared this book with my design clients to show them that they can edit and organize their favorite collectibles to create well-designed rooms. Lots of good design information here plus tips on specific hot collectibles. This book is a real find.
A great book about breaking the rules January 4, 2003
L.O. Franchini (L.A., CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book about breaking all the so-called decorating rules. This book shows one do-your-own-thing home after another, each filled with its own unique collectibles. There's everything from fine (and pricey) Italian glassware to mid-century modern and tramp art and colonial treasures. And more. There is a lot in the book on how to decorate with and display collections. An interesting book packed with great photos and information.
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