No Compromise Decorating

by Lynette Jennings

Book Overview

Placing the emphasis on personalised decoration, this book shows how to give a room a complete makeover that doesn't imitate a pre-packaged style. The author provides hints and tips on how to make the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0696217554
• ISBN13: 9780696217555
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Meredith Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.2" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Loved the book

Just what I was looking for. She shows a family how to cull out and keep what you love and make it look nice.

A great READ11

Grab a cup of coffe & relaxc as you read this book. It is very informative & will help you implement your own style.It is as good ,if not better than her first book. I can only assume the bad reviews are from people who just looked at the pictures. I don't think you will be dissapointed with it but actually reading it would help! Thanks;

Just what I needed

As a complete decorating neophyte, who, when I've needed to decorate, have always looked outside, to others, to magazines, etc., this is exactly the book I needed. Jennings has given me the confidence to go with what I like, what suits me, and what makes me feel comfortable. Then she goes into structured detail showing me how to recognize my own style. To the decorating mavens out there - note that there are so many of us who listen far too often to others' advice to the detriment of our own style and comfort. Although this book has a "self-help" feel about it, the title clearly states what this book is about- Confidence in one's preferences and choices and how to go with them. Its focus is not color schemes and style as much as it's about finding the confidence in your own self to decorate how you want, regardless of whatever anyone else may think. Thanks Lynette!

Excellent

I'm giving this book the highest rating because Lynette Jennings consistently puts as much effort into her text as she does the beautiful pictures. She writes in a way that is intimate, comforting, and surprisingly informative: she is not interested in encouraging people to adopt design ideas simply for their popularity. Rather, she expresses strongly held convictions that design and decorating are tools by which one can create an environment that is deeply personal and reflective of one's individual tastes. Reading this book made me aware of many decisions I have made about decorating that have been influenced by designers who are more concerned with being "edgy" or "correct" than what is genuinely pleasing to the homeowner. I have often imagined what other people will think upon entering my home and this is wrong. Your home has to be satisfying to you: for example, a black & white print may be "correct" in a particular scenario and many of us succumb to what the designers dictate which has something to do with a vague notion of "taste". Ultimately, if you don't like black & white prints, if they leave you cold, what would be the point in hanging one on your wall? Just to impress people, to show people that you have your finger on the pulse of what's "in" ? Lynette Jennings is bold in her colour choices, uses big pieces in small rooms, and basically breaks so many "rules" that many of us have come to accept as givens. This is an excellent book.

As good as her last book

I have been waiting for this book since her last one came out. What took so long? This is just great. I feel like Lynette is talking directly to me. She writes about the decorating process but relates it to life, in general. What she has to say about how we all make compromises and end up with a home that doesn't seem to fit us rings so true. The photos in this book are gorgeous. I also like her real home makeovers. They are so obviously real homes. It's cool that Lynette went into real homes and did redecorating to prove that anyone can have a home that reflects the way they really want to live. This is a great book. There's nothing else like it and no one else like Lynette.