Trading Spaces Make It Yours

By Meredith Books

Features: Readers will learn the latest decorating/design techniques showcased on Trading Spaces", while exploring alternative ideas to achieve the custom look they want; Shows readers how to add... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0696217279
• ISBN13: 9780696217272
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Trading Spaces
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great Idea-Book

This is a great book if you're looking for ideas on how to decorate your room. It has plenty of rooms and styles to choose from. I re-did our master bedroom, using a look I saw in here, and it looks fantastic!"Make It Yours" isn't going to give you tips and techniques on how to do each little thing in the room, but it gives you a good foundation of how to achieve the overall look.

Wish it were longer!!

Loved this book! It gave me so many ideas and inspiration, there are a ton of things I want to do in my house now. If you like the show and want to update your house, take a look here. My only complaint was that it was too brief, I wish they'd do more rooms, make it longer. I need more!! Ok, so I'm a little addicted.

Even better than the first book

I'm addicted to Trading Spaces and love their books. I bought the first book which was about the show behind the scenes, and I loved it. But this is even better because it's all about decorating ideas shown in rooms from the show. It's kind of like a freeze-frame look at the show because I can stop and study the rooms from TV instead of being frustrated when the video cameras pan a room too quickly. I am seeing a lot of ideas that went right by me when I saw the rooms on TV. There is great information in here and pix of all my favorite rooms.

Can't get enough!

I love Trading Spaces, and I can't get enough of the show or the new books showing rooms from the show. This book is filled with one surprising idea after another just like the show. I can't look at a Trading Spaces room without thinking about all the ways I can use those ideas themselves or use them as jumping off points for my own design plans. I am a fan of decorating books in general (occupational hazard because I am a designer), but the Trading Spaces books are unlike any other decorating books on the market. They have a different energy and vitality. They are fresher. I also find that my design clients who watch the show and buy these books seem more open to new design ideas, which makes my job much easier.

If your a fan, you'll totally "get" this book!

I don't think the "official" reviewers for this book "get" the show Trading Spaces at all! In fact, I wonder if they've ever even seen the show?! (They should because it hilarious and totally addictive!)If you watch the show, you know that it's fast and fun and creative and sometimes a bit overwhelming -- but it's also inspirational. The show (and now the book, too) help me think differently about my own home and its decorating. This book is jam-packed with easy decorating ideas and how-to projects. I guess it does jump around different topcs a lot -- but so do I when I'm decorating!