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Awesome Ideas:
This is a truly beautiful book. And it's about time it came along. No more circus animals painted on walls and other run of the mill decorating ideas. These are beautiful - modern ideas for creating spaces for children. Look out Martha Stewart.
Appeals to all tastes:
This book is fantastic, it has a wide range of contemporary, classical and eclectic designs (with a unique twist). This book is overflowing with great unusual ideas, however reading it just once won't do the book any justice. The stockist and suppliers page at the back of the book is invaluable, as most items in the book is easily accessible (eg:IKEA). If you like plain, boring frilly bedrooms, then this book is NOT for you!
Still inspires:
Even though this book is a couple of years old, I still find it inspiring. Debi Treloar has a way of photographing everyday life so the beauty of it stands out. Judith Wilsons text is helpful and with lots of useful, practical advice. She knows children and links this knowledge very well with ideas that are not only decorative, but also functional. The style is mainly modern and urban, but followers of romantic country will also find some inspiration. Most of us like a bit of both - and maybe that's why I find this book so enjoyable.
Spartan, uninspired kids rooms:
I was very disappointed in this book. There were very few pages dealing with baby's rooms, regardless of the title. This author (a photography stylist...NOT an interior designer) has an apparent fear of color and visual interest. If your tastes run to the highly modern and institutional, you may find some inspiration, but if your interested in anything other than cold, white, spartan surroundings for your child, I'd steer clear of this book. Granted, the photography of these sterile rooms is lovely...but I was not interested in how to stylishly photograph unadorned spaces...I was looking for inspiration to create an imaginative, innovative nursery for my son. I also purchased her other book focused more exclusively on babies...and was even more surprised at her take on the ideal surroundings for babies. They looked like elegant snapshots of an underfunded orphanage. At least I purchased the book used. Keep looking!
Graceful Modern Design:
This book is so Nice! The vivid colors and styles of the rooms in this book make you want to go get your saw and paint bucket immediately. Great ideas. Nice forms of design. The babies in the book are cute too! Nice resource index in the back for go getters! A+++
| Author: | Judith Wilson | | Author: | Debi Treloar | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 747.77 | | EAN: | 9781841721613 | | ISBN: | 1841721611 | | Number Of Pages: | 143 | | Publication Date: | 2001-04 | | UPC: | 694055000766 |
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