House Beautiful 750 Designer
Secrets: Exclusive Design Ideas from
the Pros by Inc. Sterling Publishing
Co.
Top Designer Secrets Revealed
House Beautiful gives us an inside look at how interior designers create
their magic. Its savvy, elegant, inspiring, and sure to equal the success of
750 Decorating & Design Ideas, which has sold nearly 65,000 copies.
Even those of us with great taste and a natural talent for decorating know
that there are certain insider design skills and secrets accessible only to
professionals with years of experience. House Beautiful: 750 Designer
Secrets gives everyone access to this precious knowledge. This
spectacular, expansive collection of more than 400 photographs leaves no

doorknob unturned, as some of the countrys most creative decorators
reveal their design know-how. Theyll help amateurs understand scale and
proportion, as well as how to decorate with color and pattern, add
atmospheric lighting, shape the shell, hang and showcase art, and fix up
small spaces. There is ample advice on creating family-friendly areas,
bedroom basics, smart storage, and outdoor rooms. Take advantage of
House Beautifuls unrestricted pass to the world of interior design! A Main
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Personal Review: House Beautiful 750 Designer Secrets:
Exclusive Design Ideas from the Pros by Inc. Sterling Publishing
Co.
I love looking at House Beautiful books. I find the pictures to be
inspirational. However, I usually don't think the text is very informative. I
was pleasantly surprised to find House Beautiful 750 Designer Secrets to
be an exception to the rule. It does contain beautiful photographs, but the
"secrets" are useful and/or inspirational comments by designers. I have to
admit I don't recognize the names of most of them, but I find the
information to be consistent with other interior design/decoration books I
have read. The quotes may not always be particulary earthshattering, but
there were enough good ones to justify giving House Beautiful 750
Designer Secrets a 5. Out of 750 quotes you are bound to find something
that is useful to you!
Now, just to give you a clear picture of what the book does and does not
have to offer: no where is there a set of explicit instructions for how to
incoporate the comments dirtectly to your home, but that is not the
intention of the book. It is suppose to make you think for yourself how to
add your own sense of style to your house. The book is set up so that
there is a picture or two on a page and quotes by several different
designers. The pictures illustrate the comments. I choose the following
quotes because I thought that they are good advice and/or they made me
rethink how I decorate my rooms.
"The most important thing is what you feel when you walk into a room."
Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz
"Not interfering with views is decorating 101." Scott Salvator
"You don't need a lot of elements to create a dynamic effect." Jeffrey
Marks
"Anchor a large room with a sense of symmetry." (quote from the author).
"I edit rigourously for scale, form, and color." Celeste Cooper

"Incorporate a common thread-such as a neutral color-to unify electric
furnishings." Kelly Harmon
The one drawback to the book for some people might be that the pictures
portray a similar style of decoration. If you like a mix of modern and
antique, you will probably like the book, but those who like other styles,
may or may not enjoy the pictures in the book. However, I think that the
information given by the designers applies to any style.
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