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Lädt ... 101 Things I Hate About Your House: A Premier Designer Takes You on a Room-by-Room Tour to Transform Your Home from Faux Pas to Fabulous (2011. Auflage)von James Swan
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Swan may have an audience, but I'm not part of it. Nothing new design-wise, although he gives decent basic advice. The drawings left me cold -- too cutesey with no real content -- and he's far too prolix for my taste. I wished he'd cut to the chase, but thar's not his style -- he meanders! I'll probably take to heart 3 of the 101 things he proposes; some others I already do, and others I've no intention of doing.(Get rid of my vast collection of indoor houseplants? Never!) The author's chatty loquaciousness started out amusing but got rather grating & hugely time & space wasting. Some good pointers, mostly obvious, but too much aimed at people who entertain all the time; almost everything was from the guest's perspective. The proofreading must have been done by computer spellcheck: boarder for border, buy for bye, suburban track-home for tract home, causalities for casualties of war (!), wash'in and dry'in for washin' and dryin', etc., and hit/miss use of commas. For a final insult he continually refers to more info available on the website; it isn't. In the last few chapters he seemed to reduce the silly comments & speak to the actual denizens of the home & I enjoyed them more, which raised my rating. 101 Things I Hate About Your House by James Swan is supposed to be a humorous guidebook through "the mistakes we all make" as we try to decorate our homes. Except it's none of the above. So here is a brief list of things I hate about this book. It's written in an over the top style that obiviously meant to appeal to upper middle class straight folk who expect their interior designers to a) be gay men and b) talk a certain way. Ever listen to actual home remodeling / decorating talk? It's a dull mixture of regulations, material choices, colors, and prices. If no prices are listed (as in this book), you can't afford (and probably don't want to!) the services offered. Homes come in all shapes and sizes but you'd never guess that from this book. Homes are for the people who live in them. I'm not going to feel guilty over not doing things "right" just on this dude's say so (or anyone else's). I could go on but the basic shtick of this awful book is that the reader is too stupid and too un-fabulous to host anyone until doing everything in this book just-so. If you don't or can't, you're a terrible, barbarian of a host or hostess. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML: Ever wish you could have a nationally known interior designer walk through your home and save you from your very own decorating disasters? Now is your chance! With his 'take-no-prisoners' approach to home design, James Swan shares his spot-on observations about mistakes we all make as we try to decipher the world of home décor and design. His fresh, frank way of looking at rooms liberates us from the safe, predictable edicts we all grew up with and gives us permission to fall in love with our homes all over again. Discover: From entryway to mudroom and everything in between, whether you're a big-city singleton on a teeny-tiny budget or have plenty of space with cash to spare, this room-by-room design guide has everything you need to create a home that dazzles. Now that's beautiful. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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In the last few chapters he seemed to reduce the silly comments & speak to the actual denizens of the home & I enjoyed them more, which raised my rating. ( )