Designing and Planning Bedrooms Lighting, Furnishing and Decorating Bedrooms for the Whole Family Ward Lock, LTD 1989 Decorating a bedroom is a slam dunk for any design or home improvement collection. The general decorating theme in this book is all
Tag: interior design
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Sew It Yourself Home Decorating: Creative Ideas for Beautiful Interiors Arco 1984 I expected this book to be worse than it actually is. Given the year, I thought it would be a page out of my childhood home. My mom
Grandma Style
The Doubleday Book of Interior Decorating and Encyclopedia of Styles Kornfeld 1965 The examples in this book look even older than 1965. The more contemporary designs are from the 60s, but they feature several that look much older. There is
A Travesty of Home Decor
McCall’s
Sewing For Your Home
McCall Pattern Company
1977
Prepare yourself for some of the most disturbing decorating we have had here at ALB in a long time. It would probably help if you were medicated to look upon the bedrooms presented below. I shudder to think what would happen to me if I had to actually LIVE in one of these rooms. The amount of fabric needed had to be staggering!
The color schemes feature derivatives of the 1970s favorites of Harvest Gold and Avocado Green. The portable typewriters add a nice “modern” touch. As a teen in the 1970s, no one I knew had a bedroom like the ones presented. Canopy beds were big deal, but again, no one I knew had one.
Tortured Decor
Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book Meridith Corporation 1975 I got a headache looking at some of these decorating ideas. There are quite a few looks going on that will probably have you wondering if the designer was on some
GVB
Gloria Vanderbilt Designs for Your Home Vanderbilt 1977 This book screams 1977, from the cover to just about every project within. For example, you can make a telephone book cover, which is totally relevant and practical. There are all
“Modernize” Your Home
Home Modernizing Guide: New Life for Old Dwellings Sherwood 1979 Submitter: This was pulled for weeding from the shelves of our public library. While much of the information is still valid, there have been many improvements in materials and techniques in
Design a career!
I can be an interior designer Storm 1989 Today’s submitter found this at a large public library where he volunteers to help people long out of work. As a librarian himself, he is horrified at the materials available in the