House Beautiful 750 Designer Secrets: Exclusive Design Ideas from the Pros

by House Beautiful Magazine

House Beautiful gives us an inside look at how interior designers create their magic. It's 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 country's most creative decorators reveal their design know-how. They'll 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 Beautiful's unrestricted pass to the world of interior design! A Main Selection of the Homestyle Book Club.

Genres: Design, Nonfiction, Interior Design

439 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

Reviews

[Theresaharris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gave a lot of contemporary decorating ideas from multiple designers...a good reference and starting place for the lay person considering a home design project. Tons of pictures! It helps to break the process down to 7 layers....from paint to lighting.

[Sherry · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've had this in my library for years, it's a nice, quick reference book filled with design principles and easy to pull off ideas. I think it's a good starter book for someone who just wants to pick up a few interior design tips and tricks. Great layout, good mix of images and copy is presented in bite-sized blurbs. I'm not a fan of the long treatises on design philosophies or the genesis of an interior. For me, design books should either be inspirational via elegant, luscious images or quick reference manuals. Everything else is just a designer who takes themselves WAY too seriously.

[July · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a wonderful book for anyone who is wanting to change a few basic things to a room. This book will give you great ideas for color, rugs, furniture, lamps, mirrors, art and more. Try and find something about each page you like, it will surprise you!

[Rhonda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I own this and it is more of a coffee table book. Alot of the so called secrets are not that big of a secret. Did get some good tips though. That is why I put a 3..

[Natalie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ho hum...

[Birgles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very pretty book, but completely overwhelming.