Newlyweds' Guide to Setting Up Home by Gail Abbott

by Gail Abbott

Setting up a first home can be daunting and expensive, especially if you are on a budget. "The Newlyweds' Guide to Setting Up Home" is full of great ideas to help you think about everything you will need. A chapter on 'Getting Started' helps you to list all the best - and worst - points about your new place, so you can get to grips with maximizing its potential, and 'The Main Elements' looks at all the aspects of creating a beautiful living space, from selecting different kinds of lights to choosing the best ideas for storage, as well as a wealth of fabulous ideas for decorating with neutrals or colour. Whether you are living in a rented apartment or renovating a house, making the right decisions from the outset will help prevent expensive mistakes, and the inspirational photographs in this book will help you to decide on the look you love, whatever your style. Painting a wooden floor, tiling with basic white tiles for a stylish look, creating extra storage space using baskets and boxes, using throws and cushions to transform an old sofa, or finding old pieces of furniture that can be painted for a new lease of life - here are ideas for every room to inspire and motivate you to create a home with character and style without breaking the bank.

Hardcover

First published September 1, 2009

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

it's fine. there are probably better home design books out there though. im just glad i looked through it finally after recieving it as a gift fir wedding that was almost 10 years ago... anyway I'll stick to hgtv for my design lessons.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This had some pretty good ideas-- alot of them simple and things we'd already thought of, but the pictures were great to help envision what this could look like. It also gave some ideas on how to clean using basic household ingredients (like vinegar and basking soda) that don't harm the environment and don't cost a fortune. It worked with the budget you had, told you what not to splurge on and what to invest in. A good place to start.