Do-It-Yourself Decorating

FROM THE CRITICS Library Journal This book offers instruction on how to achieve decorative effects in home remodeling using the colors and textures of a variety of materials. These materials include paints, wallpapers, tiles, flooring, and--in the case of curtains, bedding, and other sewn accessories--fabrics. For a small-format book there is a lot of information here, much of it conveyed through color photos, drawings, and charts, all of which are tightly but creatively juxtaposed. This layout works especially well for selecting and using materials to achieve different decorative as well as functional results. Its brief hands-on descriptions of tools (ranging in this case from power saws to sewing machines) and application procedures will need supplementing by more detailed how-to manuals, in some cases. Recommended for most public libraries.-- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.