How to Decorate & Furnish Your Apartment on a Budget: From Budgeting to Shopping, Your Idea Source for Transforming Your Apartment Into a Beautiful Ho

I'm currently in a position that forces me to move to an apt that is way smaller than anything I've ever lived. Going from a large house to a 577 sq foot space is scarey. Smaller income and health made it the only solution that was sensible. This book encouraged me that I COULD make it work. I needed this encouragment to help me see a picture that wasn't hopeless. THANKS to the author, I'm back on track. PB

If you have very little money, little time, little or no decorating talent, and the desire to make your apartment look great, this book is for you! This is the first decorating book I picked up where ALL of the ideas in this book are paractical. How to Decorate helped me establish a budget and "scheme" for apartment. Following the author's guidelines will help you do the same. So when you go shopping for instance, you will not impulse buy and end up with furniture you don't really want. The author also makes great suggestions on discount shopping stores, space and style consideration, cheapo ways to change the look of furniture, and how to "size up an apartment" during your initial apartment hunting period.If your shopping/moving budget is $500 or less, this book is a must have!!

This book is for those of us with little money, little time and very little or no decorating skills/creativity. If you are moving into an apartment (like me) and have a desire to create a pleasant living space, this book is definetly for you. I like the book because it is very practical and it helped me focus on what I wanted my apartment to look like. It helped me establish a budget and a "look" for the apartment, so now, when I go shopping, I know exactly how much I have to spend, what I need and whether or not something will match or look good, etc.The author also gives tips on where to find stuff on at a discounted rate and her sample budgets made me remember to buy the little stuff you tend to forget about, like a small trash can for the kitchen. The best part about all of this is that the entire process, budgeting and creating a scheme only took a few hours to create.