Decorating Makeovers: More Than 130 Easy Projects for Furniture, Floors and Walls, Lighting, and Accessories

Year 1999
Pages 160

Worth buying if: You enjoy transforming furniture and household surfaces.

Skip it if: You want a contemporary interiors trend guide.

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Summary

This 160-page general-interest guide focuses on hands-on decorating makeovers across key areas of the home. Its project-based format lets readers browse by object or surface and choose where to begin.

Why this book now

A useful pick for anyone seeking practical, pre-digital decorating ideas organized around specific home projects.

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Petra Boase’s Decorating Makeovers gathers more than 130 easy projects for refreshing furniture, floors, walls, lighting, and accessories.

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Best for readers who...

Good fit if you want...

  • You enjoy transforming furniture and household surfaces.
  • You prefer project-based decorating guidance.
  • When you like high-stakes dilemmas, the chapters move briskly from one reveal to the next.

Maybe skip if...

  • You want a contemporary interiors trend guide.
  • You prefer decorating theory over hands-on projects.
  • You only want something with very current references and examples.

Mood / Vibe Tags

practical creative hands-on home-focused Quick read

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Worth buying if: You enjoy transforming furniture and household surfaces.

Skip it if: You want a contemporary interiors trend guide.

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Reading commitment

Light Short sit-downs

At 160 pages, it suits browsing in short sessions, with readers able to dip into individual projects rather than read straight through.

What stands out here

This HarperCollins edition, published in 1999, presents more than 130 decorating projects in a compact 160-page format.

Best way to approach it

Browse by project category—furniture, floors and walls, lighting, or accessories—then read selectively around the makeover you want to tackle.

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