Awaken Your Interior Designer: A Guided Journey to Creating the Home Your Spirit Craves
I. How to Use AYID............................................................................7
I.i Links to Spots within AYID...................................................7
1.0 Let Your Interior Designer OUT!...................................................14
I.ii Navigation Features..............................................................7
I.iii Viewing Features...............................................................10
I.iv Search Features.................................................................12
I.v Print Feature.......................................................................13
I.vi Links to the Internet............................................................13
1.1 Are You Ready to Create Your Dream Home?....................14
2.0 The Designer Within: Interpreting Your Decorating
1.2 Inventory, Insight, and Inspiration are the Keys to
Decorating Success!........................................................... 16
1.3 Tools, Not Rules!................................................................18
1.4 Changing Your Home Can Change Your Life!......................19
Dreams....................................................................................21
2.1 Interior Interviews................................................................21
3.0 Finding the Style Your Spirit Craves!...........................................40
2.2 Discovery Playsheets - What's Your Style?...........................22
3.1 Summarizing the "Perfect 10"!...............................................40
4.0 Embracing Your True Colors......................................................73
3.2 What a Style Can Do, and What it Can't...............................41
3.3 European Country Style: The Old World Charm....................42
3.4 A Little Bit Country: European &
American Country Mixed.....................................................44
3.5 American Country Style: Anyone for Apple Pie?...................46
3.6 A Country Romance: American Country
Mixed with Traditional Romantic Style.................................48
3.7 Casual Contemporary Style: The Livin' is Easy…..................49
3.8 Comfy Grandeur: Casual Contemporary with
Traditional Romantic Style...................................................51
3.9 Formal Contemporary Style: The Latest and the Greatest......53
3.10 Earthy Sophistication: Where Formal Contemporary &
Rustic Styles Meet.............................................................55
3.11 Rustic Style: Back to Nature..............................................55
3.12 Comfy Southwest Nests: Rustic Mixed with Casual
Contemporary Style..........................................................57
3.13 Traditional Style: Hooked on Classics................................58
3.14 Homey Elegance: Traditional Style Mixed with
American Country.............................................................60
3.15 Casual Romantic Style: A Dance with Romance.................61
3.16 Mystical Romance: Casual Romantic and Spiritual
Styles Join Forces.............................................................63
3.17 Traditional Romantic Style: Remembering
the Gilded Age..................................................................64
3.18 A Lavish Potpourri: Combining Traditional Romantic
with Casual Contemporary & Traditional Styles..................66
3.19 Spiritual Style: At One With Home.....................................67
3.20 A European Sanctuary: Spiritual Style Joined
with European Country......................................................70
3.21 Eclectic Style: A Home of Many Faces..............................70
4.1
Discovery Playsheets: Color Quiz!......................................73
5.0 Preparing Your Home for its Magic Makeover!...........................92
4.2
The Bounty of Blues...........................................................84
4.3
Greens Growing All Around...............................................85
4.4
The Varieties of Violet.......................................................86
4.5
All the Ways to See Red....................................................87
4.6
The Options for Orange.....................................................88
4.7
Yearnings for Yellow.........................................................89
4.8
What Are Your Values?....................................................90
5.1
Wholesome Houseclearing................................................92
6.0 Making Friends With Color........................................................108
5.2
Clearing Your Home Means Clearing Your Head!.............94
5.3
Planning Makes Perfect.....................................................96
5.4
Structural Sanity: How to Make a Floor Plan.....................97
5.5
How to Easily Evaluate a Room's Structure......................103
6.1
On the Road to the Perfect Color Scheme.......................108
7.0 Your Personal Paint Color Consultant!!.....................................123
6.2
Color Schemes are Right in Front of You!.......................109
6.3
Color Theory, FINALLY Simplified!...............................112
6.4
Color First Aid: Using Color to Fix Flaws........................119
7.1
EASE on Down the Color Road!....................................123
8.0 Finalizing Your Color Choices....................................................140
7.2
Blue Color Schemes.......................................................124
7.3
Green Color Schemes.....................................................126
7.4
Violet Color Schemes.....................................................128
7.5
Red Color Schemes........................................................130
7.6
Orange Color Schemes...................................................132
7.7
Yellow Color Schemes....................................................134
7.8
Source Information from Your Personal
Paint Color Consultant...................................................136
8.1
Look at Me, Look at Me!: The Importance
9.0 Enlivening the Box: Painting Walls and Ceilings.....................155
of a Focal Color.............................................................140
8.2
Saturating a Sumptuous Style: Working
Colors into Your
Decorating Style..................................143
8.3
Pure and Simple: Using White..........................................145
8.4
The Nifty Neutrals...........................................................148
8.5
Using Color to Relate Rooms Throughout
Your Home....................................................................151
8.6
Other Ways to Relate Rooms..........................................153
9.1
To Paint or Paste, That is the
10.0 Beyond Paint!: Other Ways to Cover Walls............................211
Question!......................................................................155
9.2
Just Around the Corner: The Role of
Moldings and Trims........................................................158
9.3
Methods for "Installing" Faux Moldings...........................161
9.4
Highlighting Your Moldings.............................................162
9.5
Don't Forget to Look Up!: Becoming Satisfied
with Your Ceilings.........................................................165
9.6
Make a Splash!: An Overview of Passionate
Paint Finishes for Walls…..............................................168
9.7
The Mystique of Murals..................................................180
9.8
You're on a "Roller": The Nuts and Bolts
of Painting.....................................................................183
9.9
The First "P" of Painting: Preparing
Your Surface.................................................................185
9.10
The Second "P": Applying Primer..................................192
9.11
Choosing and Purchasing Paints and Supplies................197
9.12
"P's" Three, Four, and Five: Applying the Primary Base
Coat, Paint Finish, and Protective Top Coat..................205
9.13
Ten Tips for Hiring Professional Painters.......................209
10.1
Selecting Wallpaper for Your Decorating Style.............211
11.0 On Your Way to Fantastic Floors!...........................................226
10.2
Never Become Unglued!: The Nuts and
Bolts of Wallpapering..................................................213
10.3
WAY out of the Box: Unorthodox Wall
Treatments..................................................................217
11.1
The Softer Side of Flooring.........................................226
12.0 Fun (And Functional) Fabrics!..................................................236
11.2
There's More to Carpet Than Meets
the Foot!....................................................................227
11.3
The Rundown on Rugs................................................229
11.4
Resilient and Hard Floors............................................232
11.5
"Flooring" Your Friends, Neighbors,
and Yourself!...............................................................235
12.1
Reveling in Texture and Pattern...................................236
13.0 Home is Where the Hutch Is: Welcoming
12.2
Finding Your Ideal Fabrics..........................................238
12.3
A Glossary of Fabulous Fabrics..................................240
12.4
Tips for Fabric Shopping............................................245
12.5
From Fun to Fancy: Great Ways to
Use Fabrics!...............................................................245
12.6
Mixing Fabrics: Mastering Emphasis...........................248
12.7
Mixing Fabrics: Mastering Scale.................................252
12.8
The "Ground Up" Method: Picking Patterns,
Step-by-Step.............................................................253
12.9
A Room with a View: The Eight Functions
of Window Treatments................................................263
Your Furniture Home..............................................................267
13.1
An Interactive Inventory of Your Furniture..................267
14.0 ACCENTuate the Positive!.....................................................305
13.2
Sofa or Settee?: The Only Furniture Index
You'll Ever Need.......................................................270
13.3
Inexpensive Furniture Alternates to Make
Your Wallet Sigh!.......................................................279
13.4
A Second Look!: Tips for Reviving and
Altering Furniture........................................................283
13.5
Furniture Placement: Practicality First..........................291
13.6
Furniture Placement: Tricks to Make
it Look Great!.............................................................296
13.7
Tips for Arranging Furniture in
Small Spaces...............................................................298
13.8
It's All About Energy: The Basics
of Feng Shui................................................................300
14.1
Accents are the Icing on the Cake!..............................305
15.0 The Emergence of Home: Infusing Spirit
14.2
The "Art is Anything"Theory........................................311
14.3
Luminescence Made Easy!..........................................312
14.4
Tying Your Room Together with
Heartstrings!...............................................................314
into Style...............................................................................316
Appendix A: Contact Information for Sources without Web Sites...........................................................................................317
Appendix B: Lined Page for Interior Interview.............................318
Appendix C: Graph Paper for Floor Plan.......................................319
Appendix D: Furniture Pieces for Floor Plan.................................320
Index...........................................................................................322