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The New Decorating with Architectural Trimwork (Ne Decorating With)
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List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $9.95
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Manufacturer: Creative Homeowner
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 694.6
EAN: 9781580111812
ISBN: 1580111815
Label: Creative Homeowner
Manufacturer: Creative Homeowner
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2005-04-01
Publisher: Creative Homeowner
Studio: Creative Homeowner
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Lot's of great ideas and practical tips!
Comment: I'm in a middle of a remodel and this book answered a lot of my questions. It's a pleasure just browsing through this book. Richly illustrated and offers lot's of great ideas. Picked up a few good carpentry tips. A good miter saw and this book and the possibilities are endless. Tool tips came in very handy too. Hats off to Jay Silber!
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Summary: Good Information, but Outdated Photos Distract and are not "New"
Comment: This book is new expanded edition with a copyright of 2005. There were a lot of things to like in this book, but a lot of unnecessary elements. A lot of the photos use out-of-date wallpaper and furnishings (check out wallpaper on 20, 24 and 63) throughout the book, quite distracting and made me look up the copyright date.
It does have some good information like installing door jambs and has more how-to information than some of the other books out there. It wastes A LOT of pages (almost 30) on things like sponging and other faux wall painting techniques, working with wallpaper and paint color choices.
If this book focuses on just architectural trimwork and updated the photos, it would have gotten 5 stars. As it is, I give it 3 1/2 stars.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent book!
Comment: We have a new home and wanted to make some subtle changes to improve it. This book has so many ideas for using trim that it almost makes you dizzy. There are hundreds of great ideas and lots and lots of pictures. The book is well worth the price.
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Summary: Great book for ideas and execution
Comment: Bought this book to help with design and installation of wall frames in my son's room. Helped dramatically with the basics and the rules of installing molding and wall treatments. Have not spent much time with the rest of the book, but will consult it surely when I move on to crown molding or any other projects that arise. If you are planning on putting any type of molding in your house this book is a must.
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Summary: As a custom carpenter, this is my most used book
Comment: I am a custom carpenter in the Metro Detroit area, and have a huge library of carpentry and trimwork books that I use for discovering my clients' style and generating ideas for their projects. Of all the books in my library, this is the one I use the most. The cover is getting creased pretty bad, so it is about time to order a new copy or two. This books is one of two that makes the trip to every single one of my new customer meetings. For ideas and photographs, I would give it 7 stars if possible. For the instructions portions, I would probably give it 3 - 4 stars, as they are geared much more to the do it yourselfer, and therefor use homeowner tools, and techniques, some of which I would not recommend. In fact, some of the instructional details are missing very important details that would be hard for a homeowner, that does not do this as a trade, to figure out. I also own the previous edition that has less material. When this edition came out, I grabbed it right away and am very pleased with the added content. My wish for any future editions that may be on the way would be for them to drop the chapters on tools, etc., and just add more design content / photos. I know that I am biased on this topic, but I really wish publishers and retailers would quit pushing the do it yourself concept for many projects, particularly those involving carpentry because the average homeowner really is not up to the task, which results in shoddy work and problems down the line for future homeowners and their contractors. Do what you are good at and get paid for it, then pay a professional to do the rest.
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Editorial Reviews:
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In this new, expanded edition of Jay Silber's ground-breaking first book, The New Decorating with Architectural Trimwork focuses on the aesthetic uses of architectural trimwork. There are plenty of books that tell the reader how to install trim around windows and doors, but few that also explain how architectural trim can enhance a room's aesthetic appeal. Silber shows readers even more ideas on how to choose and use a wide variety of moldings, trim, and design concepts to transform the all-too-common sterile, open floor plan into a warm, inviting, richly textured home. This new edition of Trimwork provides ideas for how to decorate homes with trim and wall panels so that walls, passageways, and stairways can radiate the warmth, character, and beauty of the well-trimmed homes of eras gone by.
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