Added on December 18, 2012
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book review
“ Enhancing your kitchen is an investment in your home, and this book is designed to make that investment as smart and stylish as possible.” – Jamie Gold on her new book New Kitchen Ideas That Work. One of the leading design trends for 2013 we are focusing on here at the Decorating Diva is [...]
Added on June 25, 2012
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book review , British Design Issue
Living in Style London, published by teNeues, takes the reader on a private tour of 20 of London’s most glamorous, luxurious and beautiful private homes. Each home decorated in a unique style that captures the life and personality of the home’s owners. While each of the twenty homes showcased in the book are exquisite [...]
Added on June 6, 2012
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Blog Tour 2011 , book review , British Design Issue
During my whirlwind design trip in the fall of 2011 to cover the London Design Festival, I met a petite dynamo named Barbara Chandler. Over a few days and design events, I learned more about Barbara: that she was a long-time journalist, photographer and a font of knowledge on all things beautiful in London. One [...]
Added on January 8, 2010
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book review , Book Reviews
House Beautiful’s “The Home Book” is a gorgeous, educational and inspirational decorating guide-book filled with over 460 pages of design advice and more than 500 photos of rooms designed by top interior designers. “The Home Book” is the literary equivalent of having your very own on-call personal interior stylist available to answer your pressing design [...]
Added on September 19, 2009
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book review , Decorating How-To , Decorating News
Carol Donayre Bugg, DDCD, ASID, Vice President & Director of Design, INTERIORS by Decorating Den has penned her fifth decorating book, Decorating…The Professional Touch. Her latest decorating book is aimed to the non-DIY types or decorating divas who are short on time and who would rather outsource their home’s decoration to a professional decorator, and, [...]
Added on January 4, 2009
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book review , Decorating Ideas
I had the pleasure of reviewing “Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me: A Guide to Living with Impeccable Grace & Style” written by the renowned style diva of the Times of London, Lucia Van Der Post. Things I Wish My Mother….is, in my opinion, a must read and library staple for the modern [...]
Added on December 3, 2008
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book review , Decorating Ideas , entertaining , tablescapes , tabletop decor
Make your next party your best ever with tips, how-to instructions and inspiration from the following three books: Tablescapes by Kimberly Schlegel Whitman – learn how socialite and event planner Kimberly Schlegal Whitman plans and designs creative tables for her amazing parties. She shares her secrets for creating decorating themes for a variety of events [...]