"The Home Decorator's Color and Texture Bible" Review

by Adrienne Chinn

Firefly Books
Spiral-bound
$29.95 or as low as $11.00 from Amazon.com

Okay, so nobody's buying a new home these days. But that means making your current digs more easily inhabitable for yourself, if not for others. Adrienne Chinn gives you a lavishly-illustrated guide to using color and texture in home decorating. You look up the primary color for the room you're working on and she gives you several examples of complimentary colors and textures to consider for the floors, carpeting, and furniture. From crowd-pleasing neutrals to eye-popping purples, you'll find a lot of help in this totable spiral-bound book that's easy to lay on a table or take along to the Home Depot.