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Most Americans are pack rats, and Mary Emmerling seems to be no exception, but she knows how to make it look chic. Emmerling's specialty is a quintessential American country look: light fabrics, Western knickknacks, Navajo rugs, sunflowers, seashells, and gingham. The great thing about Emmerling's style is that it's flexible--when summer comes, you change the damask drapes to canvas tab curtains, put out some new pillows with mattress-ticking stripes, and--voilà!--you've got the beach cottage look. Every possession becomes decorating fodder: you can use nice, old chairs as end tables, house your videos and CDs in wicker baskets, or keep your spices in a test-tube rack. The division of the book into decorating periods of 5, 15, and 30 minutes (as well as "1 Hour to an Afternoon") is a bit odd and arbitrary, but the ideas are interesting and the look is great, especially for people with a lot of stuff.
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Mary Emmerling's American Country Cottages 0-517-58365 Mary Emmerling's American Country Details 0-517-583690
Mary Emmerling's Quick Decorating : Fast and Easy Projects for Every Room of the House (American Country Series)
Mary Emmerling's Quick Decorating: Fast and Easy Projects for Every Room of the House (American Country Series),Mary Emmerling,Clarkson Potter,0517704676,Decorating,Decorating - General,Home Improvement / Construction,House furnishings,Interior decoration,Interior design,Home furnishing & decoration,House & Home / Decorating
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