The most important concepts of home design, decor, and furnishing simplified into 300 friendly, easy-to-understand graphics

You want your home to look good. But unfortunately, without knowing design principles, it’s very easy to make one little mistake after the next and turn your dream home into a decorating disaster. Distilling years of design school into a handy pocket primer, Home Decor Cheat Sheets shows you how to avoid common missteps and achieve a professional, stylish look. With vital information and concepts presented in hand-drawn illustrations, this book’s unique approach requires mere seconds to bring you up to speed on a wide range of home topics, including furniture and lighting, rugs and tile, curtains and wall hangings, pillows and fabrics, and even hardware and fixtures. These universal design rules and timeless decorating secrets apply to any space and situation, from low-priced apartments to high-end houses. With the help of Home Decor Cheat Sheets, you will finally feel confident that you’re making the right decisions when selecting a sofa style, determining curtain length, arranging pictures on their walls, picking the right size rug for a room, choosing a tile pattern, and so much more.