More than 7 million readers of Marni Jameson’s weekly home
design column have already discovered how Jameson
entertains and inspires, while imparting well-researched
and personally validated DIY advice. Now, in her first-ever
book on home improvement, she offers a compulsively
readable, zanily humorous, yet also completely practical
guide to a headache-free home makeover for everyone
decorating a new house or updating an old one.Jameson has
designed, built, and decorated three homes from the ground
up. In The House Always Wins, she brings us along as she
decorates, furnishes, and landscapes her current home.
Though rooted in her own experience, this is no navel-
gazing memoir. Rather, Jameson is like a favorite sister
who has learned it all the hard way and is now here to
prompt and inspire you to figure out your own personal
style, make a design plan, and create your (almost) perfect
dream home-one step at a time. With Jameson as our guide,
we navigate through the seemingly endless maze of choices
and decisions every home improver faces: wall color,
flooring, cabinetry, window treatments, furniture, bargain
hunting, home accessories, rugs, kids’ spaces, special
purpose rooms (like the garage and guest, laundry, and mud
rooms), landscaping, outdoor living spaces-and that’s just
to start. Along the way, Jameson injects insights into the
relationships and realities that dog every home improvement
project. She also pauses to share hard-won secrets and
money-saving tips distilled from her own redecorating
experience and from interviews with dozens of renowned home-
design experts.For anyone dealing with budgets, time
constraints, unreliable contractors, a cheap spouse, kids,
and pets-and who would appreciate having someone to
commiserate with about the unattainable perfection featured
in glossy magazine spreads-The House Always Wins will
comfort (it can always be worse), inspire (who knew?!), and
be absolutely indispensable.
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