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Summary: Intuitive & Personal
Review: A wonderful resource and a delightful read, Yes/No Design is an unique combination of tasteful "how-to", interior design consultant, and chic best friend. Through a series of pictorial and descriptive examples and thoughtful exercises, the author encourages the reader to recognize her own taste and to trust her own sense of style. The lessons learned and new awareness are meaningful and applicable in all areas --from interior design to personal styling. Yes/No Design is a book you'll want on your bedside table as well as on your coffee table. A great gift!
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Summary: Decorating with confidence
Review: After hearing Diane Love speak about her book at a book signing in San Francisco, I purchased one for each of my married daughters (3). This lovely volume offers guidance and information that allows the reader to better understand and trust his/her own taste. I can't think of a better gift for my girls.
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Summary: Decorating with confidence
Review: After hearing Diane Love speak about her book at a book signing in San Francisco, I purchased one for each of my married daughters (3). This lovely volume offers guidance and information that allows the reader to better understand and trust his/her own taste. I can't think of a better gift for my girls.
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Summary: I love it!
Review: After reading the glowing review of Yes/No Design in The Houston Chronicle which notes that it is "the leader in the pack of new decorating books," I decided to purchase it since I had begun to re-decorate my home. I found that Yes/No truly helped me to understand and trust my own taste, which is the primary step anyone should take before they begin the process of revamping.
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Summary: Very Helpful
Review: Before reading Yes/No Design, I never really thought about my personal taste in decorating, nor did I bother to explore my own creativity. When I found myself with the task of decorating my living room, I felt completely overwhelmed. I had read tons of magazines and asked for the opinions of my friends, as well the opinions of their interior designers. Once I read Diane Love's book, I found myself wondering what was it that I liked when it came to color? Furniture? Fabrics? I had no idea. The exercises in Yes/No design truly helped me, for the first time, locate my own imagination and style. I realized that lemon was going to be the color of my living room, and not yellow. I realized that an airy room was what I wanted, instead of a darker, stuffier one. Yes/ No helped me organize my thoughts, and in the end, helped me to decorate my home in only one way, mine!
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Summary: You are born with your own unique taste and sense of design
Review: Dear Reader,One of the greatest gifts my mother gave me was confidence in my creative ideas. The best way I can express my gratitude for this gift is to share it with you. The ideas in Yes/No Design are the summing up of what I learned from her and how I've applied them to all my artistic endeavors. I am sure that without this early encouragement I never would have dared embark on the creative work I've enjoyed all my life. I have been replaying my early years in my mind, remembering how mother and I would often sit together looking through decorating magazines; she always asked me to point out what I liked and what I disliked and tell her why. We had such a nice time sitting cozily on the sofa, it seemed such a simple way to pass time; now when I think back on those sweet moments, I realize how in her nurturing way she was building my confidence and self-expression. The following is an excerpt from the book, which I think sums up my rationale for writing it. "You are born with your own unique taste and sense of design. Your home is a sanctuary and its design should nurture you and be an expression of your taste. Most people feel to decorate a home successfully they must emulate the work of a well-known designer; they don't trust themselves to come up with a successful decoration. Professional designers have been encouraged from an early age to use their creativity and develop their skills, they are accustomed to trusting their intuition. I am writing this book for the people who have been discouraged from expressing their creativity and so defer to designers and style setters. It's true there are many talented designers writing books and being published in magazines, and their taste is wonderful, but it is not necessarily yours. Remember, you have to live with the decorating decisions made in your home, so those decisions should reflect your taste." In the book you will find a series of seven exercises that ask you to respond intuitively and state what you like and dislike so you can get in touch with your taste and style. They are a synthesis of all the lessons I have learned. The second part of the book breaks down decorating into a manageable step by step process. Decorating does not have to be an intimidating and frustrating experience, but can be turned into a fullfilling creative adventure. I have tried to cover the questions which may occur to you during the decorating process, so you feel there is someone going through it with you. I hope you find the book inspiring and practical. If you do the exercises from the heart I think you'll discover that the Yes/No process works and will give you a whole new dimension of yourself to explore. Have a good time! Diane Love
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Summary: Beauty Comes From Within
Review: Diane Love's "Yes/No Design" is a joy. It's a gift that I gave myself not knowing the profound effect it would have upon me. Having had little or no faith in my aesthetic sense, "Yes/No Design" helped me trust my choices through the simple understanding of my likes and dislikes (for things such as colors, sizes, shapes, space, and patterns). The book is beautiful, thought-provoking, validating and inspiring. I realized I don't have to be an "expert" to create a lovely home. "Yes/No Design" helped me get in touch with who I am, what I enjoy and appreciate, and what makes me comfortable. For me, decorating my home has become a metaphor for changing and improving my life and my attitude. Diane Love has shown me that beauty most definitely comes from within.
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Summary: Beauty Comes From Within
Review: Diane Love's "Yes/No Design" is a joy. It's a gift that I gave myself not knowing the profound effect it would have upon me. Having had little or no faith in my aesthetic sense, "Yes/No Design" helped me trust my choices through the simple understanding of my likes and dislikes (for things such as colors, sizes, shapes, space, and patterns). The book is beautiful, thought-provoking, validating and inspiring. I realized I don't have to be an "expert" to create a lovely home. "Yes/No Design" helped me get in touch with who I am, what I enjoy and appreciate, and what makes me comfortable. For me, decorating my home has become a metaphor for changing and improving my life and my attitude. Diane Love has shown me that beauty most definitely comes from within.
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Summary: Too Much Information!
Review: I bought this book expecting a few simple exercises and questionnaires that would help me identify and refine my personal design taste. What I got was a lengthy, in depth, and rather confusing series of tests put together in seeming random order. I can see how this book would be helpful for those willing to invest more than a few hours in exploring various design genres, but I would not recommend it to the amateur or casual decorator.
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Summary: Designed by Me
Review: I have a shelf full of books on design but Ms. Love's is the first to take me inside myself. Most books are full of advise on color schemes and furniture styles and such but none that I'm familiar with challenge/help the reader turn often intuitive likes and dislikes into a strategy for creating a style of h/her own. On top of that, the book is fun -- and visually beautiful as well. Hats off to Ms. Love for a beautifully conceived book that combines intelligence with design savvy to help us novices find our own individual styles.
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