Overwhelmed by the number of home decorating books out there?
Never before have there many so choices. Seems like there are books about painting, furniture placement, accessories, design styles, lighting and whatever else you can think of. That's a lot of books! Actually that’s a lot of money you need to spend to get the advice, photos and how-to’s you need to create that perfect living room.
Imagine being able to choose just one book that does it all.
A comprehensive resource covering all home decor topics. A book that will allow you start reading and start decorating, at the same.
We've searched high and low and found some of the best books available. Here are our unbiased reviews.
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Awaken Your Interior Designer - by Michael Holland and Marney Makridakis
Rating: 9.8 out of 10
Price: $27
Guarantee: 60 day money-back
How does 1037 photos sound to you? Think that might be enough to help you decorate not only your living room, but every room in your house? Good. We think this is one of the most comprehensive home decorating books available.
What makes Awaken Your Interior Designer unique is its focus on tools vs. rules. This approach is all about making it easy, making it fun, saving you money and saving you time.
Easy – Interactive surveys to help you identify preferences and a great tool to help you find your inner decorative guide
Fun – Arts and Crafts projects to unlock your creativity
Money – Do it yourself projects to save for every area of your home
Time – Time saving tips, techniques and shortcuts
Awaken Your Interior Designer is not just one e-book. It’s actually 4 home decorating books for one low price.
You get Awaken Your Interior Designer plus all 3 volumes of How To Create Rooms of Radiance. This package includes e-books on creative stamping, decorative crafts and window treatments. In addition to the 4 e-books, there are 5 exclusive bonuses that come with your purchase of Awaken Your Interior Designer. These bonuses cover lighting, accents, artwork, and a 5% discount from DecorateToday.com.
In addition, this package comes with a 60 day money-back guarantee.
This e-book package receives our #1 Choice rating because it’s comprehensive, full of photos, and offers an easy-to-use system for decorating not just your living room, but any room in your home. Click here for more information.

Secrets to Home Decorating Success – by Janice Price
Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Price: $47
Guarantee: 90 day money-back
How would like insider tips and secrets from a 15 year veteran of the interior design industry? Impress your friends with a living room that looks like it was professionally decorated? We thought so...
Secrets to Home Decorating Success is a complete home decorating book, designed to help your decorate every single room in your home. Whether it’s painting, furniture arranging, or accessorizing, this e-book covers it, in depth, from the perspective of an expert who has collected thousands upon thousands of dollars in professional design fees from hundreds of clients.
Here are just a few of the concepts covered in Secrets of Home Decorating Success...
• Making small spaces look larger
• Choosing the right flooring for any room
• Re-Decorating your home for the holidays
• Transforming your living room into a comfortable place for entertaining friends (Obviously we like this one a lot...)
• Arranging furniture around a fireplace (This one too...)
• Accenting your living room or family room with pillows (Yep, same for this one...)
• Choosing the right size and color Oriental Rug (And this one, as well...)
Whether you’re in your first home or apartment, recently moved into a smaller home, or have never tried to decorate before and wouldn’t know when to start, Secrets To Home Decorating Success is one of the better home decorating books available.
As for bonuses, there’s a Question and Answer Guide, an Audio Buzz file with tips strategies, and an Insider Guide. Add in a 90 day money-back guarantee and you’ve got yourself one of the better home decorating books available. A quality product that will help you decorate every room in your home right the first time.
Our #2 Choice goes to Secrets To Home Decorating Success because it’s from a 15 year interior design veteran, it’s full of tips and strategies for every room in your home, and it comes with an exceptional money-back guarantee. Click here to visit Janice's site.

How To Decorate Like a Pro for Pennies – by Kathy Wilson
Rating: 9.3 out of 10
Price: $17.95
Guarantee: 60 day money back
How To Decorate Like a Pro for Pennies is a home decorating book that does a great job of focusing on how to decorate when you don’t have much money to spend. Kathy Wilson is a best selling author, syndicated columnist, home and garden community editor, and most importantly a home and garden decorating expert. Her specialty is decorating on a budget and as far as home decorating books go, she's right on the money with projects, tips and tricks that help you create beautiful rooms for less.
With How To Decorate Like a Pro for Pennies, you’ll learn the following...
• How to quickly and easily create your own home accessories
• How to decorate for the holidays on a very small budget
• How to decorate your outdoor rooms for less
• How to dress windows, floors and walls with a lot of creativity instead of a lot of money
Along with these great tips, you’ll get budgeting worksheets to use in each room of your home and a long list of links to great home decorating information, project sheets with photos of the results, one on one email support and six free bonus e-books.
That’s not everything, though. There are several more free bonuses, including an e-copy of Kathy’s Amazon Top Selling Quick Decorating Ideas Under $20: The Budget Decorator's Bible!
Plus, this e-book comes with a 60 day money back guarantee.
We’ve made How To Decorate Like a Pro for Pennies our #3 Choice because of its low price and its focus on budget decorating. Click here here for more information.
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