101 Things I Hate About Your House: Designing Your Way to a More Gracious Life One Room at a Time - Tapa blanda

Monday, March 28, 2011 / 4:15 PM Christy Marshall, editor-in-chief, St. Louis AT HOME Swan's Song "First of all, there's that title: 101 Things I Hate About Your House. Written by interior designer James Swan, with an assist from Carol Beggy, the book goes step by step, room by room to point out every possible faux pas you have inadvertently made. I suspect I won't be asking him to dinner if he ever jets in from his Beverly Hills base. But his treatise will make you both laugh and cringe. While he'd be great fun at a bar--or on a lifeboat, I fear his critical eye would make me, and the sweet people I live with, painfully self conscious in our own sweet home. . . ." To read the full review visit http: //www.stlmag.com/Blogs/Secretary-of-the-Interior/March-2011/Swan-039s-Song/index.php. --Christy Marshall "St. Louis Magazine " Thursday, September 22, 2011 What James Hates About Your House ! "While on Twitter the other day, I laughed out loud when I saw the title of this new book, 101 Things I Hate About Your House, by nationally-acclaimed interior designer James Swan, with award-winning writer Carol Beggy and illustrator Stanley A. Meyer. The red "door" cover made me want to click the book's brass knocker NOW and walk right in and see...you guessed it...what James might hate about my house! (Oh, the pressure!) From page one, I was laughing all the way to my little...uh..."powder room" where James lets all us home dwellers firmly know: "If I've got to "go" then the last thing I want to see is the collection of cover-sticks, deodorants, and hair products that went into pulling you together for either day, evening, or both. I love you dearly, but I don't love you that much. Put your stuff away." Well James, the organizer and decorator in me says I'm with you so far on this sage homeowner advice! . . . " --Kathryn Bechen To read more visit: http: //kathrynbechenink.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-james-hates-about-your-house.html. --Kathryn Bechen "blogspot.com "

Ever wish you could have a nationally known interior designer walk through your home and save you from your very own decorating disasters? Now is your chance! With his 'take-no-prisoners' approach to home design, James Swan shares his spot-on observations about mistakes we all make as we try to decipher the world of home d cor and design. His fresh, frank way of looking at rooms liberates us from the safe, predictable edicts we all grew up with and gives us permission to fall in love with our homes all over again. Discover: * Top ideas to make your living room ready for company--today - Quick, practical projects to add pizzaz to your dining room - Valuable tips to make small spaces multifunctional - Secrets to creating a bedroom sanctuary From entryway to mudroom and everything in between, whether you're a big-city singleton on a teeny-tiny budget or have plenty of space with cash to spare, this room-by-room design guide has everything you need to create a home that dazzles. Now that's beautiful.