From TV's home staging guru, House Doctor Ann Maurice, this new title offers sure-fire tips for fixing up the house. A complete A-Z guide, the book looks at every imaginable problem and provides solutions for selling, improving - or just de-cluttering your home. In providing real life case studies with before and after transformations, House Doctor Ann Maurice gives invaluable practical advice on how to best smarten up your property. The A-Z guide closely follows and discusses topics from 'Antiques Addiction' and 'Dingy Dining Rooms' to 'Gorgeous Gardens' and 'Kerb Appeal', giving an alphabetical twist to the all-important quest of creating a house with 'Va-Va-Voom'. Ultimately, the House Doctor strives to rid a house of its 'appalling appearance', thus adding value to the property and ensuring its speedy sale. Though aimed primarily at people wishing to sell their home, the book also provides plenty of helpful tips for people just looking to improving their property.
The House Doctor's recurring mantra includes the invaluable necessities of: * depersonalising * decluttering * defining spaces * renovating * accessorising * neutralising From practical decorating advice to step-by-step projects and complete renovations, this A-Z guide is the amusing alphabetical answer to the minor and major problems that home enthusiasts face.
- ISBN10 0007200781
- ISBN13 9780007200788
- Publish Date 7 February 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 March 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Collins
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk