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| | As an interior decorator you will have a rewarding, high-paying job that lets you use your creativity to make homes and businesses more beautiful and comfortable.
As long as you have the desire, you can become an interior decorator. No special education or experience is necessary to break into interior decorating and succeed. (Unlike becoming a certified interior designer which has strict requirements including two to five years of post-secondary education in interior design.) You can start interior decorating and become an interior decorator immediately.
If you would like to be paid to decorate homes or businesses, the FabJob Guide to Become an Interior Decorator is for you! In this book you will discover how you can get started and succeed in the exciting career of interior decorating.
This FabJob guide focuses on information that is difficult to find elsewhere – how to get hired as an interior decorator. However, if you also want to learn interior decorating, this guide can save you many hours of research time, because it includes step-by-step interior decorating instructions. The book explains how to get hired as an interior decorator with a retailer, home builder or other industry employer. It covers how to find job openings, prepare a resume and portfolio, and do well in an interview.
It also provides step-by-step instructions on how to start an interior decorating business, set your fees, find clients, and get discounts of up to 50% on furniture and materials. The CD-ROM that comes with this book includes sample forms, checklists, furniture cut-outs, etc., plus links to interior decorating resources (including many free resources).
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| | ISBN: 1894638484 Date Published on 5/1/2003 |
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| | Marilyn Zelinsky Syarto is one of the nation's leading experts on workplace design. The former senior editor of Interiors Magazine, she's written extensively on residential interior design. She's the author of New Workplaces for New Workstyles, Practical Home Office Solutions, and is contributing author for Corporate Interiors II, as well as The Inspired Workspace (Rockport). |
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| | ISBN: 1592532470 Date Published on 7/1/2006 |
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| | Make the best selection of lighting for any home. . .by selecting this guide written by experts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center. It covers cost estimation, installation, operation, and maintenance for common home lighting designs. . .explores energy-efficient lighting alternatives. . and describes lamps, luminaries, and controls that are readily available and easy to install. You'll find 147 lighting designs that are easy to modify to meet specific requirements, plus tables filled with data on average rated lamp life, light output, lamp prices, and more. |
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| | ISBN: 0070380791 Date Published on 11/1/1996 |
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| | The discovery that paint could be used to counterfeit rare or costly materials is almost as ancient as art itself. Nearly every precious or attractive natural material, from marble to wood grain, has been mimicked in paint. In Painted Furniture, Jocasta Innes, the undisputed doyenne of paint effects, reveals the secrets of faux finishes, showing you how to transform a junk shop find into an object of beauty. In more than 140 color photos, she demonstrates over a dozen different techniques --among them color-washing, combing, gilding, marbling, faux-lacquering, aging, and trompe l'oeil. Complete with 20 step-by-step projects for boxes, chairs, tables, benches, screens, and more, Painted Furniture is a book that no home decorator will want to miss. Among Jocasta Innes' many successful books are Paint Magic, The New Paint Magic, Paintability, Paintwise, The Thrifty Decorator, The Decoupage Sourcebook, The Complete Home Decorator, and Country Kitchens. |
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| | ISBN: 1857323165 Date Published on 10/1/1998 |
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| | How can you simulate sunlight on cloudy days? What’s an unobtrusive way to spotlight art? What’s the best kind of lamp for reading? How can you create intimate conversation sections in large rooms? This is a room-by-room guide to achieving the lighting effects you want. Includes more than 100 projects for do-it-yourselfers, and tips for working with the professionals. |
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| | ISBN: 0737003197 Date Published on 11/1/2000 |
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| | This one-stop guide includes everything you need to know to achieve stunning paint effects and decorative finishes on walls, floors, furniture, and objects. In addition to instruction in basic equipment, you’ll find tips for getting professional results with paint & glazes, stenciling, stamping, gliding, aging, finishing, and other folk art techniques. Includes design templates for stenciling, and more than 550 full-color photos. |
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| | ISBN: 0737003227 Date Published on 9/1/2000 |
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