Changing Rooms (ISBN 0563551011)

Changing Rooms:
Changing Rooms did for me what Linda Barker's book about designers secrets didn't do. There's plenty of pictures, before & after and lots of tips about the projects. Glossary of terms is rather helpful. Especially nice are the mini-stories about the people involved and their goals for the rooms. After this book arrived I read it cover to cover. It doesn't live on the bookshelf. You can find it either on the coffee table, my desk or my bedside table. Yaaaaayy!! Linda and all your cohorts!

Simply the Best:
This book will inspire you beyond belief into transforming dull rooms into beautiful ones. This book is really great -- it goes through various rooms the Changing Rooms TV show has made over during the past few years, giving you step-by-step info for how to do what they've done. The designers on Changing Rooms are very creative and innovative and what I like is that the makeovers are completely do-able, even for novices. This book is worth it for the inspiration alone!

The best ever, must-have book for DIY decorating:
I've been an obsessive fan of BBC's Changing Rooms series for several years now, so I went totally nuts when I heard there was a Changing Rooms book available! And what a book it is!! Basically, it gives indepth instructions for many of the techniques and processes seen on the show, but in greater detail than you get on TV. I was especially excited to learn about the antiquing wax Linda Barker used to age a fireplace, and I was totally inspired by her use of black-and-white copies to create your own wall border. If you like Changing Rooms (or even the whiny American knockoff, Trading Spaces), this book is a must-have. It's also great if you're looking for inexpensive do-it-yourself projects that pack a lot of punch in a short amount of time. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 only because a few of the rooms just don't meet with my taste.

HOORAY FOR THE NON-BLAND ENGLISH DESIGNERS!:
I got hooked on Changing Rooms from the beginning when Direct TV first put BBCA on our system. I believe this British (the original) show is so much better than the American version of the show, Trading Spaces. I believe it is because the designers are so much daring in their creations and are not as bland (and I really mean bland) as the American counterpart. But being an American, I don't know if I could do a complete make over from Changing Rooms, but the ideas that Linda Barker gives are so inspirational so hopefully it will me to break out of my own "bland" mold. I could maybe let Laurence redo a room and not cry when I see it. Handy Andy, where are you, my house needs fixing?

Changing Rooms: The Best Home Improvement Show and Books:
I absolutetly adore the show "Changing Rooms" (and "Ground Force" as well), it's so much better than "trading Spaces", the American remake because they are a lot more daring and know how to bring their creativeness to the rooms (plus it does'nt drag on for an entire hour, only thirty minutes). If you have BBC America, watch Changing Rooms, and if you want to revive a dead look in your house buy this book! ...