When I first got this book I was expecting a book on how to decorate an apartment. This seemed reasonable based on the title and cover. However I was missing a bit of information, that Apartment Therapy is a large blog that has put out at least two books.
This book is much more about decorating a house than an apartment. The beginning actually goes over what types of houses there are and what to look for. If you are considering moving and want to design every part of your home this book has some useful information. It focuses less on working with the space you have in a creative and useful way, and more shows you lots of pictures of beautiful homes with lots of space to do whatever they wanted.
If you were living in an apartment about half of this book wouldn't actually apply to you. It focuses a lot on how paint colors, and floor types really make a space come together. The second half of the book which is more about decorating, doesn't offer much advice. It has beautiful pictures of various spaces, but not much advice.
However, I did enjoy the book. It has examples of different decorating styles, and sample color palettes. I think it could be helpful to figure out what style you actually like style wise. Maybe put a name to that style to better be able to express it.
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