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February 19, 2009
Slob Proof! Offers Proof that Attractive Interiors Can Be Livable
For design advice that tackles the reality of how you really live instead of offering fantasies on how you would like to live, read Slob Proof! by Debbie Wiener for $14.96. Thanks to Wiener’s years of experience as a professional interior designer and her years of living with a husband and children who are slobs, she is able to design living spaces that are both attractive and practical.
Wiener’s friendly writing style and personal anecdotes about how her own family of slobs inspired many of her design solutions makes this a fun as well as practical read. From floor to ceiling Wiener covers it all. She tells you which flooring options, including stone, wood and carpeting, are going to last the longest and look the best. Anyone whose living room has basically turned into a dining room with the stains to prove it will appreciate her fabric suggestions for chairs and couches. Not only does she identify the most indestructible stain resistant fabrics to use she show you how using patterns can cleverly camouflage the stains. Whether talking about wall paint, window coverings, floors or furniture, the author emphasizes stain resistance, stain camouflage, practicality and durability. She also lists specific brands and manufacturers to make the decorating process easier.
While emphasizing the practical, she doesn’t completely ignore the possibility of having things in your home that are more pretty than practical. She address the issue of including less rugged items in your home by suggesting you put them in less trafficked areas. Slob Proof! proves that it’s possible to live well even if you happen to live with shedding pets, active children or other occupants in the home that aren’t likely to change their slob like tendencies anytime soon.