The Decorating Challenge

It''s home decorating with a twist. Decorating can be hard enough...but what about decorating a room in someone else''s house? Based on the hit television show, The Decorating Challenge, here are twenty-two of the most popular episodes, complete with before-and-after photos and behind the scenes tips from the designers.

What can you do with $1000 and 18 hours to spend for a complete room makeover? Plenty! Find out what the carpenters, designers and homeowners achieved with very little time and a very modest budget. Follow their lead and soon you''ll be transforming the rooms in your home with outstanding effects and simple updates.

The Decorating Challenge team of designers and carpenters travel across Canada helping friends add style to each others'' homes within strict budget and time constraints. For the first time, the decorating secrets of Canada''s top rated lifestyle television program are available in a book, with 22 of the show''s most popular room makeovers and 36 weekend-friendly projects. Each chapter features full-colour before-and-after photographs of a room, projects with detailed instructions and colour how-to photographs, the exact CIL paint colours used for each project and room, and tips from the show''s professional designers and carpenters. No room is off-limits to The Decorating Challenge. From creating a sleek student suite to making a spa-like bathroom retreat, there is a solution to fit the challenge of the real world and your home.