The eBay Home Makeover: Buying Confidently, Redecorating with...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 160 pages
• Published by: Watson-Guptill October 1, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0823015947
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0823015948
• Book Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 1.3 pounds

Book Description
Includes detailed eBay buyers guides organized by category, with tips on the hottest trends-plus tips on buying brand-new furniture and accessories at a discount

Packed with advice on targeting "diamonds in the rough" online

How-to pictures and step-by-step instructions for displaying collections, fixing fixer-uppers, and creating a personal decorating style

With this book and a computer readers have everything they need to remake their homes with a few simple clicks of the mouse. Readers can save time and money and get what they really want by buying everything they crave for their home-from brand-new furniture, fixtures, furnishings, and accessories to distinctive, one-of-a-kind and/or valuable antiques and collectibles-on eBay. Whether youre looking for a new sofa, designer bed linens, lighting fixtures, tiles, 1940s fabric, a rug, of McCoy pottery, eBays the shopping destination for you. The eBay Home Makeover also explains how to surf safely and securely for nifty project material-and when the find arrives, the fun really begins. Tons of great ideas show how to turn unusual items into functional pieces, from transforming a steamer trunk into a cunning wardrobe, to turning tattered sheet music into sophisticated framed art, to sewing vintage scarves into cool cushions. More than twenty-five step-by-step projects showcase the authors winning redos and inspire the readers own creativity. Let eBay show the way to fun, funky, magnificent home decorating.

About The Author
Alyssa Ettinger has written extensively about her flea market and online buying and makeover experiences, and has produced dozens of DIY projects for leading magazines. She lives in Brooklyn.

Reader Reviews
I love browsing on eBay, but hadn't thought about using it in my decorating efforts. This book opens your eyes to the wealth of objects (often one-of-a-kind) on the auction site that you can use to transform your home. For beginning eBay users, the book covers registration and tips for browsing and buying so you get the most for your money. It includes a buyers guide with lists of power sellers and the types of things you can count on them to offer. This is reassuring if you are nervous about making your first purchases. Anyway, this book is a great alternative to searching flea markets and estate sales looking for great deals for your home. Comment | | (Report this)