Diana Phipps's Affordable Splendor: An Ingenious Guide to Decorating Elegantly, Inexpensively, and Doing Most of it Yourself ; with Illustrations by the Author | 
Have you ever been compelled to order a book online and been thoroughly disappointed? That‘s what happened with this book. I was reading in another book about this designer who transformed rooms into posh and fanciful spaces with hardly spending a dime. Maybe I could do the same? This is what arrived and rather than inspiring, it is depressing. Missing its outer cover, small crowded print and confusing black and white sketches. #learnedthehardway
robinb What a disappointment. 😔😩 6y
DivineDiana @robinb It‘s hard to know what you‘re getting when you order on line! 🤷♀️ 6y
Cinfhen Ugh!!!! So disappointing 6y
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LeahBergen Blah. I hate when that happens. 😠 6y
DivineDiana @Cinfhen @LeahBergen Thank you for commiserating with me! ❤️❤️ 6y
robinb @DivineDiana that‘s so true. It‘s hard to know if the hype is your kind of hype or someone else‘s kind of hype...know what I mean?! I just hope for the best. 🤷🏻♀️ 6y
TrishB Yep, descriptions can be very misleading - good and bad! 6y
Itchyfeetreader This does not look splendid! 6y
DivineDiana @TrishB So true! 👍🏻 6y
DivineDiana Agree wholeheartedly! 😂 6y
Lcsmcat Oh, I loved this book. We used it when we were first married (34 years ago) and our edition has color plates. I‘m sorry to hear that you were disappointed. 6y
DivineDiana @Lcsmcat Thank you. Did you use any of her suggestions? 6y
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