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Weird Rooms
by Mal Sharpe, Sandra Sharpe (Photographer: Alexander Vertikoff)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Pomegranate Communications (1996-10)
ISBN: 0764900102
EAN: 9780764900105
Dewy Decimal #: 747.20495
Hardcover: 94 pages
SKU: BA08040508x
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Comments: Exactly as shown, Ex Library copy with usual stamps and stickers. Spine is beginning to pull away from pages. Externally its not a very pretty book but all pages are intact with no marks.
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Editorial Reviews
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Amazon.com Review
For most people, home is not only a personal sanctuary, it is a personal statement. This book features some of the most completely bizarre rooms in houses across the United States. The authors sought out people whose personal obsessions and fetishes have led them to transform their domestic environments into quite unusual places. Some rooms are designed solely to enshrine pop icons, like a Kennedy Room or an Elvis Room. One man transformed his entire apartment into a spaceship with rolls of duct tape, tin foil, and a few dozen computers and television sets; another turned his bedroom into a Lego City, complete with an airport, cathedral, and city hall. Most of these rooms were originally created out of necessity for collections run amok, or as a fantastic refuge from the outside world. Packed from cover to cover with curiosities, you can be sure to pick up some unorthodox decorating ideas.
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Customer Reviews
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Quirky!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-06-26
Love this book--wish it were available in pb & yes, should be a sequel! I keep telling people about this one...
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Great gift book
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-08-21
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
The rooms featured in this book are amusing to look at, but more interesting are the essays written by the people behind the rooms. One man painted the walls of a guest room to appear as if you're inside a bird cage with an enormous malevolent cat staring down at you. If you find this intriguing, buy the book! Makes a great gift.
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the eccentrics are alive and well in this book
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-04-12
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
this book captures the wonderfully creative people in the u.s.. it's fun to look at or even get ideas from. I would definately buy a sequal!
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A fascinating glimpse into other people's minds
Rating  (4)
Date: 1999-05-18
6 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
I loved this book! There is a part of me (the flamingo and fishing frog part) that understands the urge to surround yourself with interesting things that other people find slightly (or completely) weird, but some of these people are beyond even my ability to grasp. The pictures are fascinating -- kind of like looking at a car crash. Buy this book!! You won't be sorry.
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The most unusual book I have ever seen!
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-05-11
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a book for everyone! Adults and children will adore it! It ignites your own imagination! A must have!
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