Sheila Bridges shares both professional and personal anecdotes as well as lots of solid information to help home and apartment dwellers make the transition from Ikea to eclectic, from milk crates to furniture that will endure for years. "Furnishing Forward" guides the reader through finding and implementing a personal style within a realistic budget, with advice on where and how to shop for quality pieces as well as working with design professionals to create the look you want. With its witty narrative tone and its design-by-personality-type approach, no other decorating book is as useful for a younger audience while displaying a timeless style.-- Sheila Bridges is well connected in the New York design community with high-profile clients in the music industry, on Wall Street, and in corporate America.-- The featured homes are universally appealing, sophisticated yet simple, and straightforward enough not to be intimidating.