Author Williams offers her view on decorating

Author Williams offers
her view on decorating

Bunny Williams thinks that listening to others’ points of view can help you discover your own.

So she shares hers in “Bunny Williams’ Point of View: Three Decades of Decorating Elegant and Comfortable Houses” (Stewart, Tabori & Chang; $60; hardcover) to help inspire you to express your style in each room in your home.

In this part-personal narrative and part-how-to guide, Williams recounts her sources of inspiration while taking readers through homes she has designed.

With color photos on every page and chapters on flooring, walls, furniture, fabrics, kitchens and bathrooms, the book contains examples of interesting and unexpected combinations characteristic of Williams’ designs.

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Whether you’re shopping for a home or already own one, a good calculator might help.

Mortgage-calc.com, owned by Bankrate.com, is a free online calculator that can help you figure out your mortgage payments, payoff date and down payment. With few ads or pop-ups, the site offers users tools for debt consolidation, refinancing, amortization, loan comparisons and more.

The site includes advanced arithmetic calculations, such as prepaying vs. investing, a tool that helps you decide whether you should use your bonus to pay down your mortgage or invest in stocks.