Monday, September 9, 2013

DIY Ideas: Projects and Tips for Every Room ( Better Homes & Gardens Do It Yourself )

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Nothing feels better than a project well done. The experts at Do It Yourself (TM) magazine know this better than anyone. That's why we've filled this must-have book with creative projects, helpful step-by-step photos, and detailed directions. Inside you'll find:
  • Real-life homes filled with inspiring projects
  • Storage solutions for every room in the house
  • Furniture projects to make--or make over!
  • Easy window treatments
  • Handmade decorative accents to personalize your home and garden
  • Tips on painting anything!
  • Helpful how-to information you can refer to again and again
  • So what are you waiting for? Whether your goal is storage, style, efficiency, or comfort, you'll find the inspiration, information, and help you need in DIY Ideas.

Country Living the Little Book of Big Decorating Ideas: 287 Clever Tips, Tricks, and Solutions


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Taking on home decor for both inside and outdoor living, McColl collects the best ideas from past issues of "Country Living" magazine. Close to 300 photographs show 287 tips for storage, display, furnishings, and color. Much is made of repurposing items, such as using an oak log as a stair handrail or a step stool as a side table. Instructions are included for more than 25 projects, such as creating curtain tiebacks from silver flatware and transforming an old dresser into a wet bar. Many ideas are quite simple and incorporate suggestions on the use of paint and advice for displaying one's creations. Library Journal (06/01/2013)

House Beautiful Quick Changes: Fresh Looks for Every Room

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Featuring over 200 color photographs, this collection offers readers ideas for making simple but effective interior decorating changes. This title includes advice from professional interior designers about updating the look of living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, entryways, and gardens, as well as suggestions about decorative accessories, wall treatments, display, and soft furnishings. Although some of the projects will require time and effort, such as painting or wallpapering a room, the tips are inspiring and fairly straightforward. Library Journal (06/15/2013)

Katie Ridder Rooms

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Katie Ridder's extraordinary palette, her playful mix of antiques and modern pieces, and her eye for unusual decorative accents have established her as a leading figure in the world of interior design. Clients from Buenos Aires to San Francisco to Nantucket have commissioned Ridder to design their lofts, pavilions, summer houses, and luxury apartments. Now everyone can derive design inspiration from her unique approach--whether it's something as charmingly simple as a coral finial atop a table lamp or as dramatically daring as intense blue walls stenciled in an oversize paisley motif--on every page of this idea-saturated book.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Organize Your Home: Clutter Cures for Every Room (Better Homes and Gardens)

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Cures For Every Room" is your comprehensive guide to getting--and staying--organized at home.Packed with solutions for every room that any homeowner can put to use right away, "Organize Your Home "covers both sides of the organizing equation: the psychology of paring down possessions, reducing clutter, and staying organized as well as the nuts and bolts of finding the right bins, baskets, drawers, and more to store the items you do keep in attractive and efficient ways.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Christine Walkden's No-Nonsense Container Gardening

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Using containers or pots as a base for your gardening is so versatile--try making an eye-catching design feature by growing herbs in a zinc bucket, growing spring bulbs in a pretty olive oil can on your patio, or growing a complete salad in some old tyres. Growing your own containers is both rewarding and fun. This book is packed with Christine's tips and techniques, from planting to deter pests to choosing the right container for the right crop, along with handy advice on feeding and watering, knowing when to harvest, and treating common diseases. All the projects included are perfect for beginners and provide inspiration for the more experienced gardener; there are even ideas to turn little fingers green.