Craft Book (Book of Crafts)

Katherine Sorrell

Children's Books

Parragon Book Service Ltd.

Do you love knitting, adore sewing or spending hours creating mosaic? Or have you always longed to try your hand at ceramics, silk painting, or beading? Would you like to make your own wedding stationary, decorate your home with handmade pieces or give personalized gifts for Christmas and birthdays? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then Contemporary Crafts is for you.Featuring a variety of techniques from crochet and collage to jewelry-making and weaving, Contemporary Crafts includes simple projects that can he made in less than an hour and more ambitious pieces that may take several days to complete. All of the 18 unique projects have been specially devised so that not only are they straightforward to create but the end result is subtle, sophisticated and truly satisfying.

Contemporary Crafts - The Only Guide You Will Ever Need to Creating Beautiful Projects for You and Your Home

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Parragon Publishing

Money-saving gifts and crafts to make for yourself, family and friends.

Homemade Gifts

Parragon

A great guide for anyone with the passion for craft.Whether your interests lie in stenciling or sewing, felt making or glass decorating, papier mache or soap making, this book will offer you inspiration. The book contains more than 60 unique projects. Stunning photography.

The Home Guide to Craft

Bay books

What should you do if a bird flies into your house? How do you write the perfect CV? How could you get a flight upgrade? How can you revamp a tired room? From pastry making to public speaking, decluttering to DIY, first aid to picture framing, this is your one-stop guide to finding out everything you`ll need to know to improve your house, health, work and free time. Covering both everyday and exotic tasks, including how to spot a genuine antique, choosing a dream vacation destination and negotiating a payrise, 10,000 Tips is the go-to reference book that no one should be without.

10,000 Tips

Self-Help

Motivational

Quercus

Plump seating, cosy wool blankets, crisp linen sheets, natural wood floors; these are the principles behind Modern Comfort. The combination of cool with a softer edge is behind the range of design ideas for every room with the emphasis on home, lifestyle and ease. The book examines the flexible demands we make on our homes spaces in which to entertain, work and relax and discusses the options for improving the suitability of our environment to these needs. The book adopts a room-by-room approach, highlighting successful ideas and offering alternatives to recreate these effects oneself.

Modern Comfort

Conran Octopus

Katherine Sorrell demonstrates the art of creating a home where old and new live in harmony, and shows how to add interest with unexpected or individual pieces. The main part of the book, Spaces, looks at each room, showing how to mix objects to create a home that is original, comfortable, prectical, and stylish. The hints in Getting It Right include choosing larger items with classic lines and understated colors, and introducing light-hearted touches. The Elements looks at the main ingredients of the old and new look, from battered leather sofas to 1950s pressed-glass bowls. - Forget old-fashioned notions of "good taste" and approach the decoration of your home with boldness and imagination. - 50,000 copies sold in hardcover.

Old and New : Combining Past and Present in Contemporary Homes

Arts & Photography

RYLAND, PETERS & SMALL

Hundreds of great ideas that you can use in your own home. This book will help you decide which style works best in your property and match the sytle to the way you live. Create a fabulous home where you can cook, eat, sleep, relax and entertain in style.

The Home Style Sourcebook

ROS BYAM SHAW

judith-wilson

Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd.

Whether you live in a hilltop village in France or an apartment in New York, "Creating Cottage Style" is a wonderful resource for simple, inspiring ways to introduce cottage style to your home. In the first part of the book, Cottage Styles, Katherine Sorrell takes a tour of inspirational interiors from around the world, from the relaxed simplicity of Scandinavian style to the comfortable charm of the country homes of England. Spread throughout the book are twelve stylish yet achievable projects, each one accompanied by step-by-step illustrations. Projects include a pretty floral tablecloth for your dining room, yellow-checked curtains for your living room, and a painted closet for your bedroom. In "Cottage Rooms", Katherine guides you through every room in the home, while lavish photography highlights intriguing details along the way. This wonderful book provides a wealth of ideas for you to recrate at home--cover beds and pillows with toile de Jouy fabric, paint rooms in pale, soft colours, or disguise kitchen storage spaces with gathered panels of traditional fabric. -A treasure trove of ways to capture the essence of country living, whether you want to add handcrafted touches to your kitchen or redecorate your living room. -Includes 12 truly illustrated step-by-step projects for country-inspired details including pillows, curtains, bedspreads, and wreaths.

Creating Cottage Style: Stylish Ideas and Step-by-Step Projects

Home Improvement & Design

Old and New: Combining Past and Present in Contemporary Homes

Forget all the old rules about what furniture goes with what. Old & New encourages you to trust yourself -- if it looks good, don't be afraid to combine a 1950s metal chair with a 19th-century gilded French table. Katherine Sorrell takes you through the home room by room, showing how to combine antique, retro, and modern objects to create spaces that reflect your spirit. Additional highlights on secondhand pieces found at flea markets and swap meets help you train your eye to search out the special pieces from among the throng.-- Encourages you to personalize your space by combining unique pieces and stylesInspires with over 250 full-color photos-- Shows how to combine your own pieces or flea-market finds with the confidence of professional

Old and New: Combining Past and Present In Contemporary Homes

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