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Home Style by City captures the essence of five design-forward cities and showcases beautiful homes from each that reflect the local style. Part city tour, featuring lush cityscapes, must-visit flea markets, and bits of colorful history, and part design resource, helping to bring the looks into your own home, this refreshing décor book will inspire you to re-create an ornate Parisian apartment, a cool New York loft, or an effortless Scandinavian flat.

"Give your home a "happiness makeover" with the more than 90 DIY projects, decorating tips, and inspiring ideas in this first-ever home decor book from the creators of the mega-popular style blog A Beautiful Mess."--

"Give your home a "happiness makeover" with the more than 90 DIY projects, decorating tips, and inspiring ideas in this first-ever home decor book from the creators of the mega-popular style blog A Beautiful Mess."--

Contemporary or traditional? Glamorous or practical? Formal or casual? No matter what your decorating style, fabric offers infinite ways to express it. This accessible advice, from the experts at House Beautiful's "Swatch Watch" column, makes it simple to transform your furnishings. Here are insider tips for using fabric throughout a home-from sofas and chairs to headboards and window treatments. Know the difference between good, better, and best furniture construction-and which is right. Fabric is one of the most fun-and fundamental-elements of interior design. The fabrics you select for sofas, chairs, window treatments, and other decorative elements reflect your unique sensibility. Learn how to successfully use any variety of patterns, from plaids and stripes to florals and paisleys. Hundreds of stunning photos illustrate how different fabrics can dramatically change the look of a single piece of furniture. Although there are no design rules that apply to everyone, it helps to know basic principles and avoid common pitfalls. See how stripes can accentuate the length of a sofa, trim can complement textiles, and colors can create a mood. Let slipcovers refresh an old piece, protect your furniture, or make a seasonal change. Typically the largest, most expensive piece of furniture, the sofa is the focal point of a room. Your choice of fabric can enhance the shape of different styles-from pillow-back to camelback to love seat. Similarly, fabric that works best on a wing chair may not be right for a club chair. Learn to use embellishments such as nailheads, ribbons, buttons, and welting to eye-catching effect. Window treatments give you control of light, air flow, and privacy. Here are inspiring ideas for shades and curtains that are both functional and graceful. The beautiful examples you'll see in these pages will help you select the perfect styles, fabrics, and patterns for your home. Explore the small touches that make a big difference, such as screens, shower curtains, tablecloths and headboards. See how these details can unify an overall look and offer opportunities for quick changes whenever the urge strikes. You can even make great-looking movable storage units from industrial metal shelves and fabulous fabrics. A fabric guide and glossary of terms and techniques completes this indispensable resource. Book jacket.

"Hundreds of photos and thousands of stylish ideas provide the inspiration needed to create a home filled with rooms you love."--Page 4 of cover.

“Practical instructions for the building of homes, interior decoration, wood carving, scroll sawing, house painting, window hangings, screens curtains, window gardening, incidental decorations, decorative art needle-work, and economic landscape gardening; to which is added a household compendium of new, practical and valuable recipes, the whole being designed to make happy homes for happy people.” – from the title page. “Besides being an authority on gracious living in late 19th century Detroit, Varney was a prolific architect. His creations, which included apartment buildings, factories and offices, hotels and private residences, popped up all over the city as well as in towns and cities across the state [Michigan].” – Martha Peterson, “Mr. Varney’s Neighborhood” post on the “El Moore” website.

For all kinds of people in all kinds of decorating situations. Includes tips on: basic planning--where to begin when you want to start decorating; creating surface interest--the effects of color, pattern, and texture, and the problems created by too much or too little of them; creating backgrounds--what you need to know about the special decorating requirements of your walls; tackling tough rooms--how to effectively decorate rooms that have special functional requirements; accessorizing with art and other stuff; how to make your old furniture work in a new setting; how to figure out what you can spend, and how to spend it; and the latest and greatest in styles, trends, and technology.--From publisher description.

Designer Leslie Linsley believes you shouldn't have to give up your life--or your life savings-- to create a beautiful, stylish home. In her latest collection, Linsley delivers hundreds of tips and projects for everyone who's come to love her no-nonsense, creative approach to sprucing up every room of the house. Organized room by room, this book is an idea-generator, a time- and money-saver, and a terrific starting point for anyone who wants to beautify a home. Topics include: --Paint--"the cheapest form of flattery" --Making small spaces feel special --Bringing the outdoors in --Thinking like a decorator --The one piece of furniture worth splurging on --Adding an element of surprise to any room --Achieving "controlled clutter" --and much more.

"Home Decor Cheat Sheets shows you the dos, the don'ts and the timeless design rules for a perfectly coordinated space. In mere seconds, you will grasp the vital concepts needed to beautifully furnish, arrange and decorate your home"--page [4] of cover.

'Making' is the next generation of creating. It's the union of traditional techniques, from print-making and jewellery-making to knitting, with cutting-edge technology, often yielding astonishing results, such as laser-cut jewellery and 3D-printed porcelain. 'Maker Spaces' takes an in-depth look inside 13 beautiful homes, studios and workspaces of the pioneering creative minds of some of the best-known makers, from a colour-filled, uplifting studio space in super-trendy East London to the retro reverie of a stunning San Francisco apartment. Their clever styling ideas and imaginative, ingenious creative spaces will delight and inspire in equal measure. 'Maker Spaces' also includes examples of the incredible things that their owners create, as well as advice on how to turn your ideas into beautiful products. This innovative, engaging book will give you the ideas and impetus to create inspirational and achievable interiors, fresh from some of the most exciting and dynamic designers in the world right now.

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