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Valuable flea market finds... A peeling, antioue vanity in muted sea green... An elegant, cracked chandelier... An enormous, slipcovered sofa with deep, cushions... Comfort, the beauty of imperfections, the allure of time-worn objects, and the appeal of simple practical living: these are the cornerstones of what has come to be known as the Shabby Chic style. Like the cozy familiarity of a well-worn pair of... (more)

Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Treasure Hunting and Decorating Guide

Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Treasure Hunting and Decorating Guide

by Rachel Ashwell

It helps the healthiness both of body and soul to live among beautiful things. --designer William Morris, 1882 Shabby Chic -- the rich, inviting, practical, time-worn style created by one of America's top designers, Rachel Ashwell, is a style of living that reflects the grace and simplicity of another time. Now you can do more than just dream of living in a Shabby Chic home. You can create one yourself. With... (more)

The Shabby Chic Home

by Rachel Ashwell

Wonderful wide-plank floors, paned sash windows, an old brick fireplace, the charm of living with a home's small imperfections and making them a virtue. These are just some examples of what makes up a Shabby Chic home. When she first saw what would be her future home, Rachel Ashwell, founder of the Shabby Chic line, was put off by its dark, witchy exterior, gloomy interior, and overgrown garden. But for weeks... (more)

Vintage Cottages

by Molly Hyde English

Vintage Cottages Molly Hyde English Photographs by Tom Lamb Vintage Cottages features unique and personalized decor focused on second homes and retreats with a vintage cottage theme. These places are filled with art, books, color, scents, textures and memories that link to life's experiences, relationships and hopes. Vintage Cottages shows how to "come home" to a serene retreat that's unlike anything... (more)

Living a Beautiful Life

by Alexandra Stoddard

With the publication of Living A Beautiful Life , Alexandra Stoddard originated the idea of creating an atmosphere of beauty and tranquillity with simple touches that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. As a world-famous interior decorator, she has worked her madic on interiors large and small, from mansions and embassies to cottages and studio apartments. Though her writing and lectures, she has... (more)

Bazaar Style: Decorating With Market and Vintage Finds

Bazaar Style: Decorating With Market and Vintage Finds

by Selina Lake

If you love rummaging through markets for unusual fabrics, and can’t pass an antique or second-hand shop without popping in, Bazaar Style is for you. Stylist Selina Lake and experienced interiors writer Joanna Simmons show you real homes furnished with intriguing pieces from different eras and cultures, which mix and match colors, patterns, and design. You’ll discover an inspiring mix of vintage and retro... (more)

Carolyn Westbrook Home

by Carolyn Westbrook, Jenifer Jordan

Using her own beautiful house as an example, popular designer Carolyn Westbrook—a home designer who specializes in slipcovers, lamps and fabrics—reveals how to create a home that reflects the spirit of those who live there. Page after page of breathtaking photographs carry you into her world, and offer a glimpse inside the residence Carolyn renovated in gracious Southern style. Her decorating tricks will work... (more)

Vintage Treasures

by Jane Cassini

A scrap of lace, a golden button, a rhinestone buckle-Vintage Treasures offers inspiration and creative projects using these and many other, charming objects. Authors Jane Cassini and Ann Brownfield celebrate their love of collecting - taking you through antique markets, junk shops, and even the family attic in search of unusual objects and appealing adornments. They then put these pieces to work as stunning... (more)

Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Interiors

by Rachel Ashwell

Rachel Ashwell created Shabby Chic: a peaceful, practical way of living that embraces a respect for the things in our lives we hold dear and keeps them at the heart of our homes. Romantic florals reclining against pure white linen, ruffles of muslin skirting a bed base against bleached floorboards, the deep comfort of a simple nest of fluffy towels...This is Rachel Ashwell's signature style that for the past 20... (more)

Soft Furnishings: Sewing Home Decor

Shabby Chic: Sumptuous Settings and Other Lovely Things

Shabby Chic: Sumptuous Settings and Other Lovely Things

by Rachel Ashwell

Rachel Ashwell uses her signature style to make any event a special occasion. This beautiful, accessible book proves that entertaining need not be expensive. Making every day into an elegant extravaganza is a matter of inspiration and imagination, and shopping is a great way to get inspired. Travel with her to unique locations like a Chinese grocery store, local antique mall, a flower market, or a flea market... (more)

Better Homes and Gardens New Decorating BookEditors of Better Homes and Gardens Gerald M. Knox

Better Homes and Gardens New Decorating Book

by Editors of Better Homes and Gardens Gerald M. Knox

Creating Your Dream Bedroom: How to Plan & Style the Perfect Space

Creating Your Dream Bedroom: How to Plan & Style the Perfect Space

by Andrew Bannister

A bedroom can be fun or serious, fancy or minimalist, bright or subtle. In this strikingly photographed companion to Creating Your Dream Kitchen and Creating Your Dream Bathroom , award-winning interior designer Andrew Bannister shows how to make it more than just a place to sleep. He offers advice on how to determine your needs and desires, covering practical issues that range from storage to selecting the... (more)

CONRAN H D: STORAGE SOLUTION (The Conran Home Decorator)Gilly Love

CONRAN H D: STORAGE SOLUTION (The Conran Home Decorator)

by Gilly Love

Freakin' Fabulous: How to Dress, Speak, Behave, Eat, Drink, Entertain, Decorate, and Generally Be Better than Everyone Else

Freakin' Fabulous: How to Dress, Speak, Behave, Eat, Drink, Entertain, Decorate, and Generally Be Better than Everyone Else

by Clinton Kelly

Clinton Kelly won't just revamp your wardrobe -- he'll revamp your life! The huddled masses yearn to be fabulous, and finally Clinton Kelly is heeding their call. As co-host of TLC's popular What Not to Wear, he regularly transforms dumpy fashion disasters into traffic-stopping, get-an-instant-promotion, reignite-the-passion-in-that-relationship makeovers. But fabulousness doesn't stop with style. Let's face it:... (more)

Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories

Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories

by Ty Pennington

BRING TY PENNINGTON, THE HOST OF EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION, INTO YOUR HOME AND MAKE YOUR DESIGN DREAMS BECOME REALITY. Ty Pennington and the millions of people who watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition know that you can not only transform a home in seven days, you can transform someone's life. If he could, Ty would renovate every home in America, but even he doesn't have that much energy! So he's written ... (more)

Quick & Easy Home Decorating (Successful Projects Step-by-Step)

Quick & Easy Home Decorating (Successful Projects Step-by-Step)

by Creative Home Arts Club

With each turn of the page, this book reveals a new home decorating project that will help you make your home even more beautiful and inviting. Windows of Opportunity -- Make the most of these exquisite decorating opportunitites. Second-Chance Furniture -- Give old furniture a new second chance, revitalizing it into something new. Don't Forget Walls, Doors & Floors -- Walls, floors and doors deserve decorating... (more)

Slob Proof! Real-Life Home Decorating Solutions

Slob Proof! Real-Life Home Decorating Solutions

by Debbie Wiener

Decorate for the way you really live. You can have nice things! This totally practical home-design book offers realistic, attractive, and comfortable design solutions to families overrun by messy kids, muddy dogs, and sloppy spouses who make beige carpeting an endangered species, and make hardwood floors look like a skating rink. What these families (and even sloppy singles) need are reasonable, no-nonsense... (more)

Thrifty Chic

by Liz Bauwens, Alexandra Campbell

When it comes to creating a home, "Thrifty Chic" shows you how to reuse and restore, revive and revamp, and recycle and reclaim, in order to create a stylish yet individual home without spending a small fortune. Room by room, the book explains how to give old furniture a new lease of life and how to bring a vintage charm to a room through an inspired use of fabrics and paints. There are ideas for window dressings... (more)

Flea Market Style: Decorating with a Creative Edge

Flea Market Style: Decorating with a Creative Edge

by Emelie Tolley

From London's legendary Portobello Road to the humble neighborhood tag sale, the flea market is the destination of choice for savvy shoppers. Part collector's guide, part decorating manual, Flea Market Style celebrates the marriage of two great passions--shopping and home design--and answers the important question that lies behind every purchase, big or small: What will I do with this once I get it home?... (more)

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by Rachel Ashwell

by Rachel Ashwell

by Rachel Ashwell

by Molly Hyde English

by Alexandra Stoddard

by Selina Lake

by Carolyn Westbrook, Jenifer Jordan

by Jane Cassini

by Rachel Ashwell

by Rachel Ashwell

by Editors of Better Homes and Gardens Gerald M. Knox

by Andrew Bannister

by Gilly Love

by Clinton Kelly

by Ty Pennington

by Creative Home Arts Club

by Debbie Wiener

by Liz Bauwens, Alexandra Campbell

by Emelie Tolley