The Perfectly Imperfect Home - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Perfectly Imperfect Home write by Deborah Needleman. This book was released on 2012. The Perfectly Imperfect Home available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Perfectly Imperfect Home is a must-have guide to choosing the 80 essential items you need for furnishing and decorating your home, expertly written by Deborah Needham, founder of Domino magazine. Featuring original watercolour illustrations of decorators' own homes, the book sets out how to select everything from the big stuff (a doted-on bed, a couch that will last generations) to quirky accents (an interesting-looking chair, a mix of textiles on a table). It is often the individual pieces, from chairs to china, mirrors to vases, that help you to express your personality, add style and beauty to a home and make everyone in it feel comfortable, glamorous and well-cared for. The inspiring design and approachable tone of The Perfectly Imperfect Home puts it a cut above the competition. Witty and wonderful essays and quick-reference sidebars highlight each of the 80 essentials, offering histories, offbeat uses and really useful styling tips. Decorating a home can be intimidating, but here are 80 essentials that make it manageable and fun.
American Junk
American Junk - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Junk write by Mary Randolph Carter. This book was released on 1994. American Junk available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A guide to decorating the home using objects acquired at flea markets, auctions, and garage sales features before-and-after photographs, prices, a listing of auction houses, and tips on bargaining, cleaning, and camouflage.
The Joy of Junk
The Joy of Junk - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Joy of Junk write by Mary Randolph Carter. This book was released on 2018-09-25. The Joy of Junk available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Best-selling author Mary Randolph Carter is back at it with a full-throated celebration of junk and thrifting. The Joy of Junk shows us how to live stylishly and creatively with the personally meaningful objects we love to collect for our homes. From the author who taught us that "junk" in not a four-letter word, and drawing on her years of experience as a passionate thrifter and collector, Carter highlights her favorite junking moments, revels in the thrill of the hunt and imparts many personal tips for finding treasures in flea markets, yard sales, estate sales, shops, on the web, or wherever you may find yourself. With her passion for self-expression and her personal approach to decor, Carter speaks to our desire to surround ourselves with belongings that bring beauty and meaning to our lives. Along the way, Carter interviews other designers and high-profile collectors--such as Lisa Eisner, Bunny Williams, and Mike Wolfe from "American Pickers," among others--revealing their favorite treasure hunts and showing us how they live with their collections. Inspiring and liberating, The Joy of Junk shows how we can integrate our passions and histories to live creatively and happily with the special and quirky objects that give our homes soul.
Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House
Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House write by Meghan Daum. This book was released on 2010-05-04. Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the acclaimed author and columnist: a laugh-out-loud journey into the world of real estate—the true story of one woman’s “imperfect life lived among imperfect houses” and her quest for the four perfect walls to call home. After an itinerant suburban childhood and countless moves as a grown-up—from New York City to Lincoln, Nebraska; from the Midwest to the West Coast and back—Meghan Daum was living in Los Angeles, single and in her mid-thirties, and devoting obscene amounts of time not to her writing career or her dating life but to the pursuit of property: scouring Craigslist, visiting open houses, fantasizing about finding the right place for the right price. Finally, near the height of the real estate bubble, she succumbed, depleting her life’s savings to buy a 900-square-foot bungalow, with a garage that “bore a close resemblance to the ruins of Pompeii” and plumbing that “dated back to the Coolidge administration.” From her mother’s decorating manias to her own “hidden room” dreams, Daum explores the perils and pleasures of believing that only a house can make you whole. With delicious wit and a keen eye for the absurd, she has given us a pitch-perfect, irresistible tale of playing a lifelong game of house.
American Family Style
American Family Style - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Family Style write by Mary Randolph Carter. This book was released on 1990-11-01. American Family Style available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In more than 500 full-color photographs, Carter offers a treasure trove of ideas for every home, in every region of the country, in every season of the year, and for every holiday. A wonderful inspiration for readers who want to recreate the best traditions of country living in their own homes.
