This book will inspire you to add color, vintage items and comfort to your own home. I like the fact that she loves flowers and can take a beautiful vintage piece and make it her own by finding a new and different way to use it. Comfort and joy can be found in all her books and I love the way I feel while looking at her pictures. It makes me want to get up and start searching for that special item that someone has discarded and see what I can do with it as she has done. When you buy vintage you are preserving a bit of history that is fading away. Grow some flowers! Find that special item of furniture and everytime you walk by it, be proud. Patricia Taylor
I bought this book because I am a huge fan of the Shabby Chic decorating style, and I thought this book would be a good source of useful ideas and I was right! There are numerous pictures, with narration by Rachel Ashford. I find it an enjoyable ways to see the Shabby Chic style, and get decorating ideas of my own from it. Other books I've gotten had too few pictures and too much writing; kind of tedious. this book has been a pleasure.
I have no doubt that if it is something inspired by Rachel Ashwell I no doubt will find it inspirational in my never ending home decorating. While even her older books such as this one can be a bit outdated,the general idea of Shabby Chic is nonethe less prevalent and very useful for getting ideas.This is the 2nd copy I have purchased,I am not home for a few months and purchased this one to use while away. I own the 3 books in one also which is really quite nice. Anyone who favors this decor,these books are simply a must have.
Great photos, descriptions, decorating ideas, re-purposing and refinishing techniques, etc. A must read for the bargain hunter and shabby enthusiast in all of us. It was so good I read it in a weekend and couldn't put it down. I've taken a lot of the information from this book and used it when decorating and accessorizing my home and have received a lot of complements! Totally worth the money no matter if you get it for dirt cheap or pay the cover price. I purchased three and gave them as Christmas gifts. They were a big hit!
I love Shabby Chic and all it stands for. I am trying to slowly turn my home into Shabby Chic. This book is very inspirational. I realise in a lot of books they show picture perfect rooms that look like they are only for show, nothing that show the daily wear of the furniture. This book thought me how a home without clutter is still very much a home and things that are used daily wouldn't look so bad with some creative organizing.
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