商品簡介
The economy may have stalled but life goes on. Chair legs break, pillows lose their puff, painted walls get scuffed and sheets get torn or go out of style. Real Life DAccor brims with ideas for repurposing, reusing or replacing your accents and furniture to keep your home fresh and functional as well as wallet-friendly.
Comprised of a collection of easy, appealing projects illustrated with lively photos and simple how-tos, the book is divided into sections that offer multiple approaches to dressing up walls, sewing simple soft furnishings, recycling old furniture, brightening lamps and accents, making multipurpose furnishings and storage, and sprucing up floors and ceilings. The photos include inspiring ideas that the reader can interpret and emulate as well as pretty projects they craft to the T. Sidebars with simple solutions on topics such as Displaying Your Collections, Easy Vintage Fabric Ideas, and Small Space Ideas enrich each chapter with additional tips.
作者簡介
Editor in Chief of Woman's Day Special Interest Publications and a Home Director for Pointclickhome.com, Jean Nayar has produced stories on residential design and home decor for a wide range of consumer and trade publications and has authored six books on design and decorating, including most recently Curtains, Cushions, Covers & Blinds (Mitchell Beazley, 2008), Green Living By Design and Staged To Sell (or Keep) (both Filipacchi Publishing, 2009). As an author, editor and stylist, she regularly dispenses practical household wisdom on everything from easy DIY decorating to eco-friendly design to full-on remodeling projects in print, online and on air-and recently appeared on The Fine Living Network. She lives with her husband in New York City.
