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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 as well as bed and table linens. There are projects for jazzing up old wooden furniture for both house and garden, and suggestions for pulling together mismatched items into cohesive schemes.The all-important finishing touches - display, china and ceramics, glassware, paintings and frames, fabrics and trims - are covered in detail, and you can learn how to create a variety of stylish accessories for your home. Get insider's tips on what to look for at antique markets and in charity shops, and how to care for and restore your bargain purchases. Whether you are creating your first home on a tight budget, or wanting to give your existing home a new look, "Thrifty Chic" contains a treasure trove of irresistible ideas.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a good book but the amount of repetition lets it down. For example, the body text is repeated in the captions under the photographs and the authors seem to be short on images. It is useful to see rooms from a variety of angles and more detailed shots but some images have been used 2 and 3 times. It feels a bit like the authors have tried to make a little go a long way and there wasn't enough material to fill the book. The tips are good, there is definitely some useful advice in here and the images are seductive but this book could have been half the size and half the cost...rendering it rather unthrifty! Glad I purchased it but hoped for more.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was given this book as a housewarming present and I love it. It has simple, clever, inexpensive ideas that are so fresh compared to the over-styled, over-painted and over-primped rooms on all the television 'make-over' programmes. This book has made me see that Less is More. It's about using what you have (a row of bottles on a windowsill!), rearranging what you don't (a casual pile of mismatched and clashing cushions!), updating what you can't replace (old lampshades covered in buttons or fake flowers!) and being nifty and thrify (a stripe of paint up the stairs instead of carpet!). It has inspired me to de-clutter my new home, paint the walls in light colours and use my imagination to make ordinary objects seem extraordinary. My only complaint is I want MORE of these simple, beautiful ideas, and I hope they do Thrifty Chic II very soon.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I just love turning the pages of this book - the photography is beautiful and
I have felt really inspired to look at my home and my posessions in a new
light. I've learnt to appreciate my odd mugs and mismatched plates and to
display them proudly in my kitchen - the charm is in the mix. Every room in
the house is looked at and loads of practical advice given for giving your
home a makeover without spending a fortune and the projects at the back are
really inventive and I am now the proud owner of a button lampshade!
I have felt really inspired to look at my home and my posessions in a new
light. I've learnt to appreciate my odd mugs and mismatched plates and to
display them proudly in my kitchen - the charm is in the mix. Every room in
the house is looked at and loads of practical advice given for giving your
home a makeover without spending a fortune and the projects at the back are
really inventive and I am now the proud owner of a button lampshade!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
uninspiring interiors
I was excited to order this book,as I have a previous book from the authors that I love.This was diappointing. Very ordinary interior spaces. Read more
Published 3 months ago by anon
bought as a gift - delivered punctually!
This item was delivered promptly (even before the advised date) to my friend for her birthday and she loves it!
Published 11 months ago by LucyWH
Summer house feeling
The interiors in the book look very much like wooden, romantic summer houses, often with a sea view or at least a garden. Read more
Published 19 months ago by S.Simon
thrifty chic
fantastic book,lots of good ideas and beautiful photographs.....the only difficulty is stopping friends borrowing it
Published on 27 Mar 2010 by Mrs. Yvonne J. Overell
Great Buy!
Very inspiring. Great vintage ideas One of my favourite books related to shabby chic decoration. I love it! Absolutely fab! It is a real pleasure to read and browse! Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by E. Jaszkowska
thrifty chic
I love this author, she has a great nac for creating rooms that look lived in and friendly, like you want to move in.
Published on 1 Dec 2009 by J. offord
Not enough colour!!
I found this book disappointing and have to agree with the person who complained that the photographs were repetitive and that every wall was white. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2009 by Mrs. KE Melia
Thrifty Chic
Well worth the money. We are moving house shortly and there are plenty of ideas in this book.
Published on 23 July 2009 by Susan E. Collinson
dissapointing
I too was dissapointed in this book,there are some nice ideas for arranging things and making lovely cushions etc. but almost every room has white emulsion walls. Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2009 by spabbygirl
Loved this book!
I have just moved from London to Sydney and have found this book invaluable to bring a bit of thrifty chic to my beautiful beachside house. Read more
Published on 6 May 2009 by AJ Fraser
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