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Thrifty Chic: Interior Style on a Shoestring (Hardcover)

by Liz Bauwens (Author), Alexandra Campbell (Author)

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Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: CICO Books (1 Mar 2009)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1906525234
ISBN-13: 978-1906525231
Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 22.4 x 2.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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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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3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of repetition, 31 Mar 2009

By	Melissa "Melissa" - See all my reviews

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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and useful book!, 28 April 2009

By	Carmel "carmelita" (Grimsby, England) - See all my reviews

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!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nifty and Thrifty, 5 May 2009

By	Ms. P. Rich "Penny" (Hampshire, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

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3.0 out of 5 stars 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 29 days ago by Mrs. KE Melia

4.0 out of 5 stars Thrifty Chic
Well worth the money. We are moving house shortly and there are plenty of ideas in this book.

Published 4 months ago by Susan E. Collinson

3.0 out of 5 stars 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 5 months ago by lavenderlass

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 6 months ago by AJ Fraser

5.0 out of 5 stars loads of great ideas
I loved the photos in this book because they all look like 'real' lived-in homes, as opposed to the styled interiors you often see in glossy magazines. Read more

Published 6 months ago by Gilly

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't stop looking at this book!
This book is lovely. I don't really go for interiors books because some of them don't always apply to small spaces but this one made me feel like I could makeover literally... Read more

Published 6 months ago by Silva

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I had high hopes for this book but was thoroughly disappointed at how little advice for decorating your home on a shoestring was offered. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Georgia girl

5.0 out of 5 stars Not feeling the pinch
Received this book as a flat warming present. Have little money at the moment and this has been amazing! Read more

Published 8 months ago by Emily

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