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Crafting a colorful home : a room-by-room guide to personalizing your space with color / Kristin Nicholas ; photographs by Rikki Snyder.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Roost Books, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 205 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 161180129X (alkaline paper)
  • 9781611801293 (alkaline paper)
Subject(s):
Contents:
In the studio: Getting started with color and materials -- The garden and entryways -- The kitchen -- The porch -- The living room -- The dining room -- The library -- The upstairs bedrooms and stairway.
Summary: Learn how to make your home sing through handmade crafts and a bold use of color. Kristin Nicholas, color expert and all-around master crafter, shares her secrets to selecting colors and patterns and explores the variety of crafts and decorating touches that have made her home so unique.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 747.94 N598 Available 33111007980788
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Knit, stitch, and paint your way to a more colorful and happy home with color expert and crafter Kristin Nicholas.

nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Learn how to make your home sing through handmade crafts and a bold use of color. Kristin Nicholas, color expert and all-around master crafter, shares her secrets to selecting colors and patterns and explores the variety of crafts and decorating touches that have made her home so unique. Going room by room, Kristin uses her own 1751 farmhouse as a leaping-off point for craft projects perfect for every space. You'll find a range of step-by-step projects to make your home cozy and bright, including knit pillows, embroidered curtains, crocheted blankets, and painted lampshades. Along the way, Kristin also shares DIY techniques on refinishing furniture, faux finishing walls, mural painting, and recycling wool clothes. Full of inspiration, and with vibrant photographs throughout, this is a complete guide to creating a home that reflects your own handmade style.

Includes bibliographical references.

In the studio: Getting started with color and materials -- The garden and entryways -- The kitchen -- The porch -- The living room -- The dining room -- The library -- The upstairs bedrooms and stairway.

Learn how to make your home sing through handmade crafts and a bold use of color. Kristin Nicholas, color expert and all-around master crafter, shares her secrets to selecting colors and patterns and explores the variety of crafts and decorating touches that have made her home so unique.

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