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Wonderful...makes you want to visit the nearest beach!
I live in a land locked state, but love the sea. This book not only has great photos, but great ideas to bring the sea side to your home. It's a small book, but packed full of wonderful projects. Simple ones with easy to obtain items. Enjoy!

Already had this book under different title.
I bought this book thinking it was another book by Andrea Spencer.Much to my dismay when I received the paperback of "Seaside Style for the Home," it was the exact same book as "Seashore Style, Decorative ideas inspired by the spirit of the seashore."All they did was change the cover and the title.It is an excellent book with great ideas and a true feeling of being by the sea.But I wish they would have said somewhere in the listing that it was the same book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Decorating    3. Decorating - General    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Home Improvement / Construction    6. Interior Design    7. Interior Design - General    8. Crafts & Hobbies / General    9. Handicrafts    10. Home & House Maintenance   

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Ideas from which to pick and choose
Mary Carol Garrity's store is the inspiration for this book and you can tell it as the pictures are filled with lots and lots of stuff! For most people, the style will probably be over the top, but what I like about the book is that it showcases many ideas from which you can pick and choose. If your style is traditional or romantic, you'll most likely find ideas for your home within the pages of this book. Make sure not to just look at the photos - the book is wonderfully written and there are some wonderful phrases that help explain Mary's decorating philosophy.

An awe inspiring book!
Well, I AM older!! Mary's book is now the NUMBER ONE book in my decorating library! I have amassed quite a collection of books on the subject of decorting, but not a one is as inspiring as this one. I follow Mary's belief of 'there are no rules when decorating, just things you love'. Her rooms are 'not just another pretty face', but rooms you can live in, while also enjoying the 'scenery'.

Do these bad reviewers have a vendetta?
Style is personal, I understand that.I recently purchased a copy of Style at Home while visiting Atchison, KS.I was not expecting a store like Nell Hill's in a town of 10,000.It is true that the book does not give the full picture, but it does give some interesting ways to look at the way a home and its furnishings are setup.The book urges the reader to use things in new and interesting ways while not throwing out the history and the style of the things you have.It does not surprise me that some designers may not like this book, it puts some great tools in the hands of the people who would probably be paying them.If you ever get a chance, beat a path to Nell Hill's and check out the hospitality that is evident in the pictures that are displayed in this lovely book.And by the way, I am not old, I am 25! Mary Carol, keep up the good work! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Decorating    4. Decorating - General    5. General    6. History    7. Home Improvement / Construction    8. Interior decoration    9. Interior design    10. United States    11. Cooking / General   

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okay but rehash of previously published
first - the cover seems to have changed - mine has a pair of wire wrapped earrings -secondly, several of the pieces show have been published elsewhere, in magazines . when I buy a hardbound book, I'm assuming it's going to be all new material - or that the publishers will be honest enough to indicate that pieces in it are previously published. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Beads & Beading    2. Beadwork    3. Crafts & Hobbies    4. Crafts / Hobbies    5. Decorating    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Jewelry    8. Jewelry Arts And Crafts    9. Jewelry making    10. Metal Work    11. CRAFTS & HOBBIES - LIT CLASSICS TRD PB    12. Crafts & Hobbies / Jewelry    13. Jewellery & jewellery-making   

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Awesomely good stuff
Awesome book! All around very detailed directions & photos for many beautiful projects. Plenty of inspiration to go around too, take a technique & expand. Wonderful book!

The most thorough introduction to gourd crafting that's out
This is the first book I purchased on the way to becoming a gourd crafter--I chose it not only because of the unusual and beautiful designs, but for Dyan Peterson's easy and encouraging approach/tone which other reviewers have pointed out.For me,the most valuable suggestion from this book has been to "branch out" and try unusual designs. Dyan Peterson's style (earthtones, natural designs and embellishments) is what originally attracted me. I'm not one for santas and cute pumpkins--these projects are somewhat more art than craft-oriented.I highly recommend this to seasoned gourd crafters who want to try something new, or to artists like myself who are interested in painting, sculpture and pottery and are looking for a new medium (an addicting one at that!) to experiment with.As Dyan Peterson would say, Happy Gourd Days!

A GREAT book on the art of "Gourdology"
This was the very first book that I bought on Gourds and it gave me the inspiration and confidence to begin in the medium.Dyan's instructions are clear and thorough.I highly recommend this book!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Decorating    4. General    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Crafts & Hobbies / General    7. Decorative arts & crafts    8. FICTION - FICTION TRD PB   

Subjects:  1. Arts And Crafts    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Decorating    5. General    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Art Forms, Treatments & Subjects    8. Handicrafts   

Editorial Review

You don't have to live in a Craftsman-style bungalow house--as I have for nearly a decade--to appreciate the popular architectural style that flourished in the early 20th century, or this handsome book devoted to it. Interior designer Paul Duchscherer and photographer Douglas Keister have combined their talents to give the bungalow its due, defining the style and its variations, discussing its influences and its evolution. Keister has a great eye for color and design; he is a man who loves wood and makes no bones about it. Warning: you may want to talk to a real estate agent about a Craftsman of your own after looking at the beautiful homes in this volume. ... Read more

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The Bungalow: America's Arts amd Crafts Home
Great source of inspiration for anyone who is considering doing any sort of architectural project, either interior or exterior, with and Arts and Crafts feeling.

Subtitle should be "California's Arts & Crafts Home"
I give this book three stars for the beautiful pictures, but I'm disappointed and am going to turn around and sell it. The introductory chapter on the arts & crafts movement and what exactly is considered a bungalow are quite good. It was the misleading title and the narrow focus of the rest of the book I was disappointed with. A more accurate title for this book would be "The Bungalow: Central California's Arts & Crafts Home"
A Great Resource
I found The Bungalow; America's Arts & Crafts Home by Paul Duchscherer & Douglas Keister to be extremely helpful with my remodel.I tagged pages with the ideas that I wanted to convey to my designer and architect. The pictures are beautiful and really assisted in developing the plans andoverall look in the remodel of my bungalow style house. Very inspiring. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Arts and crafts movement    3. Bungalows    4. Domestic    5. House furnishings    6. Residential Buildings Architecture    7. U.S. Architecture - General    8. United States    9. Crafts & Hobbies / Decorating    10. Residential buildings, domestic buildings   

Reviews (6)

Rediculous looking things
Most of the purses in this book were so foolish looking I wouldn't use them if someone gave them to me, much less waste my time to make them.I was looking for bags to make and sell but I have found better ideas for free on the internet.To this books credit, it does give good instruction on construction basics such as pockets and linings.

Where are the patterns?
Handmade Bags is full of unique and gorgeous bags to make from a variety of materials, with detailed step-by-step instructions, tons of photos, and an introduction to basic sewing at the beginning.
Poor purses
This book is really well presented with amazing pictures and is easy to read. If you have any knowledge of sewing and any interest in making handbags that appear professional this is not the book for you, I think it should be reclassified as a craft book for kids. If you're an adult save your money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Decorating    4. Fancy work    5. Fashion    6. Handbags    7. Hobbies/Crafts    8. Sewing    9. Textile Arts - General   

Reviews (8)

Has provided me many hours of crafting goodness!
The projects here are varied and so great (the curtains made from bandanas?Love!), there are color photos on practically every page, the directions are clear, and it is spiral-bound--this is such a plus with craft books.
Great Crafts Book for Everyone
*****
Awesome!
This book is great!!!I'm not very crafty, but when I saw this book, I though, why not?The projects are cool and the directions are clear and easy.Most craft books are either super dorky or super snotty, but this book rules.It's cool and really accessible to every level of crafter.A lot of people will get this book as a gift this year from me.Nice work :) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Arts And Crafts    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Decorating    5. Fashion    6. General    7. Handicraft    8. Hobbies/Crafts    9. Jewelry    10. Needlework - General    11. Recycling (Waste, etc.)    12. Crafts & Hobbies / Fashion    13. Handicrafts   

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Perfect Meld of Inspirational and Practical
This book is beautiful and practical. It inspires its readers to get creative with their homes and their wardrobes. It includes techniques like assembling a makeshift "light table"(p. 49) that would work for anyone who fancies a craft that requires tracing. Mothers of preschoolers, fathers interested in raising creative children, and pre-school or elementary school teachers. Those who teach art to adults will also find much here. Beautiful Book, Fabulous Ideas
Whether you're new to fabric painting, or have been working in this rich art form for years, you'll find something to love about this book. The methods are beautifully presented and the writing is clear, concise and expressive. Authors Margaret Allyson and Michelle Newman inspire through techniques that range from simple to advanced, alwaysproviding enough information to get you started on your own project.The artistry of handpainted fabric is shown along with clear craft and design elements that inspire you tobegin your own projects.Techniques range from simple to advanced and you can find your own pace to begin working in this ancient, and beautiful art form. Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Decorating    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Painting    6. Textile Arts - Costume    7. Needlework & fabric crafts    8. Textile arts   

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another good book from this author
I have many of Mary Emmerling's books. I like the older ones a little better as she used more New England style decorating. Now she has shifted to Southwest which is not very appealing to me. She does present her style well no matter what type of decorating she uses.

Mary Emmerling's Romantic Country: Style That's Straight from the Heart
One of her best.The subject resonates with all of us, we want cozy and intimate and practical and affordable ways to achieve such.Her suggestions go straight to the heart.We can all identify with her view of her life now and how important it is to do the small things NOW!

A very personal book ...
Mary Emmerling does tell us A LOT about her own life - I felt I was kind of intruding, but she is obviously SOOOOOOO happy with her new husband - and who can begrudge her that?But the photos and the explanations of how things were acquired or made or modified to fit into the very lovely personalized homes - are really priceless!And she goes IN DEPTH into each home - 4 or more pages of writing and gorgeous photos of insides and outsides on each home plus a description of the people who own it.The groupings are very well planned, too - sections on simple cottages progressing to romantic, traditional and some rather elegant places -
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Subjects:  1. Decorating    2. Decorating - General    3. Decoration & Ornament    4. Home Improvement / Construction    5. House & Home    6. Interior decoration    7. Interior design    8. Psychological aspects    9. Residential Interior Design    10. House & Home / Decorating   

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GREAT book for novice decorators.
This is a great book if you are looking for new ideas for your home and you don't want to spend a fortune.Also a great book if you want to NOT do what everyone else is doing!

An exciting book
I can't think when a new decorating book excited me as much as this one. I buy a lot of decoratingbooks, but New Classic Style is so chicyet so helpful all at the same time. The premise, which is carried out stylishly by thephotos,involves mixing classic furnishings from all eras and genres to create "personal" style. The book is so what I'm all about and what I see my friends doing. I've never seen a book on how to create your own mix before. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Decorating    2. Decorating - General    3. Furniture    4. Home Improvement / Construction    5. House & Home    6. Interior Design - Style Books    7. Interior decoration    8. Interior design    9. Home furnishing & decoration    10. House & Home / Decorating    11. House maintenance    12. modern; style; collections; eclectic; decorating   

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Useful but not exceptional
I recently bought this book and was surprised at the pages included. Overall, it has several very different layouts and some neat ideas for special topic pages (champagne bridal shower, leaving limo cutout). But, the pages were all sent in by "real people," so they do not at all have the polished look of the "memory masters" who usually compile Memory Makers books. I would say the level is intermediate, with a huge lack of advanced techniques. Antiquing, dry embossing, embossing with powders and a heat tool, embellishments, tags, vellum, use of computers, paint, and fabrics are not included at all. These are pretty standard in today's scrapbooking trends. The examples use stickers a lot, matted pictures, and cut-outs. There are some neat ideas, quilling in particular, and I really like the heritage pages. Because the pages were sent in, any specialty techniques are sparce and only given a few pages as examples. I agree this book is outdated overall, but is still a great place for a jump-start.

Very beautiful...
It is a very beautiful book.I have relatives who were married last year and we have tons of pictures to scrapbook.I was out of ideas, because I feel they have to be so perfect and elegant.This gave me plenty more.Thanks!

disappointed
Flipped through this book quickly and knew I wouldn't be using any of the techniques.Extremely dated and basic, especially for a book written in 2000. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Conservation and restoration    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Decorating    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Papercrafts    7. Photograph albums    8. Photographs    9. Scrapbooks    10. Scrapbooks, Memory Books    11. Weddings    12. Hobbies, Quizzes & Games    13. Home furnishing & decoration   

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Decorating    4. Entertaining - General    5. Floral decorations    6. Flower Arranging    7. Flower arrangement    8. Hobbies/Crafts    9. Floral crafts   

Editorial Review

Open to virtually any page of the voluminous Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts / Hobbies    2. Decorating    3. Decorating - General    4. Handicraft    5. Holiday - General    6. Holiday cookery    7. Holiday decorations    8. House & Home    9. Seasonal    10. Christmas books    11. Crafts & Hobbies / Decorating    12. Food & Drink / Cookery    13. holiday   

Subjects:  1. Baskets    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Decorating    5. General    6. Gift baskets    7. Hobbies/Crafts    8. BUSINESS - REAL ESTATE TRD PB    9. Crafts & Hobbies / General   

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love to craft
I am pleased I bought this book to add to my collection.The ideas are good and offers interesting suggestions to break our of your routine of making your usual cards.I have made and adapted a number of the cards and constanstly received rave reviews from the reciptants of my cards.Great buy, worth the money, have no problem recommending this book!

Card Making Review
This book is a great book with lots of colourful pictures to help you on your way or to help you mix and match.Paper sizes for the cards would have been a helpful addition for some of the cards.But all in all,a good book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Decorating    4. Greeting cards    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Papercrafts    7. Scrapbooks    8. Scrapbooks, Memory Books   

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Decorating    4. Folkcrafts    5. General    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Seasonal    8. Crafts & Hobbies / General    9. JUVY-WORKBOOKS - JUV WORKBOOKS   

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Provides color photos & directions for a range of fountains
Paris Mannion's Create Your Own Tabletop Fountains (1-58180-103-3, $24.99) provides a fine guide to creating the fountains which have become so popular in hardware and houseware stores. From supplies and materials to crafting 15 selected fountains using shells to pots, this provides color photos and directions for a range of fountains.

Create Your Own Tabletop Fountain
Wow! Lots of great info and imaginative projects in gorgeous color layout.The feng shui cures, tips on hiding the cord, and how to drill slate were particularly helpful to me. I got a noisy pump, and this book tells ways to make it operate quietly!It answered all my questions on fountain plants, how to turn the fountain off and on without getting under the couch, where to get decorating accents, and how to water seal and patch clay pots. Awesome fountains!
Icompared several fountain making books, and found this one to have the most complete information and the best instructions. The step by step photos are better than the drawn diagrams found in other books, because they tell the exact sequence of events in building a tabletop fountain. I also found this book to have the most useable projects ( I was not interested in outdoor fountains and the plumbing challenges inherent in making them). I have already made 3 awesome fountains, the most ambitious being the copper leaf fountain, which sounds like music and drowns out the noise of traffic that I used to hear in my living room. I had no trouble putting it together following the photos and directions. When it splashed too much, I found the remedy in the book, too. The author's lists are amusing and informative (example: 10 ways to hide the cord, how to quiet noisy pumps, and 10 ways to know you need "fountains anonymous") .The book describes a fountain as an "oasis connecting you to nature." That pretty much sums up my feeling when I go home after a busy day and hear throughout my house the endless sound of falling water.Because the projects vary in difficulty,I would highly recommend this book, no matter how much fountain building experience you've had. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Decorating    4. Decorating - General    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Tabletop fountains    7. Woodwork - General    8. Handicrafts    9. Home furnishing & decoration    10. Parties   

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Fantastic
The whole book is fantastic, great charts, beautiful necklaces. I statred making the rose designs the same day I got the book.

Outstanding Book, must read if you make beaded jewelry
I first became interested in this book on a recent trip to Colorado when I saw the author's incredible works of art displayed at the State Fair.Upon receiving the book I was delighted to see how MS Moring's talents extend to writing and teaching. Outstanding Book, must read if you make beaded jewelry
I first became interested in this book on a recent trip to Colorado when I saw the author's incredible works of art displayed at the State Fair.Upon receiving the book I was delighted to see how MS Moring's talents extend to writing and teaching.Read more

Subjects:  1. Beads & Beading    2. Beadwork    3. Crafts & Hobbies    4. Crafts & Hobbies / Jewelry    5. Crafts / Hobbies    6. Decorating    7. Jewelry    8. Jewelry making   

Editorial Review

It's common for Americans to stereotype the Japanese as conformist, rigidly organized, and immaculately tidy, but with Read more

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Niice
The photographs are so well taken, I have never been a fan of small packed rooms, but these rooms in the book are gorgeously messy. However I would give it 10 stars if the apartment owners were photographed too.

Helpful in one way that I respect.
I believe the counter-minimalist nature to this book has helped me in modern minimalist/mini-house design by taking a look at what I'm trying to prevent from happening to a room. Yes, I recommend it to minimalist idealists everywhere.

Tokyo's Packrats
Tokyo is an exciting city filled with amazing sights, a broad range of culture, the fast pace of business, the slow relaxed state of nature... and packrats. For a tiny sized book that can fit in your pocket, it packs a great deal of pictures and information on the different types of people who live within the city and showcases all of their stuff. Stuff. LOT'S OF STUFF! Most people in Tokyo live in the tiniest spaces (some the size of small bedrooms!) and yet hold on to a ton of items they don't necessarily need. Books, CD's, albums, papers, toys, collectibles, electronics... all stacked and piled right up to the ceiling. If you're interested in finding just how different, yet how similar our American living conditions compare to those of Tokyo, check out this book! I was glad I bought it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Art    3. Decorating    4. Decoration & Ornament    5. Design - Decorative    6. Interior Design    7. Interior decoration    8. International Architecture - Asian    9. Japan    10. Themes, motives    11. Tokyo    12. American English    13. Architecture / General    14. Cultural studies    15. Modern fiction