"Your daughter's room is special...just like her! A girl's bedroom is an important part of her identity, maybe the only place in the world that she can truly call her own. Now your daughter can decorate her space to make her room a reflection of her unique personality. From twins Whitney and Westleigh Wood, creators of 52 DIY Crafts for Girls and the daughters of home décor expert Karianne Wood, comes a year's worth of pretty projects that will transform your girl's room to fit her one-of-a-kind style. Your daughter will discover fun and colorful crafts for her windows, walls, door, and so much more! Each craft has illustrated and easy-to-follow instructions, including a supply list, skill level projection, approximate cost, and estimated timeframe to complete the project. Your daughter will also get some practical advice and encouragement from Whitney and Westleigh along the way. Give the special girl in your life the room to make, create, draw, and paint and watch her creativity and confidence grow"--

Your Daughter’s Room is Special…Just Like Her! A girl’s bedroom is an important part of her identity, maybe the only place in the world that she can truly call her own. Now your daughter can decorate her space to make her room a reflection of her unique personality. From twins Whitney and Westleigh Wood, creators of 52 DIY Crafts for Girls and the daughters of home décor expert Karianne Wood, comes a year’s worth of pretty projects that will transform your girl’s room to fit her one-of-a-kind style. Your daughter will discover fun and colorful crafts for her windows, walls, door, and so much more! Each craft has illustrated and easy-to-follow instructions, including a supply list, skill level projection, approximate cost, and estimated timeframe to complete the project. Your daughter will also get some practical advice and encouragement from Whitney and Westleigh along the way. Give the special girl in your life the room to make, create, draw, and paint and watch her creativity and confidence grow.

Build Your Daughter's Confidence and Creativity Tween girls are surrounded by technology, but cell phones and tablets can't replace the simple joy of making something of your very own. Encourage the artist in your daughter with these 52 DIY activities designed to help her believe in herself and convince her she can accomplish anything she sets her mind to. From the creative dynamo behind the popular Thistlewood Farms blog, KariAnne Wood, along with her twin "mini-thistles" Whitney and Westleigh and illustrator extraordinaire Michal Sparks comes this amazing collection of crafts designed with your tween girl in mind—a new project for every week of the year. Each craft is illustrated by Michal Sparks with an easy-to-understand, hand-drawn DIY with a simple set of instructions. In addition, each DIY comes with a supply list, skill level projection, approximate cost, and estimated timeframe to complete the project. Nothing hard. Nothing complicated. Just easy and fun projects for your girl to enjoy by herself, with friends, or with you!

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Projects and tips for every room For more than 75 years Better Homes and Gardens has been one of America's most trusted sources for information on home decorating. Do It Yourself, a popular BHG special interest publication, puts a youthful, crafty spin on DIY decor. With refreshing ideas, clear directions, and beautiful photographs, this book will inspire DIY enthusiasts of all skill levels to spruce up their spaces—in a weekend or less. The 200+ fun, approachable home improvement projects in this book give readers achievable, stylish, and affordable ways to transform their living spaces. Projects run the gamut from quick and easy ideas that can be completed in an hour or two to more involved and time-consuming improvements, but all can be accomplished in a weekend or less. Projects cover every room of the home: kitchens, bathrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, bedrooms, home offices, hobby rooms, and storage spaces, as well as outdoor living areas Includes both "hard" projects, such as tiling a backsplash, and "soft" projects, like embellishing a pillow or making over a piece of furniture Chapters focus on walls and floors, lighting, window treatments, decorative accents, storage, furniture, and more Concise step-by-step instructions are accompanied by full-color photos and/or illustrations For DIYers who aren't afraid to roll up their sleeves and try something new, DIY Ideas provides all the inspiration and instruction needed to create the home of their dreams.

With more products being designed specifically for children's rooms, learn to make smart furniture purchases to create functional rooms that grow and change with your kids' ages. With more than 75 ideas for nurseries, bedrooms and playrooms, you'll find decorating themes for every personality-from traditional and country to whimsical and contemporary. Plus, you'll discover more than a dozen step-by-step projects including bedding, wall art and furniture fix-ups help to personalize any child's room.

Teaching techniques, ways to motivate students, and scholarly presentations are not in this book. Instead you will find stories of the seamy, steamy side of piano teaching. If you want the lowdown about the frustration, humor, satisfaction, and low pay that comes with being an independent teacher of piano, then you are in the right place. This piano teacher tells all--the tension of working with demanding parents, students overloaded with activities and homework--and the peculiarities of us all. And yes, you will read of the joys of living a life in music. The reader will occupy a front-row seat next to the piano bench. Just when the student considers not going through one more piano lesson, one more correction, or practicing one more time and the teacher is having the same thoughts, a miracle occurs. At the most unexpected moment, the teacher will hear a beautiful sound of music coming from the very soul of her student. They will look at each other and smile; bonded in the realization they have just become Closer to the Ivories.