Home decorators will be amazed at the transformations they can make in just a weekend--or by the season--with this collection of 65 ingenious no-sew project ideas for quick home makeovers. Photos.

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.

Exquisite photos display clever decorating ideas that will instantly brighten every room and make great use of what you already own. Use a splash of color for accents, create magical spaces with sparkling tea and fairy lights, display the family album in a new way without spending your inheritance on frames, bring nature indoors by using tree trunks as tables, and more.

Genuinely quick, easy and innovative ideas for stylish transformations.

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Contains material adapted and abridged from The art of nature coloring book. Avon, Mass.: Adams Media, 2013.

Give your home a quick country makeover, and transform your house into the country-style home of your dreams.