In this book, Katrin Cargill has created an irresistible range of over 50 projects for all the core soft furnishings that you could ever want for your home. Beautiful cushions and bolsters; clever treatments for windows; gorgeous bed and table linens and stylish seating ideas are all shown with straightforward step-by-step instructions.

"He offers specific, easy-to-follow instructions for sewing tie-on dining chair covers that chichi caterers use. Other do-it-yourself highlights include directions for creating table napkins with zigzag borders, sofa cushions with scalloped edges, and roulea-edged pillowcases. Best of all, the instructions are accessible and use widely available materials. If you can't stitch a hem, you can always share this resourceful book with your favorite seamstress. All the ideas embrace Conran's signature contemporary, continental, and simple design ethos."--"Better Homes and Gardens."

Home decorator extraordinaire Melissa Michaels, creator of the award-winning blog The Inspired Room, shares over 600 of her best organizing and decorating tips to help you bring more order and beauty to your home. Your home should be a sanctuary, a place where your family feels welcomed, comfortable, and loved. How do your transform your spaces into places that inspire? Organizing and decorating are great places to start. Simply Home is a unique 2-in-1 resource that offers you hundreds of affordable, achievable ideas on how to declutter, optimize your space, embrace your style, and make a home that works for your family. Start with Melissa’s tips on organizing and then flip the book over for help with decorating your newly organized spaces. Start creating your sanctuary today.

With the expert sewing techniques shared in this book, anyone can create home-made soft furnishings with a designer's flair.

Choosing curtains for your home can be a daunting task. Which fabrics will create the look you want? What shape or style will suit your space? This book offers plenty of inspiration, plus step-bystep projects to tempt rather than to terrify. Soft-furnishings guru Lucinda Ganderton and style writer Ali Watkinson present a fresh and contemporary approach to window treatments. They guide you through choosing a style to suit the proportions of your room and windows, selecting fabrics and patterns, and all the practicalities of different headings and finishes. Projects include a window panel with appliqu�d shapes; a stylish no-sew curtain made from a sheet; and, using just a few easy-to-follow sewing techniques, a handpleated unlined curtain and a traditional roman blind.- Step-by-step instructions on making and customizing window treatments with illuminating photography by Polly Eltes.

"A inspirational craft book from Search Press"--P. [4] of cover.