Home-Made Vintage

by Strutt, Christina

• ISBN13: 9781908170200
• ISBN10: 1908170204
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-01
• Publisher: Cico Books

Summary

If you long to give your rooms a vintage air and country-cottage appeal, you will love the retro floral prints and timeless designs of Home-Made Vintage, your perfect guide to creating handmade, easy elegance in your home. The book offers simple-sew projects to transform every room into the romantic retreat you’ve always wanted. In this step-by-step guide, Christina Strutt shows readers how to make a wealth of projects for the kitchen and bathroom, conservatory and bedroom – and for giving as gifts as well. A skilled stylist and designer, Christina reveals how to create a look that is personal and unique, but not at all labour-intensive. Reusing old fabrics and accessories in new ways allows the vintage and modern to mingle beautifully – and also saves money and time. The charming projects highlighted in this delightful illustrated book include crisp linen chair covers, a chic fabric headboard, pretty flower aprons, dreamy voile bed curtains and soothing scented herbal pillows.

Author Biography

Christina Strutt runs Cabbages & Roses, a fabric company that specializes in historic rural printed fabrics for fashion, accessories, and interiors. Cabbages & Roses has three shops in London and one in Tokyo, and all products are available worldwide through their website www.cabbagesandroses.com. Christina's previous books include A Guide to Natural Housekeeping (ISBN 978-1-908170-21-7) and At Home with Country (ISBN 978-1-907030-16-1), both published by CICO Books. The author is based in Bath.