Transform your home from shabby to chic, with the help of Kirstie Allsopp. Looking to the past for inspiration and embracing vintage style to create something unique and beautiful, Kirstie continues her love affair with everything handmade. Re-using, restoring and upcycling, Kirstie shows how to transform vintage fabrics, furniture and other everyday things into modern day treasures using a range of crafting skills and techniques.
From distressing a mirror and decoupage to making a memory quilt with vintage fabric, the book is packed with practical techniques that can be adapted to suit your own objects and furniture. Accompanying a new Channel 4 series, Kirstie's Vintage Home contains everything you need to create your own vintage look at home.
Kirstie Allsopp is the star of Channel 4's Kirstie's Homemade Home and the co-presenter, with Phil Spencer, of Location, Location, Location and Relocation, Relocation. After working with interior decorator Nikki Haslam, Kirstie worked for Country Living magazine before setting up a property buying business with a friend. Kirstie lives in Devon and West London with her partner Ben Anderson and their two sons and two stepsons.
Title: Kirstie's Vintage Home
Author: Allsopp, Kirstie
ISBN: 9781444730586
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Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication Date: 2012-10-11
Number of Pages: 224
Weight: 0.8802 kg
A beautiful guide to transforming a home by reusing and upcycling. * Woman & Home *
If you're pining for a beautiful, envy-inducing home but don't have a huge budget, you need this book in your life. Written by property expert and queen of crafts Kirstie, it is swarming with inspiring ideas and projects... treasure of a book! * Closer *
Craft queen Kirstie Allsopp's new book of vintage-inspired projects takes you through the process step-by-step, mergind old with new in a fun, creative way. * Let's Knit *
Packed with practical techniques that can be adapted to suit your own objects and furniture... Kirstie's boundless enthusiasm is engaging and informative. * Sunday Mail *
Craft queen Kirstie Allsopp returns this autumn with a fantastic new book of vintage-inspired projects to help you create your dream home. * Making *
