The Complete Book of Curtains, Drapes, and Blinds


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Shares hundreds of ideas for dressing up windows, in a guide that provides for a variety of types, includes scan-ready sample board sketches, and explains the correct procedures for measuring.




The Window Decorating Book


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An exceptional guide to window coverings featuring more than 1000 photographs and illustrations, The Window Decorating Book is both unique and compelling in covering the scope of window products available on the market today. You will be encouraged to explore and consider all of your options, including sections on specifications and fabric quantities, should you wish to do so. The Window Decorating Book not only provides an inspiring visual catalog of ways to use draperies, blinds, shades, and shutters imaginatively, but also delves into the details; providing vital information on the pros and cons of various products, and how to choose fabrics and treatments that create the right atmosphere for any room of the house.




The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments


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The most comprehensive DIY window book on the market The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments makes it easy to choose and construct today's most popular window treatments - 20 styles of valances, swags, and cornices; 20 styles of curtains and draperies; plus 10 types of window shades. Room photographs show each style in a variety of decorating styles, fabrics, and hardware. Each project has step-by-step instructions from beginning to end: measuring the window, cutting the fabric with confidence, sewing or constructing the project, and installing the treatment the professional way. Over 500 how-to photographs and diagrams make it easy to have professional results. This is the big book of DIY window treatments!




Ideas for Great Window Treatments


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The right window treatment can add life to any room. Ideas for Great Window Treatments helps readers decorate their windows with style and artistic flair. This 112-page book makes a perfect resource guide for persons planning to purchase curtains, draperies, shades, blinds and other popular window treatments. With over 170 bright color photos accompanying useful, easy-to-grasp information, this book is a necessity for anyone about to decorate their windows. A "tips for measuring" section is included to take the guesswork out of the sometimes tricky tasks of measuring windows and estimating fabric.




Ideas for Great Window Treatments


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The options are endless for dressing up a window-blinds, shutters, valances, curtains, draperies, shades. This idea-packed sourcebook presents a hundred ways to give any room fresh style with the right window treatment, along with practical tips and decorating guidelines to define what works best for you.




Young House Love


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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.




Big Book of Window Treatments


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"The most comprehensive guide to today's window treatments"--P. [4] of cover.




Ideas for Great Window Treatments


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The Southern Living editors designed these volumes with the specific needs of the Southern reader in mind. In each of these titles, the experts offer their creative talents and extensive technical knowledge to aid readers in creating their own fabulous homes and gardens.




The Little Book of Living Small


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A comprehensive guide to small-space secrets and real-life solutions for living in 1,200 square feet or less. The Little Book of Living Small shows readers how to make the most of limited square footage—with grace and style—and serves as the cheerleader readers need to help themselves feel satisfied and proud of their choice to live with less. In addition to exploring both the motivation behind choosing to live in a small space, as well as the practical, everyday advice for managing a tight footprint, The Little Book of Living Small also includes case studies: 12 style-savvy, small-space dwellers open their doors and share their design secrets. Author Laura Fenton covers a range of homes including studio apartments, one- and two-bedroom houses, a tiny house, a co-living space, and even whole houses. Stylistically these homes range from urban, rural, minimalist, and country, with the unifying thread that they are all real homes of less than 1,200 square feet that offer clever solutions that readers can use in their own homes. Laura Fenton is the lifestyle director at Parents magazine. With more than fifteen years of experience, her work has appeared in major publications including Better Homes & Gardens, Country Living, Good Housekeeping, and on leading home websites including Remodelista.com, HGTV.com, ElleDecor.com, HouseBeautiful.com, Refinery29, and elsewhere. Through her writing she has explored the topic of living small for more than a decade. She lives small with her husband, a photographer, and their son in Jackson Heights, Queens, in New York.




Curtains, Draperies & Shades


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For over three decades, readers have turned to Southern Living for the South's most reliable home and garden information. These great titles highlight the newest trends in home decorating, home repair, home improvement and outdoor building.