The Perfectly Imperfect Home: How to Decorate and Live Well by Deborah Needleman is the book I am currently loving!!!! This book has brought my decorating ideas back down to earth and inspired me to work on making a cozy and comfortable home for my family and guests. The book is entirely illustrated with watercolors, something I thought might annoy me at first. However, I now love every little painting and have added this book to my "must purchase" list.Just take a look at the chapter titles:
Nice Lighting
A Proper Welcome
Place for Chatting
A Bit of Quirk
Spots for Books, Drinks & Feet
Cozifications
A Doted-On Bedroom
Bath as a Room
Glamifications
Dinners with Friends
A Personal Narrative
Delicious Scent
A Sense of History
Don't you love those titles!!! I know, it makes you want to just sit down and read right through the book. I just wish there was a companion book with the title "The Perfectly Imperfect Wardrobe: How to Dress and Live in Elegant Comfort. I'm not sure I'm qualified to write that one.......
As for the wool----
I don't think I ever posted this sweet coat I knitted for Laura last spring. Really, it's only begun to fit her this spring.
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8 comments:
Such a gorgeous little coat. Last spring you were knitting up little vests for me. I wonder if they will still fit.
That book sounds so fun! Love the titles.
Just the titles of those chapters make me want to pull up a chair in that house and sink down and sigh in relief, ready to rest and relax. :)
Well, the book sounds lovely and something I would enjoy reading, but I really must tell you how I love seeing the little coat you knit, it is just the sweetest thing ever!
I have requested the book from the library--I loved her book Domino: The Book of Decorating and bought it after poring over my library copy. :) Very inspiring and this sounds like more of the same!
Esther H
Your daughter's coat is gorgeous. I love the blue/periwinkle color.
The coat is just beautiful! Love the color.
Blessings,
Anne♥
That is a super sweet little knitted coat. I love it! I'm knitting one for Alice at the moment, but getting bogged down with it - it has been translated from Italian and is not perfect.
I love the sound of that book. I'm ordering it now from Book Depository. Sounds just the sort of thing I need!
Oh, I want one of those books!
Come to think of it, the sweater too. I bet that would be sweet as mother\daughter(s) sweaters.
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