This book contains inspired table settings for all occasions, from Christmas dinners to children's parties, beach barbecues to birthday buffets. How much better food tastes when it is thoughtfully presented at a beautifully set table. Table decoration creates an atmosphere of hospitality, conviviality and style, and makes your guests feel truly welcome. Packed with imaginative and original ideas, top stylist Emily Chalmers' first book offers an abundance of delightful ideas for adorning the table. Her decorations do not rely on ornate dinner services or canteens of silver cutlery, but on simple, pretty and imaginative suggestions that will bring a dash of originality and elegance to any occasion, with the minimum of effort and fuss.

Table Inspirations: Original Ideas for Stylish Entertaining

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Chalmers, Emily

Brittain, David

Etiquette

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Table Inspirations: Original Ideas For Stylish Entertaining

Food tastes better when it is beautifully presented, making any meal more satisfying if it's served up with thought and care. The effort you put into decorating a table will make guests feel truly welcome, while even an everyday meal can be transformed by a few stylish touches. In "Table Inspirations", Emily Chalmers shows how to select the right elements for adorning the table, such as china, linen, and flowers. More than 20 themed occasions are featured, ranging from festive meals such as Christmas dinner or children's parties to simpler events such as supper for two or a lazy weekend breakfast, with inviting and imaginative ideas for each one. *Whether you are planning a formal dinner party or an impromptu lunch in the garden, "Table Inspirations is filled with quick, easy, and stylish ideas for laying the table. *A decorative table heightens the sense of occasion and anticipation when you are entertaining friends, helping to turn a simple meal into a memorable celebration. *More than 50,000 copies sold in hardcover.

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Entertaining & Holidays

Candles are the most subtle and stylish way of lighting your home. They are also one of the fastest and easiest ways to transform an everyday space. Whether you want to create a haven of relaxation or an intimate sanctuary, a funky party venue or a decadent dining area, candles are the key component. Here, talented stylist and author, Emily Chalmers presents accessible, inspirational and stylish ways to incorporate the magic of candlelight into your home, for entertaining and dining, for relaxation and romance. Slender tapers are decorated with colourful berries; sturdy church candles are wrapped in textured leaves; and tiny tealights glow inside paper lanterns. Emily also offers exciting and unusual ideas to customize candles, both for yourself and for the most desirable gifts.

Candle Details

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Brimming with affordable ideas for interior design and decoration, "Style on a Budget" provides all the information and inspiration you need to create a beautiful home with cash to spare.

Style on a Budget: Affordable Ideas for a Relaxed Home

Hanan, Ali

"Flea Market Style" gives you all the information and advice you need to furnish and decorate your home with "found" objects instead of new items bought in stores. Emily Chalmers and Ali Hanan explain how to find fresh and unexpected uses of second-hand pieces and antiques, and reveal how to mix old and new with flair and panache. The first part of the book, Flea Market Finds, looks at household goods, from fabrics and furniture to china, kitchenware, glass and lighting, and describes how to find special objects and indentify them on the basis of their quality, character, resillience, colour, and texture. The authors advocate a subtle mixing of styles, patterns, and colours, and emphasize the beauty of objects that have seen a bit of life. They explain how to locate bargain copies of modern classics--or the real things--and how to mix flea-market or thrift-store finds with high-end basics. The second part of the book, Putting It All Together, shows how to incorporate the style in every room--from the spaces where you cook, eat, sleep, or relax to bathing spaces and work spaces. The book ends with an extensive directory of suppliers. -Add a large dose of originality to your home--at low cost. -Lively text illustrated with Debi Treloar's inspirational photographs.

Flea Market Style

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Many of us hanker after the relaxing, easy simplicity of country life, yet we aren't sure how to adapt this look to suit a modern home. That's where "Contemporary Country" comes in. It's about rekindling our love of the rustic idyll, but giving it a new twist. It's about taking the essence of country style - a way of living that is gentle, natural and grounded - and giving it a contemporary makeover. You don't have to live in the country to appreciate the lifestyle - its colours, textures and details look just as at home in urban spaces. In "Contemporary Country", Emily Chalmers and Ali Hanan begin by looking at the elements that make up the style. They explore the use of natural materials and the way in which key structural features such as beams or staircases can be exposed so that living spaces flow naturally together. They look at furniture - painted or left with a natural finish - lighting, textiles, flooring and colour. The book then examines key areas of the home, from kitchens to sleeping spaces, and shows you how the look works with the help of over 200 inspiring photographs. It concludes with an indispensable suppliers' directory. *Traditional country style is given a contemporary makeover. *Vibrant photography by Debi Treloar

Contemporary Country

History

Many of us hanker after the relaxing, easy simplicity of country life, yet we aren't sure how to adapt this look to suit a modern home. That's where "Contemporary Country" comes in. It's about rekindling our love of the rustic idyll, but giving it a new twist. It's about taking the essence of country style - a way of living that is gentle, natural and grounded - and giving it a contemporary makeover. You don't have to live in the country to appreciate the lifestyle - its colours, textures and details look just as at home in urban spaces.   In "Contemporary Country", Emily Chalmers and Ali Hanan begin by looking at the elements that make up the style. They explore the use of natural materials and the way in which key structural features such as beams or staircases can be exposed so that living spaces flow naturally together. They look at furniture - painted or left with a natural finish - lighting, textiles, flooring and colour. The book then examines key areas of the home, from kitchens to sleeping spaces, and shows you how the look works with the help of over 200 inspiring photographs. It concludes with an indispensable suppliers' directory. *Traditional country style is given a contemporary makeover. *Vibrant photography by Debi Treloar

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Table Inspirations: Originals Ideas for Stylish Entertaining

Create a stylish home without breaking the bank. "Cheap Chic" shows you how to combine well-chosen high-street basics with individual finds to create a relaxed and welcoming home. Emily Chalmers and Ali Hanan reveal the best ways to invest a modest budget and how to combine colours, textures and materials with confidence. The first section, The Elements, looks at colour, pattern, fabric and window treatments, then moves on to furniture, storage and display, accessories, lighting, materials and flooring. The second part of the book, The Rooms, contains chapters on relaxing, cooking and eating, sleeping, bathing and working at home. "Cheap Chic" concludes with a source directory to help you track down all those sought-after items.

Cheap Chic: Affordable Ideas for a Relaxed Home

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Table Inspirations: Original Ideas for Stylish Entertaining

Table Inspirations: Original Ideas for Stylish Entertaining

Candle Details

Style on a Budget: Affordable Ideas for a Relaxed Home

Table Inspirations: Original Ideas For Stylish Entertaining

Flea Market Style

Contemporary Country

Contemporary Country

Table Inspirations: Originals Ideas for Stylish Entertaining

Cheap Chic: Affordable Ideas for a Relaxed Home