With this book in one hand and a brush in the other, you can learn how to transform everyday furniture into something special, all for the price of a pot of paint. Annie Sloan is a paint legend and one of the world's most popular experts in the field of decorative painting. In Colour Recipes for Painted Furniture and more, Annie presents 40 new projects and ideas, showing you the easy way to update tired furniture and transform your home. Working with her own range of chalk paints, Annie shows how to mix colours and how to achieve certain looks. Whether your taste is for colourful boho chic or restrained Swedish hues, cosy and comforting rustic shades, a modern and contemporary approach or an elegant French look, here you will find a project to suit you. Start off by mastering the simple art of colourwashing, and work your way up to transfer printing, gilding, stencilling and glazing. There are even instructions for dyeing fabric using paint. As well as painting furniture, the projects range from a staircase painted in a rainbow of colours to stencilled walls, transforming floors with a coat of paint to dyeing linen curtains and even painting a vintage chandelier. Throughout the book, Annie offers expert tips, techniques, shortcuts and guidance, showing you the easy way to create a stylish home.

Colour Recipes for Painted Furniture and More

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

ANNIE SLOAN

Crafts & Hobbies

Cico.

"Healing Massage" brings together the ancient healing practices of the East with Western massage techniques to heal both mind and body. Step by step, learn to unwind with a simple healing massage, at home or on the move; delve into aromatic sensuality with rose-scented body scrubs and hot-oil Ayurvedic massage; use acupressure for pain relief; energize with a reflex foot massage, and soothe your mind with Eastern visualization techniques that have for thousands of years empowered and healed the spirit. With your own hands and this inspired guide, you will learn how to give massages that touch both the heart and soul. *Practical massage with Eastern spirituality--Ayurvedic massage, pressure point massage,hands-on-healing, and visualization. *Contemporary style apealing to health-conscious young women. *The first book by a uniquely talented healer.

Healing Massage: Blissful Ways to Relax and Revitalize

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Roubini, Daphne

Alternative Medicine

White on White: Creating Elegant Rooms With Shades of White

Arts & Photography

Stephanie Hoppen

Architecture

Creating the French Look

Home Improvement & Design

Green Crafts For Children

Kids love to make their own toys and games, gifts and ornaments. It encourages them to give full rein to their creative flair - and if they can use component parts that are adapted or recycled, so much the better for them and the planet! None of the projects in this book use any special materials. Instead, they all rely on ingredients that you are likely to have in the cupboard or items that can be found around the house or garden, or out on walks in the park or at the beach. Recipes for salt dough are included, as well as methods for easy felting, together with step-by-step instructions on what to make, such as pretend sweets, boxes and masks. Old gift wrapping paper, old clothes and odd buttons and beads can all be used in an imaginative way, as can pine cones, tree bark, shells and other fascinating natural bits and bobs. Gifts for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends are here, together with games and toys that can be made and then played with again and again. From painted stones and a friendship bracelet to a simple dolls' house and a driftwood boat, children will love the projects in this engaging book. In fact, kids need never be bored again.

Green Crafts for Children

Emma Hardy

Teen & Young Adult

Sports Pilates: How to Prevent and Overcome Sports Injuries

Paul Massey

Color Your Mandala (Discover your creativity by coloring ancient madalas)

Cassandra Lorius

Expert crafter Nicki Trench brings you 35 easy-to-follow crochet patterns that will teach you how to crochet. A crochet teacher and author with over 20 years' experience, Nicki has designed a series of patterns that will guide you through those initial stitches to producing beautiful projects incorporating a wide range of crochet techniques. Crochet Know-how explains all the stitches with clear step-by-step artworks and instructions. Next, discover three chapters packed with patterns to improve your skills. First is Starting Out, where you will find a simple springtime throw and a pretty hat for a toddler - you'll be amazed how easy and quick the projects are to create. Once you've mastered these, move on to something more challenging in the Practice Makes Perfect chapter. There are cute gifts for babies and young children, including baby blocks, bibs and blankets, or treat yourself to a pair of gloves in soft double knit yarn or the chunky seashells scarf to keep you warm on chilly mornings. Finally, Confident Crocheting has more advanced patterns, from a family of adorable Russian dolls to the cherub dress with decorative picot stitching.

Cute & Easy Crochet: Learn to Crochet with These 35 Adorable Projects

Nicki-Trench

Get the best out of any type of garden without spending a fortune, whether it's a small window box or a hard patio, with Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell's brilliant guide to growing crops in pots. Using containers or pots as a base for your gardening is so versatile - try making an eye-catching design feature by growing nasturtiums in a galvanized mop bucket, or grow parsley and basil on your window ledge in a kitchen colander. Growing your own crops is not only rewarding and fun, but you'll be doing your bit for the environment too, as well as being able to ensure that all your crops are produced organically, whilst saving money at the same time. This book is packed with tips and techniques, from companion planting to deter pests to choosing the right container for the right crop, along with a wealth of other gardening advice. Grow Your Own Vegetables in Pots tempts the novice gardener to get growing and the more experienced gardener to grow organically, producing crops that are a pleasure to grow, harvest and eat.

Grow Your Own Vegetables in Pots: 35 Ideas for Growing Vegetables, Fruits and Herbs in Pots

deborah-schneebeli-morrell

Gardening & Landscape Design

Food Expert, Henrietta Green shows you all the traditional food crafts and demonstrates how you can try them in your own kitchen. The book is divided into six chapters, starting with the Dairy, where cheese-making and churning butter are explained, followed by enticing recipes to make your own soft cheese, buttermilk, yogurt and more. Learn the history of bread-making in the Bakehouse, as well as how to bake your own delicious loaves, while the Pantry explains pickling and preserving techniques. For those with a sweet tooth, discover the art of cooking with chocolate and sugar in the Sweet Shop with recipes for childhood classics. In the Smokehouse, find out how to cure meat and fish and how to set up a basic smoker in your own home. Finally, the Butcher's Shop is heaven for meat lovers with detailed explanations of the different cuts of meat, plus how to butterfly joints and make your own sausage meat. Also included are interviews with award-winning producers, who explain the history and the passion that goes into making food. They share their knowledge and experience and offer tips and recipes to try at home.

Green Guide to Traditional Country Foods

GREEN, Henrietta

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

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