Joanne Condon takes you step-by-step through the process of furniture flipping, from choosing the right piece to using colour, pattern and detail to bring new life to an item. The perfect antidote to unsustainable, mass-produced 'fast furniture', flipping can take many forms: applying paint or wallpaper, replacing handles and hardware, experimenting with colour and adding pattern and texture. First of all, Joanne explains everything you need to get started, including essential equipment and how to prepare old furniture for painting.
Next, you will find 25 projects, organized by difficulty level. Beginners can start out with simple stencils and colour blocking. Intermediate upcyclers can try their hand at cross stitch on a cane-backed chair.
And confident furniture flippers can take on more advanced projects, such as transforming a wardrobe into a pantry or creating a distressed paint effect. Throughout the book, Joanne presents easy-to-follow instructions with photographs to guide you at every step of the way.
A gorgeous guide to creating a beautiful, comfortable home based on Japanese traditions from the founder of the beloved lifestyle brand Fog Linen Work. For anyone who dreams of a home filled with well-organized closets, eye-catching flower arrangements, perfectly draped blankets, and thoughtfully curated shelves, here is a guide to cultivating an elegant home. Yumiko Sekine, founder of the internationally celebrated lifestyle brand Fog Linen Work, shares lovely rituals and simple techniques based on Japanese traditions, including practices for decorating, organizing, preparing food, and more.
From the kitchen to the bedroom and every space in between, here are tips for refreshing a home each season—arranging and displaying fresh flowers in spring, choosing the right sheets and linens for summer, taking warm herbal baths in autumn, and draping blankets and layering rugs to cozy up a space for winter. Brimming with easy-to-follow tips for elevating any space and packed with hundreds of photographs showcasing gorgeous interiors, this book is an invitation to create a home that nourishes, rejuvenates, and inspires—all year long. •? CELEBRATED AUTHOR: Yumiko Sekine is the founder of Fog Linen Work, a Japanese home goods brand sold throughout the world and beloved by home cooks, interior decorators, and design enthusiasts.
Her products are known for their simplicity, beauty, and ability to elevate any space. In this book, Sekine distills all her secrets to creating a home that exudes simple elegance. •? ORGANIZATION MADE EASY: This book gives readers easy, elegant ways to declutter their homes and organize their belongings, whether they live in an apartment or house, and includes simple tips for tidying and curating objects to bring order and simplicity to every room.
•? JAPANESE TRADITIONS: Yumiko presents Japanese traditions for preparing food, arranging flowers, entertaining, organizing, and more. The combination of ancient practices and modern techniques makes this the perfect companion for anyone curious about Japanese culture and aesthetics. •? GIFT WORTHY: Presented in a linen-wrapped case and brimming with hundreds of gorgeous photographs and inspired advice for every home, this book is a perfect addition to any bookshelf and a lovely gift for new homeowners, newlyweds, and fans of organization and interior design.
Perfect for:•? Interior designers, minimalists, and fans of sustainability•? People who are into organizing their space•? Fans of Fog Linen Work
The bestselling authors of Urban Jungle delve into the many ways that nurturing plants helps nurture the soul This new book by the authors of the bestselling Urban Jungle addresses the life-changing magic of living with and caring for plants. Aimed at a wider audience than typical houseplant books, each chapter combines easily digestible plant knowledge, style guidance via real home interiors, and inspiring advice for using plants to increase energy, creativity, and well-being and to attract love and prosperity. Also included: real-world @urbanjungleblog followers’ FAQs; a section on plants and pets; and plant care for the different stages of a houseplant’s life.
The focus is on using plants to raise the positive energy of every room in the house and to live happily ever after with plants.
Japanese interiors focus primarily on one simple philosophy, Zen. All the rooms in a traditionally furnished Japanese home strive to achieve a balance of peace and simplicity; their interiors are steeped in centuries of cultural influence, and a sense of calm is key to the whole aesthetic. This handbook shows how to create a tailor-made Japanese home.
Working through the house one room at a time, it highlights classic items of furniture and signature accessories, from tatami mats and paper lanterns to shoji (dividing screens). In-depth case studies demonstrate the essential elements and provide inspiration, while colour combinations are explored to help personalize this iconic style for the home. Anyone who hankers after the Japanese look and is eager to bring it to their own home will find this book a valuable resource.
To jedyny w swoim rodzaju poradnik na temat formy ogrodnictwa ekologicznego, jaką jest uprawa mieszana. Według jej wytycznych rośliny sadzi się obok siebie, by w naturalny sposób wspierały się podczas wzrastania. Metoda ta stosowana jest w ogrodzie przyklasztornym siostry Christy od ponad 70 lat. W książce oprócz wiedzy teoretycznej na temat ogrodnictwa ekologicznego, można znaleźć praktyczne informacje o wielu sprawdzonych kombinacjach roślinnych, siostra wyjaśnia pozytywny wpływ roślin na siebie. Udziela też istotnych instrukcji i pokazuje przykładowe grządki. Dzięki sprawdzonym i dokładnym wskazówkom z łatwością można zadbać o owocowo-warzywny ogród. Książkę uzupełniają porady ogrodników ekologicznych, którzy opowiadają o swoich doświadczeniach z kulturą mieszaną. Siostra Christa Weinrich jest inżynierem ogrodnikiem. Mieszka i pracuje w niemieckim opactwie benedyktynów. Za swoją działalność klasztor dwukrotnie otrzymał nagrodę w zakresie ochrony środowiska od miasta Fulda. Jutta Langheineken studiowała ogrodnictwo i pracuje jako niezależna dziennikarka ogrodnicza.
Interior design legend Cara Woodhouse presents a bold, modern aesthetic for a new generation of design enthusiasts—and shows us how to create spaces that we will truly love to inhabit
It's a Mood helps readers get in touch with their own design instincts. Organized by mood, this book offers both inspiration and practical advice for incorporating the elements that we feel passionate about.
For interior designer Cara Woodhouse, interiors are experiences. Her approach goes beyond the visual, creating spaces that intuitively tap into our senses and invoke a mood that washes over all who enter. Her instinct for capturing a person’s spirit and translating it into a personal space is unmatched.
Woodhouse’s interiors balance pattern play, an emphasis on eye candy, moody maximalism, quirky accents, and anything fun and random. With special tips on controlling sound in a space, what type of stone works best and when, and how to deck out your home office, this book is for everyone who wants to curate an authentic, original aesthetic perfectly tailored to their own preferences, while accentuating the beauty of each room.
This book appeals equally to those decorating their first apartments on a budget to those setting up their forever homes with signature touches.
The bold, modern design and sprayed edges make this coffee table book perfect for sharing, displaying, and gifting.
What is the secret to growing abundant cut flowers even in unpredictable conditions? Here is the complete guide for your seed-to-vase journey. Grow flowers with incredible fragrance, discover gorgeous varieties, embrace sustainability and enjoy the magic of homegrown flowers.
In this book, a flower farmer shares her secrets to successfully growing cut flowers for your home, wherever you live. Whether your growing space is large or small, it’s remarkably easy to be surrounded by colour for many months of the year. Learn more about:
• Unusual, heirloom and new plant choices.
• Trending plants and flower fashion.
• Cold-hardy, heat-tolerant and drought-resistant plants.
• Soil blocking and successful growing from seed.
• Drying your own flowers.
• The importance of day length.
• Low maintenance plants for busy people.
• Hero flowers for every season.
• Recipes for stunning arrangements.
Secrets from the Flower Farm examines innovative ways of growing and shares clever plant choices so you can cut armfuls of flowers for months on end.
Christopher Stocks tells the fascinating tales of nineteen cultivated flowers and their journeys from distant corners of the world to British gardens, illustrated by the painter and printmaker Angie Lewin in this charming companion guide.
The Book of Garden Flowers builds on the success of Angie Lewin’s and Christopher Stocks’ previous collaborations; The Book of Wild Flowers (Thames & Hudson, 2024) and The Book of Pebbles (Thames & Hudson, 2020.) While The Book of Wild Flowers explored the natural history of Britain’s favourite wild species, The Book of Garden Flowers is more a social history, bringing into focus some of the remarkable people who introduced exotic plants to our gardens from around the globe, including:
• Margery Fish, secretary to six successive editors at the Daily Mail, who rescued many cottage garden flowers from obscurity
• Ellen Willmot, who employed over 100 staff in her garden and burned through a huge fortune thanks to her passion for plants, dying penniless and alone
• Charles Dickens, who became obsessed with a particular pelargonium
• John Gerrard, the famous 17th-century herbalist, who planted the first nasturtiums in the UK at his City of London garden
• Henry VIII, who ate the first British-grown artichokes on the outskirts of Chelmsford
Revealing new stories behind some of our most familiar and unusual garden plants, this beautiful book explores the horticultural history and floral folklore of some of the nation’s favourite flowers.
A beautiful compendium of creative flower combinations, The Flower Thesaurus is your one-stop source of planting ideas and inspiration.
Chapter by chapter, you’ll find a collection of colourful plant choices that are suitable wherever you garden, and whatever the size of your outdoor space. Whether you’re taming an overgrown plot, putting your own stamp on a mature and established one or creating a new garden from scratch, there are hundreds of exciting plant combinations that will harmonise, contrast, clash or provide a pop of vibrant accent colour to bring your pots, beds and borders to life.
With all the plants arranged in colour-themed chapters, organised by their main season of interest, it’s easy to dip in and find the exact right plant for the right place at the right time.
An illustrated insider’s guide to the best flowering bulbs for beautiful garden plantings throughout the year
Bulbs are an essential part of any gardener’s planting palette – from the first snowdrops of winter to the last crocus of autumn, they offer endless opportunities for floral impact and experimentation.
In A Year in Bloom, award-winning garden writer Lucy Bellamy showcases a wide-ranging selection of more than 150 bulbs, each presented with informative text, expert planting advice, and vibrant photography.
Organized into four seasonal chapters, this modern grower’s guide embraces familiar flowers such as tulips and daffodils alongside less common blooms, including dog’s tooth violets, gladioli, and autumn snowflakes. Gardeners will discover bulbs suited for borders, containers, and grass plantings; bulbs to attract pollinators, for scent, for naturalized plantings; and reliably perennial bulbs that will flower year after year, supporting a sustainable approach.
Elegantly designed and extensively researched, A Year in Bloom features contributions from an all-star roster of the garden world’s greatest names, including Dutch plantsman Piet Oudolf, British garden designer Dan Pearson, and renowned US garden writer Margaret Roach.
Dazzling, diverse, durable – discover the remarkable drought-proof plants that flourish in the driest environments.
With rainfall unpredictable and summers increasingly hot, plants that survive and thrive in these conditions have become more important than ever.
Through expert text and beautiful botanical illustrations from the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Parched explores the captivating variety that exists in the world of dry plants. From poppies and palms to cypress and cyclamen, this stunning book showcases the incredible species that have become a mainstay of dry gardens around the world.
Pierwsze wydanie tej książki ukazało się pod koniec XIX w i z każdym kolejnym wydaniem cieszył osię dużym powodzeniem wśród czytelników, co absolutnie nie dziwi. Bowiem Bohdan Dyakowski, autor książki, pisze o lesie, jak o żywym organizmie, na którego konarach i pod nimi żyje milion innych żyjątek, mniejszych i większych, zależnych od siebie bardziej lub mniej. I o tych żywych organizmach autor opowiada inną historię. Bohdan Dyakowski był przyrodnikiem i pedagogiem, który w piękny, literacki sposób propagował ideę ochrony przyrody tak, aby nie zniszczyć jej delikatnej natury i ocalić dla następnych pokoleń.
An in-depth exploration spanning 800 years of the art, essence, and enduring impact of the Japanese garden.
The most comprehensive exploration of the art of the Japanese garden published to date, this book covers more than eight centuries of the history of this important genre. Author and garden designer Sophie Walker brings fresh insight to this subject, exploring the Japanese garden in detail through a series of essays and with 100 featured gardens, ranging from ancient Shinto shrines to imperial gardens and contemporary Zen designs. Leading artists, architects, and other cultural practitioners offer personal perspectives in newly commissioned essays.
The Complete Language of Flowers is a comprehensive encyclopedia providing the meanings, powers, facts, and folklore for over 1,001 flower species. Along with a beautiful visual depiction, each entry provides the flower’s scientific and common names, characteristics, and historic meanings and powers from mythology, medieval legends, folklore, and flower poetry. For centuries, symbolic flower meanings have fascinated readers, writers, poets, and suddenly smitten couples alike.
Extremely popular during the Victorian era, these floriographies flourished and versed the public on the hidden meaning of popular flowers such as:Purple Tulip—Eternal loveAmaryllis—Adventurousness; Enthusiasm; PassionDaisy—Beauty and innocence; Cheer; Childlike playfulnessSunflower—Ambition; Constancy; DevotionTogether with stunning full-color illustrations and two indexes, one for searching by common flower name and the other organized by meaning, this beautiful reference is a must-have for gardeners, florists, and flower enthusiasts. Whether you’re looking to arrange the perfectly bespoken wedding bouquet or to understand what the yellow rose you just received from an admirer means (friendship), this updated floriography is a visual delight. Elegantly designed and beautifully illustrated, the Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia series offers comprehensive, display-worthy references on a range of intriguing topics, including birthday astrology, dream interpretation, techniques for harnessing the power of dreams, and the stories behind signs and symbols.
In Artists’ Homes, writer and photographer Tom Harford Thompson presents some thirty individual, eccentric houses and workspaces, from a music producer’s studio in Hackney to an eco-warrior’s treehouse on the Sussex Downs. His evocative photographs show how our live/work spaces, whether a tumbledown cottage, a country farmhouse or a reclaimed factory, are beautiful because of the lives we live in them. With work no longer separate from home life, we see how these artists function in the homes that inspire them, pursuing the life creative.
Among the artists and craftspeople featured are Billy Childish, co-founder of the Stuckist art movement; Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher, creative partners who set up their home and studio as an ‘anarchist-pacifist open house’ (Dial House, in Essex); music producer Liam Watson of the famed London studio Toe Rag; vintage motorcycle dealer Ian Hatton, of cult shop Verrall’s; vintner Peter Hall of Breaky Bottom Vineyard, one of the first wineries in the UK; and many more.
"Rosną w zasadzie wszędzie na łąkach, w lesie, na polu, przy drogach. Często uprawiamy je na działce i w ogródku, czasem nawet w doniczkach na balkonie. Zaliczamy do nich zarówno piękne rośliny ozdobne, jak i pospolite, mizernie wyglądające chwasty.Oto zioła. Co je łączy? Przede wszystkim to, że mają zbawienny wpływ na nasz organizm. Przygotowane z nich napary, nalewki, soki czy oleje poprawiają przemianę materii, regulują pracę narządów wewnętrznych i wzmacniają odporność. Mają właściwości antybakteryjne i antywirusowe, dzięki czemu chętnie stosuje się je w przeziębieniach. Oczyszczają, odkażają i łagodzą liczne dolegliwości.W książce znajdziesz: dokładny opis najpopularniejszych roślin leczniczych rosnących lub uprawianych w Polsce; informacje o występowaniu, zbiorze i przechowywaniu ziół; dane dotyczące właściwości leczniczych poszczególnych roślin; przepisy na nalewki, napary, kompresy, ekstrakty, wina, soki, maści, octy i olejki lecznicze; ciekawostki na temat najbardziej egzotycznych ziół i historii ziołolecznictwa."
As the lines between technology, work, and play become increasingly blurred, it is natural we are drawn towards the simplicity and solace of nature as a salve to our everyday chaos. But what if that tranquility could be achieved as a part of our daily work-life-balance? The House of Green is a collection of the most stunning architecture and interiors incorporating nature into their designs, exploring the benefits to homes, workplaces, and more. From design lovers looking to revamp a home to modern-day professionals searching for new sustainable solutions, The House of Green showcases the equilibrium for that ever-elusive balance.
Green Home explains how to 'green up' your life with an array of houseplants, and has been a bestseller in author Anders Royneberg's home country of Norway. Living with plants can enliven and enrich your surroundings, promoting feelings of relaxation and well-being. But where to start with curating that vital indoor collection?Green Home features all the green plants Anders has collected in his own apartment of 50 square meters - over 100 plants - and how this inspires him towards greener, more balanced living.
With a guide to houseplant types, hints and tips on how to get your plants to thrive and also on how to integrate them into your home decor scheme, it's a plant book with added personality.
Kalendarz ogrodnika to praktyczny przewodnik, który pozwoli odkryć tajniki upraw roślin - drzew, krzewów, kwiatów i warzyw. Dzięki chronologicznemu układowi informacji w prosty sposób można usystematyzować działania w swoim ogrodzie.
Elementarz kwiatowy to podstawowa wiedza o kwiatach, które z powodzeniem można uprawiać w naszym klimacie. Ponad 80 inspiracji jak ułożyć kwiaty. Ponad 100 rodzajów opisanych roślin. Ponad 200 sportretowanych odmian.
W tej książce połączyliśmy wszystkie nasze pasje i umiejętności: zrównoważone ogrodnictwo i miłość do natury, florystykę i zachwyt kwiatami, fotografię i podziw dla naszych mistrzów, potrzebę tworzenia i pomysły na kwiatowe aranżacje.
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