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Tattered Treasures

by Lauren Powell
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".focus is on groups of like items—lamps, metal ware and wooden chairs—and how to 'revive' them.make-it-yourself ideas and directions allow readers the luxury of simply browsing or actually doing. Her creations are wondrously whimsical and imaginative."—Booklist

".a multitude of projects to transform items found in salvage yards, thrift stores, flea markets, and yard sales into beautiful decorative accessories.color photographs and interspersing projects throughout.well-written directions. Recommended."—Library Journal

Convert your finds with the help of inventive full-color photographs, creative tips, display ideas, and plenty of projects. Create crackle and distressed finishes to "age" furniture. Use an old chair as a display stand. Artfully arrange a collection of interesting bottles. Recycle broken pieces of treasured china into a mosaic table, embellish a basket to make an eye-catching centerpiece, and update a lamp with a fabric cover. Collecting is even better when you actually show off your passions! 8 1/2 X 11. all in color

About the Author, Lauren Powell

St. Simmons Island, GA

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Library Journal

These books provide a multitude of projects to transform items found in salvage yards, thrift stores, flea markets, and yard sales into beautiful decorative accessories. In Junk Chic, Elliot uses her own home as an example of what can be done with cheap finds, and the transformation is quite remarkable and innovative. Powell focuses on how to incorporate flea market finds into decorating schemes, illustrating her suggestions with color photographs and interspersing projects throughout. Rhatigan discusses items found in architectural salvage yards where pieces of houses wind up before demolition. His projects range from simple (transforming a metal porch support into a corner shelf) to more complex (building a blanket chest from salvaged doors), and safety tips on working with metal, glass, and wood are provided. Though for each book, too few illustrations are provided with the well-written directions, skilled crafters will still find the projects here useful. Recommended for public libraries where there is an interest. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Book Details

Published
November 8, 2001
Publisher
New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c2001.
Pages
128
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780806929651

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