Country Style: Home Décor and Rustic Crafts from Chandeliers to Coffee Tables, Bedcovers to Bulletin Boards

by Anna Örnberg

Overview

A beautiful, rustic home isn’t hard to create. With a splash of color, some pieces that pop, and a little bit of inspiration, even the most standard unit can be flipped into a country haven. Try elegant whites, industrial details, grandiose patterns, or some shabby chic. It’s fun, easy to accomplish, and the results will make you proud.

Liven up your space with such projects as:

• Vintage silhouette art
• Antique book decor
• Military bed covers
• Door frame bulletin boards
• Wallpapering, crocheting, decoupage, and more!

So take a quick trip to the flea market, the thrift store, or even the attic—it’ll trigger the impulse to decorate! Plus, crafting and decorating is the best form of stress-relief. Paint, sew, sand, sculpt—work with your hands to clear your mind and make your home beautiful in the process.

Featuring patterns, step by steps, and over 100 photos, Country Style is the perfect how-to for decorators of all experience levels and with any type of home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629140018
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	04/15/2014
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	884,481
File size:	34 MB
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About the Author

Anna Örnberg is a “do-it-yourselfer,” decorator, and writer. She is the author of more than twenty-eight books on interior decorating, repurposing flea market finds, and DIY for the home, as well as countless DIY articles featured in magazines and journals. She lives with her husband and their two teenage children in a huge house-turned-workshop in Hovmantorp, Sweden.

Editorial Reviews

05/15/2014
Swedish craft book author Örnberg presents a variety of ideas to enhance country décor, which she describes as anything that "looks worn, rubbed, corroded, oxidized, rusty, or stamped by the hallmark of time." In more than 150 color photographs, the author shows a number of homes with a style that exemplifies her own, which serve primarily as a backdrop to showcase her creations. Örnberg includes more than 50 projects that require skill levels from beginner (such as placing a potted plant in an inverted lampshade) to a bit more advanced (crocheting granny squares). VERDICT Although illustrated, step-by-step instructions are included for a few projects, a number of them would be best attempted by readers with some crafting skills. Those looking for additional country style craft ideas with a Scandinavian slant will find an abundance of ideas here.

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