Make your home an intimate retreat that will please your senses and nourish your soul. Here's how to make your home a sacred space... a sanctuary for mind, body, and soul. HOME SANCTUARIES gives you an easy-to-follow, seven-stage process for building personal retreats, altars, and shrines within your home. You will learn how to identify a location, cleanse and sanctify the area, evaluate the balance of energy, assemble materials, and energize your intentions. Specific chapters are devoted to communal rooms, intimate spaces, zones of creativity, and contemplative environments. Hundreds of practical tips and suggestions, insightful stories, and life lessons provide just the guidance you need to implement the ancient principles of feng shui right where you live. Readers who love the books of Denise Linn, Karen Kingston, Nancy SantoPietro, Xorin Balbes, and Tsh Oxenreider will find this book a great companion of equal value. The Alchemy of Intention (From the Introduction) Where intention goes, energy flows. Because of how energy functions, we are each engaged in co-creation with the life force. If you want your life to be sacred, you need to set the intention for it to be so. Setting an intention is like speaking to the Divine through a megaphone: It gets the message across more clearly. This is the true secret behind creating a home sanctuary. Altars and shrines are incredible spiritual tools because they anchor our feelings and thoughts so we become very clear and specific about what we want. Ultimately, whatever we focus on appears in the material world. Creating a sacred space in your home is an opportunity to connect your intimate environment with the realm of the Divine so that your soul is supported and nourished and has freedom to express and flourish.

Home Decorating Basics is a self-help manual with short and concise teaching on the basics of Home Decorating. Its purpose is to give the home-owner tips on how she can more effectively decorate her home. 125 pages of instructional text and black and white illustrations cover topics from designing a furniture layout for a room through to choosing color and fabrics for wall and window treatments and finishing with lighting and accessories. Special consideration has also been given to kitchen and bathroom layout and design. Filled with helpful information, Home Decorating Basics is a worthwhile tool for those who want to decorate with more expertise. Previously published as Interior Design Basics.

Any form of clutter, be it in your home or your life in general, is bad. While clutter in your home constitutes of a home being messy where things are just lying around in an untidy manner, clutter in your life signifies your feelings and approach towards life. A cluttered life would mean your body, mind, and spirit being uneasy with the way things are around you. In such cases you should adopt a more balanced approach towards living your life. For you to be clutter-free, you need to adopt a lifestyle which is similar to that philosophy. Many people ask themselves where they could start from. Until you figure out the answer to that question, your life will remain cluttered. This eBook consists of tips aimed at bettering your overall life and making it more clutter-free.

DIY is becoming highly popular and fashionable once more as handmade objects guarantee not only sustainability but also add an individual touch to the home. Readers looking to personalise their house can follow the easy step-by-step tutorials in the book, as well as sketches and patterns. Made by Yourself is a practical and inspirational book filled with sophisticated and creative ideas. It combines many different kinds of materials, from traditional stone and wood to more imaginative metals, leathers and textiles. Filled with sophisticated and creative ideas, Made By Yourself is guaranteed to thrill its readers. Expertly guided by a professional designer and stylist, readers, both beginners and established designers, will feel confident and inspired to start their own projects. The book is targeted at interior designers, design fans, and anyone who wants to be the creative designer of their home.

Creating Space by Niki Schafer is a step-by-step guide to how to design a calm, sane, outrageously gorgeous home and family-life. Inspiring and practical in equal measures it takes you on a journey through the seven spaces of your home creating rooms that work on many levels - aesthetically (outrageously gorgeous), emotionally (calm) and psychologically (sane). This isn't just another pretty interior design book, Creating Space is a guide to understanding how you and your family think and feel. And the design tools taught are as much about family dynamics and the wellbeing of your family as they are about the practical side to creating a home. Niki Schafer is an interior designer, NLP coach and speaker who has lived in more than 100 homes - from New York to Nicaragua to Henley-on-Thames. She runs her own design practice, Dwell-Being, based on the principle of merging design with wellbeing.

The Final Nesting Place takes you on a personal journey of discovery through the connection of key elements in your loved one's life story. The elements are transcribed into a beautiful and unique physical narrative-rich in the meaningful details of their life. This narrative is your loved one's final nesting place. It is a place of sanctuary: a personal refuge which expresses their most important and profound experiences, beliefs, and relationships. When melded together with key elements of interior design, your loved one's final nesting place becomes a private haven in which to rest, reflect, love, and live their end of life.

As seen on Jay Leno, Jeannie, The Fabric Chef shares her secrets, in this new 61 page, colorful and detailed illustrated how-to craft book. It teaches step by step instructions on how to create beautiful realistic fabric breads that can be made into arrangements for unique home decor. The book is designed similar to a cook book with 5 "recipes" and 6 full sized patterns to choose from. You will be "baking" up a storm once you see how much fun it is to turn fabric into something that looks eatable. Start today and learn this fascinating new craft

Five Star Reviews

Such Romantic Ideas - Really creative and imaginative ideas that could also be used for decorating ideas for other parties. Very nice pictures and beautiful suggestions to make the day very special. Lots of inexpensive decorations as well

Elegant decorating ideas -We all need decorating ideas from time to time. But if you are planning a wedding, reception or cocktail party, I recommend this book. The author has some wonderful ideas, unique and certainly different - with elegance Great idea book
This book is packed with helpful wedding decoration ideas - Anyone seeking information about wedding decoration ideas could definitely benefit from reading this book. Not only does it contain helpful decoration ideas, but there's also a lot of beautiful pictures that compliment many of decoration ideas provided. This is an excellent wedding book, well worth reading if you're planning a wedding in the near future...

Inside Wedding Decoration Ideas

Two lives joined together...Two hearts that beat as one...And the moment of blush when you promise saying "I Do " The man and woman pledge to live in love forever Your Wedding day truly is a blissful occasion filled with joy, hope and dreams. The ambience and decoration will surely add to this ecstatic moment since these are the most memorable moments which are going to be captured and cherished for a lifetime So let's start by looking at some romantic wedding decoration ideas to stimulate your inspiration to bring about your very own unique wedding day

Beach Wedding Ideas

Paris Kay Hersom has also written Beach Wedding Ideas which is a great complementary book for Wedding Decoration Ideas, and is loaded with romantic beach wedding ideas to stimulate your inspiration to bring about your very own unique wedding day on the beach
This wedding designer guide is essential for everyone wanting to have the most wonderful and romantic wedding without the pit falls and costly mistakes.
So Whats Inside The Book?
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Beach Wedding Ideas
Chapter 2 - Three Themes for the Beach
Chapter 3 - Romantic Sunsets Forever
Chapter 4 - Resources

Five Star Reviews

"I'm the guy. I only get to make suggestions, but when I showed a beach wedding to Nancy, she sure lit up. This book helped me sell it, because there are a few things to take care of that I didn't think of. My big idea: I'd like a yacht docked close by that could take us out on the water as part of the reception. I now see how that's possible. All the pictures gave Nancy some ideas for decorations and design. That is helpful, but the author also gave us her source for the items. I could see the prices immediately, so i could keep her away from the really expensive items....she's watching me write this."

"I absolutely loved this book. It was a fun read and gave me plenty of potential ideas for a beach wedding. I am seriously contemplating switching from a fall wedding to a beach wedding."

"Paris has outdone herself on this book. I have always loved the beach and these wedding themes are perfect. You won't believe how elegant a beach wedding can be. There are ideas for three themes and gorgeous pictures to help you envision your perfect day. From the themes to wedding centerpieces and favors. She even includes a link to make it easier for you to find sources for these great ideas."

Inside Beach Wedding Ideas

Beach weddings are exploding in popularity today because of the romantic and exotic atmosphere the water, sun and the beach create. Destination beach wedding or your own local beach, "Beach Wedding Ideas" unveils three romantic beach wedding themes to make your special day one to remember. Within the themes we cover the wedding ceremony and reception decoration ideas to stimulate your inspiration to bring about your very own unique and exotic beach wedding day

Wedding Decoration Ideas

Paris Kay Hersom has also written Wedding Decoration Ideas which is a great complementary book for Beach Wedding Ideas, and is loaded with romantic wedding decoration ideas to stimulate your inspiration to bring about your very own unique wedding day on the beach or off

This wedding designer guide is essential for everyone wanting to have the most wonderful and romantic wedding without the pit falls and costly mistakes.

So Whats Inside The Book?

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Wedding Decoration Ideas

Chapter 2 - Wedding Reception Ideas - A Few Easy Tips for a Great Day

Chapter 3 - Wedding Ceremony Decorations

Chapter 4 - Creative Juices

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Design (Industry, Graphics, Fashion), grade: A, London Metropolitan University, course: FASHION BUYING, language: English, abstract: Topman is a brand from the British international retailer group Arcadia Group holding another eight brands, namely BHS (home), Burton (menswear), Dorothy Perkins (womenswear), Evans (womenswear), Miss Selfridge (womenswear), Outfit (Multibranded shop), Topshop (womenswear) and Wallis (womenswear). Arcadia Group focuses their business culture on consumer focus, commercial flair, strategic focus, energy and drive and the staff. Arcadia Group has more than 500 stores in over 30 markets, plus more than 2,500 stores the UK. Over 225M units are imported to the UK and sent to one of the four distribution centres where about 1500 staff select and distribute them to relevant stores using their own fleet of vehicles. The Fashion Footprint internal programme lunched in 2007 supports this amount of imported items. Its goal is monitor and manage the social and environmental impacts of Arcadia Group's business. Justified by ethical trading, Arcadia Group either has factories or is monitors suppliers in Mauritius, Dubai, Bangladesh, Egypt, Delhi, Sumangali and Uzbekistan. Between 2010 and 2011, Topshop and Topman sold 14,000 fairtrade garments each (Arcadia Group Ltd, 2011). Topman appears as a driving trends high-street men's fashion store creating brilliant, affordable and authoritative menswear. Topman's customer is defined as "hard to pin down" because the products can reach a wide range of different personalities and styles. Topman's product categories consist of menswear, footwear, accessories, stationary and novelty, electronic and grooming as exemplified in the next table.

This title features inspirational and practical design solutions for the number one choice for a remodel indoors. A virtual designer's notebook of ideas, this will be a homeowner's first step in turning a dream bath into a real one. Lushly illustrated, this provides design options for all areas of the bathroom. This completely revised and updated edition of the bestselling Bathroom Idea Book features inspirational and practical design solutions for the number one choice for a remodel indoors. A virtual designer's notebook of ideas, inspiration and information, without the high designer price tag, this will be a homeowner's first step in turning a dream bath into a real one, whether it's new construction or a remodel. Lushly illustrated with 350 photos and 15 illustrations, Bathroom Idea Book provides design options for all areas of the bathroom, from cabinets and countertops to fixtures, flooring and finish details.

Recycle, revamp and rejuvenate; with over 50 projects Sarah covers a whole spectrum of imaginative ideas for every room of the house, from blanket curtains to patchwork wallpaper, clever storage crates to fun mobiles for children, as well as unique ideas for dining, sleeping and bathing. Interweaved throughout the book are ideas for 'one thing four ways' to show how the same piece of furniture or a room can be updated with different look, plus handy advice on essential kit and techniques. Aimed at all skill levels, the projects can be completed in a few hours or over a weekend so you can revamp and refurbish your home in no time at all.

Learn the technique of decoupage with 30 + fun and creative projects. Decoupage is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects. The book teaches how to apply this to decorate and renew a home, embellish used objects and create new ones.

This book shows how you can add great style to small bedrooms using colors and themes. It covers the basics of color harmony, enabling you to create your own color scheme. The many ideas presented in this book can be applied even with a small budget. Likewise. the luxurious ideas included by top interior designers can be reproduced on a tighter budget by following their color schemes and exceptional decorative ideas. The book includes beautiful and inspirational concepts to support you in creating your very special bedroom, however small. It also includes a few ideas for teenagers, or for the young at heart, and for children.

Crochet patterns scatter when in sheets of paper; one can buy one pattern on-line and the cost to print and mail it runs $6-$7. Free patterns on-line are unformatted and difficult to follow. So have consolidated and recomposed and colored this antheology of patterns for basically the cost of printing. These 85 classic crochet patterns have been collected from public and anonymous sources, organized, re-structured for a consistent format and enhanced with color for a permanent craft archive going back to the 1930s. Traditional motif names are conserved for the expert or family member who returns to old patterns to restore or recreate old family heirlooms. These patterns cover tables, beds, altars and chair sets, but no doilies. NOTE: Crochet stitches are knotted and not woven, extremely durable--unlike knitting, which is soft and pliable. Crochet is best for decorative elements (curtains, tablecloths and bedspreads) due to their longevity and washability subject to hard wear. This series of 8 volumes when completed will include four for Crochet and four for Knitting, about 800 patterns in all, a few dating back to 1850s. These are beautiful designs, but practical too. The NEXT volume in the series will be Volume 5, Emmie's Knitting for Babes to Tots.

Your home is your gathering place for family and friends. Does it feel welcome, warm and comforting? We all need a place of belonging, a place to escape to. A place called home. From Your Heart to Your Home covers all of this from the front sidewalk, through the rooms in your home to the backyard. This book will teach you how to refurbish furniture, to grow and harvest plants and herbs, to add scent everywhere in your home, to create, to learn, to have fun and to see your home through your heart. Let's craft, sew, decorate, celebrate holidays, write a journal, do things with our kids, introduce comforts into our lives, let's make potpourri and sachets, remake our bed, make homemade beauty products, make herbal crafts like a tussie mussie, feed the birds, cook, make vinegar bottles and herbal butter, learn to care for a cast iron skillet, supply our own tool box and learn the differences in paint. Let's be aware of some financial problems that plague us daily, the interest of charge cards, learn what BPA is and do some little reading about God. Let's get started. I have lots to show you.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

First, let me thank you for purchasing this exciting new guide on how to decorate your home on a budget. I really appreciate that. For anybody, decorating on a budget can be a challenge, but it also can be very rewarding. It will also teach you how to showcase your home. In this book, we will provide great ideas and tips for decorating various rooms within your home without going over budget. Just by adding a few small, but creative and decorative details, you can make any home look like a million dollars. As long as you approach your decorating on a budget creatively, it should not only save you money, but will be fun also. If you want to create the perfect look for your home, and you are on a budget, then you need to get creative. It is not impossible to design a new look for any room in the home on a shoestring. So as long as you are willing to invest your time and energy, then you should be able to make a room go from plain to perfect in no time at all. As already mentioned above, decorating on a budget can be fun. So instead of looking at the more expensive items that are available, why not instead start looking at their inexpensive counterparts. There are plenty of companies around which offer items that look as good as the more expensive items for the home, at half the price.

Helpful hints and creative ideas for furniture layouts, color schemes, lighting, window treatments, accessorizing and more to help you avoid the most common home decorating mistakes. Learn how to make the most efficient use of your space, choose the right furniture for better function, add lighting to make your rooms sparkle, and create an inviting mood that will make the time you spend there more enjoyable. Whether you plan to start with an empty space or decorate using the furniture you already own, this simple step-by-step guide can help make your rooms more functional and more attractive, using whatever budget you choose. For more FREE decorating tips, visit www.BlueSagePress.com.

First impressions count. In today's competitive home buying market, investing a small amount of time and money in repairs and home staging can result in a faster sale at a higher price. This quick reference guide offers practical tips and decorating advice to help give your property a solid advantage over the competition. It includes helpful suggestions for furniture layouts, accessorizing, lighting, home staging, de-cluttering, designer tricks and more--all the information you need, condensed into one short volume to save you time. For more FREE home staging tips, visit www.BlueSagePress.com.