Learn to skillfully prepare the surfaces of a home for paint, decorative paint, faux finish, and stencils. A list of tools and materials and a section with tips and troubleshooting advice is provided for each surface preparation technique and repair.

Take toilet paper to a new dimension, and revolutionize your use of a bathroom basic This collection of 60 stylish projects will add a joyous touch and festive flair to any holiday or special occasion -- including birthdays, weddings, and Christmas. Learn how to cut, sew, scrunch, paint, fold, twist, deconstruct, reconstruct, and transform bath tissue into delightful new designs.

This innovative book includes charming decorations, gifts, party favors, costumes, garnishes, and cards. Gift projects include: embroidered toilet paper, Toilet Paper Cake, homemade paper sachets, and the memorable Money Roll. Decorations include: an abundant variety of flowers, shimmery ornaments, Ghastly Ghost, holiday garlands, Letters & Lace Banners, Angel So Soft, big and beautiful pom poms, the delicate Paperwhite Wreath, ruffled ToileTree, and a sweet Blossoms & Birds Mobile. Gift toppers include: hearts, flowers, butterflies and bows. Food garnishes include: clown cupcake toppers, floral cake corsages, and Paper Truffles. Wearables include: Lovely Lei, incredible Petal Masks, mummy costumes, and a Rosette Brooch. Cards include: the Ruffled Heart Card, Rosebud Place Cards, and all-occasion embossed greeting cards. The projects range from simple make-it-in-minutes bows to elaborate masks -- using stitchery, origami, kanzashi, and basic craft techniques. "Toilet Paper Crafts for Holidays and Special Occasions" includes step-by-step illustrated instructions, 70 full-size copy-or-trace templates to ensure your success, and a collage of color photographs for inspiration. Also included is a bonus section of party games. Crafters of all ages and experience levels will enjoy repurposing toilet paper into budget-friendly, fun, and unforgettable new creations. Get rolling

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Design (Industry, Graphics, Fashion), grade: 2,0, language: English, abstract: Digital printing is a new dimension in textile printing. Compared to conventional methods there are many strengths, but also weaknesses. As far as the design process is concerned, the digital technology has an impact, to some extent being able to produce small, highly individual patterns, at a lower price and with a lower lead time than traditionally. These facts also positively support the trend of mass customization. Currently some designers embrace the new technology but at the same time it is also criticised. Key Words: digital textile printing, textile design, ink-jet printing, design influence.

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The Home series is devoted to interior design and decoration, and presented in a handy format. Leading architects and interior specialists provide inspirational and unique designs that are packed with impressive ideas for your own home The home is where you can escape the hectic pace of the world outside and forget the worries of day-to-day life. Whatever the leisure activity - home cinema, reading, afternoon nap, swimming or other sports - increasing importance is being attached to the interior design and aesthetic qualities of rooms dedicated entirely to rest and relaxation. This volume covers the most important feature of any home - spaces to relax and forget the world. From peaceful patios to energetic games rooms, this book shows some of the most inspiring interiors for leisure.

Patrick Lose is back with 12 charming Christmas projects in his hallmark style: vivid colors, whimsical motifs, excellent directions, and full-size patterns. Gather everyone around, pop a bowl of popcorn, and make something wonderful

* 12 festive projects include table runners, door toppers, pillows, bed quilts, and more

* Designs include projects with easy fused applique you can put together in a weekend

* Full-size patterns and complete instructions make assembly easy

Create a cozy getaway with this fabulous compendium in the highly successful 150 Best series, packed with images, ideas, inspiration, and information on the latest trends in small space design. 150 Best New Cottage and Cabin Ideas shows off a diversity of creative, and innovative getaway homes the exemplify the small-space trend. Francesc Zamora draws on the developments of distinguished international architects and designers who have worked to achieve practical, innovative, and stylish solutions adapted to the specific needs and particular tastes of their clients. Filled with hundreds of color and black-and-white photographs, this comprehensive handbook offers an extensive collection of cabins and cottages from all over the world, and provides an inspirational source of ideas for architects, designers, and homeowners alike-whether you're looking to design and build a new dwelling or renovating and redecorating an existing structure.

If you think you've seen the best in gift wraps...think again Eleanor Leinen - also known as 'THE CELEBRITY GIFT WRAPPER', has set a new precedence in the world of artistic giftwrapping. Clients and fans from all over beleive that Eleanor's giftwrapping creations are to packaging what Andy Warhol's work was to pop art. UNIQUELY GIFTED is a collection of bold, charming and sometimes quirky gift wraps that are surprisingly, functional pieces of art. Each custom-made gift wrap brings together unexpected elements and mediums, creating breath-taking gift presentations. Eleanor, also offers readers an inside look into the inspiration for her creations, with whimsical and anecdotal mini-stories, that you and your guests will relate to and enjoy reading. From her numerous appearances on TV- NBC, FOX, DO-IT -YOURSELF Network (DYI) - to her spread in MORE MAGAZINE, and feature articles in newspapers across the country, Eleanor has left a trail of indelible footprints which leaves no room for doubt that she is truly headed for greatness. The photographs in UNIQUELY GIFTED were taken by the notable lens man, Marc Vaughn, and his visions have provided Eleanor with the ability to share her artistry with the public. UNIQUELY GIFTED is a perfect accent to any home or office coffee table collection. With its complimentry GUEST JOURNAL as a second half, everyone will have an oppportunity to create a priceless archive of written memories from family, friends and business associates. UNIQUELY GIFTED is presented in an 8.5 square format and features gift wraps for holidays, birthdays, ethnic celebrations and special ocassions. UNIQUELY CIFTED is an absolutly wonderful coffee table collectible or gift forany and all special ocassions or holidays

We Americans love to look at ourselves. How we vote, where we work, what we think about church and school -- studying ourselves is a national pastime. What has been missing in all this self-examination, until now, is a book about the greatest national obsessions of all: the hobbies we pursue, the collections and amateur sports to which we devote so much of our lives. The Banana Sculptor, the Purple Lady, and the All-Night Swimmer chronicles the amazing variety of ways in which we relax, compete with others and ourselves, and indulge some of our richest fantasies. Here are wonderfully warm and witty accounts of Americans as they: attempt to swim all the Great Lakes, often in horrible conditions; quit a job and begin raising sheep to accommodate a newfound passion for spinning; eat at every McDonald's in the nation; carve The Last Supper from wood; cross all the world's suspension bridges; build huge banana sculptures; roller blade, scull, and bake; and collect marbles, Noah's arks, talking birds, and much more. In these pages you'll meet a marvelous array of ordinary people who do unusual things, sometimes to extremes, as they define for themselves worlds of imagination, contest, and excellence. These are people who thrill to the chase and sometimes plain wear themselves out having fun, whether it's flying kites as big as a king-size mattress, canoeing in the Canadian wilderness, or meticulously recording the daily details of their everyday existence. In Working, Studs Terkel gave us an unforgettable oral history of the working life of an earlier generation. The Banana Sculptor, the Purple Lady, and the All-Night Swimmer is a history for our own times -- of the passionate pursuits by which so many of us define ourselves and of the universal search for happiness and a sense of fulfillment. Maybe you'll find yourself in the forty people profiled here. Maybe you'll find a hobby that you'll want to make your own. Either way, your life is likely to be enriched, just as the lives of the people you will read about are enriched by the depth of their commitment and the beauty of their accomplishments.

Originally published in the 1920s, Furniture for Small Houses offers a fascinating glimpse into everyday homes of the time. Reflecting a general desire in the years following World War I to improve the surroundings of ordinary people, Percy A Wells presents a series of designs that are forerunners of today's modern furniture in their simplicity and practicality. Photos and plans accompany clear explanations of each item's features, making Furniture for Small Houses a wonderfully illuminating resource for designers, historians and anyone with an interest in furniture-making or interiors.

Readers will love this treasure trove of inspiration filled with stunning photography of finished rooms, pictures of added decor elements, and chatty side notes and tips as author and artist Curtis Heuser guides them room-by-room through his renovated Victorian home. Along the way, the reader will learn how to create unique paint effects, pick up tips on everything from colours to contractors, and be swept up to new inspirational levels.

This is an invaluable pocket source book bursting with images of original and well restored Edwardian features. This is the ideal handy reference for the home owner, either to take to the architectural salvage yard or DIY store to identify authentic styles and colours, or simply to enjoy the best of Edwardian design. It contains a room-by-room tour of Edwardian homes, covering everything from grand opulence to modest dwellings. It is beautifully illustrated throughout, with design details such as close-ups of fabrics and door knobs.

Simple and powerful, IRIS in the House: ?And Suddenly Everything Works! is interior redesign and decorating trade-secrets for the do-it-yourself homeowner. Compiled from the wisdom of nineteen top-rated redesign trainers, this first-ever anthology offers creative solutions to design, including one-day decorating principles and concepts, as seen on HGTV Decorating Cents.

Easier to make than a conventional quilt or a painted floorcloth, a Floorquilt is the perfect way to turn the fabric you love into a masterpiece you can use. Plus, there's no sewing! Decoupage techniques and supplies are all you need to transform a piece of canvas into a beautiful, durable floorcloth. Ellen guides you every step of the way, from choosing raw fabric to applying a protective finish to the completed Floorquilt. Lots of how-to photographs and inspiring examples.

In this gloriously illustrated book, world traveller and style expert Bibi Jordan introduces Swahili style, a school of design, architecture and graceful living that instils a sense of simplicity, sensuality and spirituality into any interior. Each chapter details the region's rich past, with fascinating facts about African culture and history, and highlights the most intriguing and inspirational aspects of the local decor, making this an ideal book for both the armchair traveller and the globetrotting adventurer as well as decorating devotees.

This practical and inventive book will teach you to transform cheap chain-store furniture and junk shop finds into unique stylish items which you will feel proud to display in your home. With over 30 projects, "Furniture Facelifts" is an indispensable bible of ideas, designs and techniques for creating attractive pieces of furniture for indoors and out, with a minimum of expense, expertise and time. With easy-to-follow recipe-style instructions the book takes you through all the materials and equipment needed and the preparation necessary for every type of surface, as well as a fully illustrated directory of the techniques featured in the projects. Throughout, as many as three alternative colour combinations and motifs are included alongside the basic recipe and all the most common household items are included from chairs and stools, to doors, shelves and tables.

Independent Catholics are the fastest-growing variety of Catholic in the West. They are found in every city of every state in the U.S. and Mexico, every Province of Canada, and throughout Australia, Europe, and South America. This book arises out of a need in the Independent Catholic community for a compact and concise introduction to the movement. This is intended to be a book that can introduce interested people to the movement in a friendly, easy-to-read style that will not tax their patience or their wallets. The Independent Catholic movement is wonderfully diverse, and it is not possible to adequately cover the full spectrum within an introductory volume of this size. Rather, this book focuses on the most common varieties of Independent Catholicism in hopes of providing a short, useful orientation to the newcomer.

Gather cloth, favorite photos, and found treasures to create innovative fabric screens that look great anywhere, anytime. Easy enough for no-sew fans, appealing enough for stitchers, these screens display memories and mementoes much like a scrapbook. Personalized screens also make great gifts for friends and family. Assembly is a snap with double-sided fusible stiff interfacing plus fabric glue or a few stitches. Crafters of every kind will want to express themselves with Dimensional Delights.

Ever since a physical distinction could be made between rural and urban, the word 'country' has represented a set of values and way of thinking - an escape both literally and metaphysically from the cares and concerns of the 'city'. Dinah Hall's innovative exploration of the influence of contemporary style on the country look shows us that we can use all the benefits of modern technology and design to create a home that focuses on the needs of the individual for space, peace and simple beauty. A visual inspiration, the book features photographs from the best locations throughout the world and is packed with ideas for creating a modern home with a country feel.

Better Homes In America Plan Book For Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922.

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Originally published in 1915, this book goes into great technical detail on the qualities of different types of wood, tools, filling, staining, varnishing, polishing, gilding, enameling, and finishing all kinds of woodwork. Fred T. Hodgson was an architect, editor of the National Builder, and author of many other books on construction techniques.

Feel you are permanently stuck on the "trash" side of "trash to treasure"? Got more "stuff" than style? Jumpstart your imagination today with a new book from Pamela Cole Harris. Now you (yes, YOU!) can learn to create elegant, unique furniture from everyday objects, beginning with your coffee table! Learn principles that will allow you to create elegant furniture out of all your clutter (and your neighbor's)!