The Nautical Home
by Ornberg, Anna
CAD $24.99
A prolific author of interior decorating books (with 28 titles to her name), Anna Ornberg here turns her attention to incorporating nautical themes into your domestic decor. With 100 projects described, there?s plenty of food for thought here. Any do-it-yourselfer can find just the right touches and accents to add a sense of the seaside to apartment, cabin, or home base. Materials called for include wood, rope, shells, fabric, and more.
Ontario Sailor –
This Swedish author is a decorator and writer who has written 28 books on interior decorating. With this book, now translated into English, she turns her attention to nautical themes and offers the do-it-yourselfer some projects like making a quilted signal flag throw, pillow cases and beanbags, wooden lampshades and rope work for making a fun lamp. There are all sorts of decorating ideas showcased in the many colourful photos of everyday household items and spiffed-up rooms. Every room in this book looks like a scene from a beachhouse. Boating motifs are everywhere. You can almost hear the lapping waves and noisy, circling seagulls when you look through the photos. Dressers and chairs are repurposed, rope, seashells and starfish are used as accents, and scruffy driftwood is used creatively for signs and wall hangings. With this book, it makes it easy to say put. The book shouts: Don’t move – simply redecorate.