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Home, Garden, and DIY March 2018
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Build stuff with wood: Make awesome projects with basic tools by Asa ChristianaProvides instructions for creating useful items from wood using only a few portable power tools, including an outdoor bench, postmodern coffee table, floating shelves, and hanging lamp. whether you are entering the handmade world for the first time or just looking for easy projects, this book is for you.
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Hidden Paris: Discovering and exploring Parisian interiors
by Caroline Clifton-Mogg
Go on a photographic tour of a side of Paris few have ever seen, created from the vast archive of glorious imagery belonging to the French interiors magazine Côté Paris. Hidden Paris reveals the capital city’s unique architecture and fabulous interiors in a range of styles, from classic French to retro, contemporary, bohemian, industrial and more.
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| The gentle art of Swedish death cleaning: How to free yourself and your family from a lifetime of clutterby Margareta Magnusson A charming (really!) look at decluttering from a Swedish point of view that's especially helpful if you are downsizing or have reached a certain period of life. There are common sense musings and advice from a pleasant guide who's "somewhere between 80 and 100 years old." Death clearning is not about dusting or mopping up; it is about a permanent form of organization that makes your everyday life run more smoothly." |
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Peony: The best varieties for your garden by David MichenerPerfect for both enthusiastic home gardeners and peony collectors alike, this is a comprehensive guide to the peony, a flowering plant popular for its beauty and fragrance. It profiles 194 varieties and is filled with cultivation advice, design information and plant picks, as well as a list of resources and suggested further reading.
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Features the whimsical and colourful folk-art style of Scandinavia, and beyond. Inspired by the concept of hygge, this book includes great prompts, easy exercises, and step-by-step projects that embrace all things Scandinavian. No matter what your skill level, you can learn how to draw and paint beautiful, colourful art using a variety of accessible, affordable supplies.
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| How to Hygge: The Nordic secrets to a happy life by Signe JohansenHome advice, lifestyle tips, lovely photos, and a wide variety of recipes, both sweet and savory. This engaging book by a Norwegian chef and writer uses the concept of hygge to demonstrate how readers can embrace cozy in all areas of their lives. Chapters include: Outdoor Pursuits, The Nordic Kitchen, Healthy Hedonism, Design & Home, and Kinship, Conviviality & Openness. |
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Dress Scandinavian by Pernille TeisbaekNo one personifies modern Danish cool as well as fashion industry stylist, blogger and model Pernille Teisbaek. She offers professional tips on how to create a minimalist wardrobe and look, mix and match patterns, adopt androgynous looks or new colour combinations, try out new materials and mix fabrics, plus plenty of timeless fashion advice. Her beauty chapter revels a capsule survival kit and how to achieve her natural look. She also covers pared- back Scandinavian home design, with an eye on balancing elegant simplicity and minimalism with homeliness and warmth, or hygge, and inspirational pictures.
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| The little book of Hygge: Danish secrets to happy living by Meik WikingA cheerful look at how to be happy by bringing more hygge into your life. Offering practical advice (lighting a candle equals instant hygge) and thoughtful ideas, this little book can help readers find big pleasures in small comforts. Meik Wiking is the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen where they light candles in the office every day. He wrote this book to explore hygge's connection to happiness. If you like his style, check out his latest, The Little Book of Lykke.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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