Book description
Transform your home from shabby to chic, with the help of Kirstie
Allsopp. Looking to the past for inspiration and embracing vintage style
to create something unique and beautiful, Kirstie continues her love
affair with everything handmade. Re-using, restoring and upcycling,
Kirstie shows how to transform vintage fabrics, furniture and other
everyday things into modern day treasures using a range of crafting
skills and techniques. From distressing a mirror and decoupage to making
a memory quilt with vintage fabric, the book is packed with practical
techniques that can be adapted to suit your own objects and furniture.
Accompanying a new Channel 4 series, Kirstie's Vintage Home contains
everything you need to create your own vintage look at home. Kirstie
Allsopp is the star of Channel 4's
Kirstie's Vintage Home
and the co-presenter, with Phil Spencer, of Location, Location,
Location
and Relocation, Relocation
. She got her first job with interior decorator Nikki Haslam, worked for
Country Living
magazine before setting up a property buying business with a friend.
Kirstie lives in Devon and West London with her partner Ben Anderson and
their two sons and two stepsons.
