Synopsis: With the same chainstores littering every high street and shopping centre, it can sometimes seem difficult to inject individuality into your home without paying designer prices. The Homemade Home provides the solution. Here, designer and stylist Sania Pell provides 50 inspirational yet easy projects for you to make, all for next to nothing.

Turn basic white bed linen into something special by adding ribbon borders and embroidered panels, and update lampshades by recovering with fabric or paper. Give old furniture a facelift by repainting and adding paper collage decoration. Recycle glass jars into a stylish tealight holder, and use old teacups as pretty plant holders. Create family heirlooms by framing special pieces of children's clothing, or display tiny treasures in wooden box frames.

Turn felted sweaters into appliquéed cushion covers or cosy scarves, and use the contents of your button box to revamp an old cardigan. With easy-to-follow instructions and artworks, The Homemade Home will inspire you to get out the paintbrushes and dust off the sewing machine, and create a truly stylish and individual home.

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Hot Brands Verdict
We have a passion for creative projects here at Hot Brands and we love quirky, different ideas and this book has them in abundance. We also love the way that Sania divides the book into Quick Ideas and longer projects.

Beautifully illustrated with clear instructions and templates, as she says, ‘There is nothing like the feeling you get when someone says how lovely something is that you are wearing, have in your home, or have given as a gift and you can reply, “I made it” This book is about making it yourself-getting creative, injecting your personality into objects that surround you, and putting your own individual stamp on your home’

Whatever your level of expertise this book has projects that will inspire. What we loved was that it gathers ideas across the whole home, plants in antique tea-cups, embellished bed linen, embroidered scarves, decorated cupboards, curtains with pockets and flowers; ideas that can transform a home in minutes. Delightful, inspiring, and great fun, we loved it. Highly recommended !