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The Creative Home

Inspiring Ideas for Beautiful Living
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The Creative Home by Geraldine James offers fresh and exciting ideas to personalise your living space, making it truly your own. Whether you reside in a busy family home, a cosy city pied-ร -terre, or a serene country or seaside retreat, this book provides inspiration tailored to your environment. It covers key areas of the house with dedicated chapters on kitchens and dining, living rooms, home offices and studios, bedrooms and bathrooms, as well as storage and display solutions. The book showcases a variety of styles, from minimalist designs to eclectic collector's spaces and thrifty, second-hand furnished rooms, all united by meticulous attention to detail.
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This book is ideal for homeowners and renters looking to creatively reinvent their living spaces, interior design enthusiasts, and anyone seeking practical yet stylish ideas for kitchens, living areas, workspaces, bedrooms, and storage. It suits readers interested in a range of home styles and those who appreciate blending designer pieces with cherished heirlooms.

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Let Geraldine James show you how to reinvent your home with new and exciting ways to make it uniquely yours

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Let Geraldine James show you how to reinvent your home with new and exciting ways to make it uniquely yours.

Whether you live in a bustling home where a family of different ages with varying tastes and interests needs to be accommodated, in a compact city pied ร  terre, or in a country or seaside retreat, you will find inspiration here for your ideal living space. The Creative Home brings together the best of Geraldine Jamesโ€™s Creative series of books and shows how to apply these ideas in your own home.

There are four chapters on different areas of the house โ€“ Cook and Eat features kitchens and dining areas, Relax and Socialise covers living rooms, Work and Create includes home offices and studios, and Sleep and Bathe, of course, shows bedrooms and bathrooms. A final chapter, Store and Display, shows how your home can be used to show off your treasures and store your collections.

Each chapter features rooms of different styles โ€“ from sleek and minimal, to Aladdin's caves belonging to collectors of anything and everything, thrifty chic-style rooms furnished with second-hand buys, and renovated homes with no expense spared โ€“ as well as displays featuring designer items alongside inherited family heirlooms. However, the one thing every room has in common, whatever its style or purpose, is that it has been furnished and decorated with great attention to detail.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781782493587

Publisher: Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 September 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CICO Books

Illustration: 250 col photographs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 1008g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Geraldine James started her career in fashion as a contemporary designer buyer, and from fashion she moved to home and gift. Geraldine soon developed a passion for collecting and finding unusual and beautiful things. She now works as a home buying manager at Selfridges and, as part of her role, spends time travelling extensively to find exciting new products for the store. She is the author of Creative Walls (ISBN 978-1-907563-15-7), Creative Display (ISBN 978-1-908170-16-3), Creative Spaces (ISBN 978-1-78249-055-5) and Flea Market Secrets (ISBN 978-1-78249-186-6). She is based in Putney, London.

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