"Pretty projects for the home.lovely do-it-yourself ideas."-- Style at Home Celebrate the handmade and the homemade with 25 truly unique, professionally designed, and charming vintage-style projects. Presented with watercolors and specially commissioned photographs, these lovely items make ingenious use of traditional fabrics, time-honored fabric crafts, simple old-fashioned sewing, ragging, and braiding techniques, and natural material materials from the garden. Dress up any room with cozy cushions in old-style ticking. Liven up plain shelving with scalloped shelf edging splashed with bright gingham. Scented lavender bags and pillows bring welcome prettiness and fragrance to a spare room. And don't forget outdoor living: who could resist lounging in lovely rose-covered deck chairs? Here is a handbook for the ultimate vintage home.