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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.2
EAN: 9780060523930
ISBN: 006052393X
Label: Collins Design
Manufacturer: Collins Design
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: December 01, 2004
Publisher: Collins Design
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Studio: Collins Design

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:


Rachel Ashwell uses her signature style to make any event a special occasion.



This beautiful, accessible book proves that entertaining need not be expensive. Making every day into an elegant extravaganza is a matter of inspiration and imagination, and shopping is a great way to get inspired. Travel with her to unique locations like a Chinese grocery store, local antique mall, a flower market, or a flea market to search for the perfect accents that will give your event unexpected charm without breaking the bank. Use the treasures you find to jazz up average items – sometimes it's as easy as adding a little paint, ribbons, or flowers. Decorate the chairs, create a themed meal, or custom design menus and place cards. When it comes to setting a scene, Rachel is an expert and with her easy how–to advice, you can be too. She has practical ideas for any occasion – baby showers to weddings, birthday parties to bar mitzvahs, even old–fashioned family dinners.






Rating: - Shabby Chic Settings and Lovely Things
The ideas and photos are just superb! Rachel is a romantic Goddes with all that soft and lovely collors and treasures! Very inspiring!

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Rating: - Shabby Chic Gorgeous
As usual Rachels books never fail to delight the eye with the sumptuous photography, attention to detail and her style of putting together the simplest objects to create visual feasts. A book to devour over and over with a lovely cup of tea !

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Rating: - Shift in Focus to Parties, Away from Home Decorating
Maybe "Elegant Shabby Chic" would have been a better name for the book. The photos are gorgeous. The events the author created are lavish affairs for Hollywood socialites. The reader can find inspiration from these and depending on the budget, create your own event.
Each chapter covers a separate affair or decorating challenge. There's Jennifer Lopez' restaurant and Pamela Anderson's son's birthday party. Paper parasols, vintage/flowery hats, a mixture of china teacups, and lots of old ... Read More

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Rating: - Beautiful picture book.
I was in great anticipation of this book because I found her previous ones (with the exception of the Gift Giving one which I have not read) to be beautiful, inspiring and filled with great, new to me, information. I wasn't expecting another book like the first ones and had I, I think I would have been disappointed. What I was expecting, however, was just another beautiful book filled with wonderful images to give my brain a creative spark. And it did just that.

It's not really a how to, ... Read More

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Rating: - best cottage style reference
If you like the casual comfortable look of overstuffed slip covered furniture, this is the best reference you could buy.

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