The Beaded Home: Simply Beautiful Projects [Hardcover]

Katherine Duncan Aimone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2001

Embellish everything! Beadwork adds a touch of luxury to even the most everyday objects--and it's stylish, easy to do, and inexpensive. Inexperienced beaders will learn all-from stringing on thread and wire to making fringes and using a simple loom--and eagerly begin one of the 45 wildly fabulous projects. Lampshades, frames, pillows, candleholders and more, shown in 150 color photos, display the creative range of the craft. Every one looks magnificent.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Beaded items abound in the shops today, on photo frames, cushions, table mats, napkin rings. They are the current trend in home decoration. But they can easily be made yourself, at home. Once you have mastered the techniques you will find it easy to add your own homemade beaded touch to your rooms, individual to you. Add an instant bit of glamour to your home with beads: sparkly, wooden, ethnic, round, baton-shaped, leaf-shaped, beads come in an infinite variety of shapes and forms ready for you to create your own individual pieces. Inspiration abounds in this pretty book. Whether you like girly crystals, African native designs, contemporary or traditional ideas, they are all featured with clear, concise instructions. An informative introduction explains techniques, tools and design strategies. The numerous different threads and needles involved are gone through in detail, ensuring the correct materials are used for each project. From using beads wrapped in wire to embellish cutlery and candlesticks to stitching beads onto table runners, pillows, curtains and fragrant sachets to bead boxes, fringes, wind-chimes and bottle stoppers, all will inspire the reader to make these pretty, glittery objects and develop their own imagination to create personally designed items for themselves and friends alike. Be it girly, retro or elegant, beads open up a whole new world in interior design and home furnishing. So get out your beads and decorate your home with this excellent, instructive guide to beadwork. - Lucy Watson

About the Author

Asheville, NC

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (December 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579902448
• ISBN-13: 978-1579902445
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,921,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GORGEOUS! An extraordinary book full of many great projects, January 8, 2002

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SkiBum (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beaded Home: Simply Beautiful Projects (Hardcover)

I *LOVE* this book! It is filled with innumerable gorgeous innovative projects which are both spectacular as they are, and easily modified to suit your own style/tastes. The exceptionally wide range of projects includes everything from exquisite beaded bottle tops and bottle people to a beaded abacus and beaded napkin rings. There is truly something for all styles and tastes. The projects are gorgeous in themselves, and will also spark your own creativity. I love it!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here a bead, there a bead, EVERYWHERE, September 17, 2004

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Christine Saalbach (San Antonio TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beaded Home: Simply Beautiful Projects (Paperback)

It's not necessary for a book like this to start with bead types (bone, coral, African trade). Most who would pick up a book on decorating with beads, like me, probably have drawers full of them and just want to get them out where we can see them. I also don't need to know what tools I'll need to fill my entire house with beaded décor, so just rip out the beginning of the book and take me straight to ideas.

Kudos to the author: she's got wonderful ideas. There's beaded fringe on a window valance -- wow! Imagine the glitter in the sunlight! There are embellished gourds, drawer pulls, picture frames, bead thumbtacks, a table runner, stepping stones, and on and on. Katherine provides us with so many ideas, we could cover our entire abode with beads (not a bad idea!).

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice to Look At But....., June 9, 2003

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Jolene (Singapore Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beaded Home: Simply Beautiful Projects (Hardcover)

Lots of good ideas and beautiful projects. However, instructions are terrible...it took us about 30 minutes just to figure out some of the instructions to one of the projects.

Definitely great for inspirations, but not a book for the novice.