Christmas Details [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Mary Norden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 5, 2000

Filled with stylish and creative ideas, "Christmas Details gives you the finishing touches that will transform your home during the Christmas season. The wide variety of decorative details in the book allows you to create a holiday atmosphere that is unique yet tailored to your personal taste.

Five different Christmas themes- White, Traditional, Exotic, Contemporary, and Country- are packed with an array of unusual festive ideas for setting the table, wrapping presents, making small gifts, and decorating the home. None of the projects is complicated or difficult and all of provide simple and inexpensive ways to decorate with sophistication and style. Inspirational yet easy to use, "Christmas Details will help you create an enchanting holiday setting in your home.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Homes & Gardens, The English Home, Woman and Home, House & Garden, Ideal Home, Real Homes, Homes & Antiques, Sunday Telegraph magazine, You (the Mail on Sunday). --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Mary Norden, a succesful textile designer, has been commissioned by Liberty, Ralph Lauren, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent. She has written for Homes & Gardens and is the author of Gift Wraps: Baskets & Bows and Decorative Embroidery.Sandra Lane is a successful still-life photographer. Her work appears in magazines such as Elle Decoration and Homes & Gardens, and she has photographed several of Mary Nodens's previous books. She lives in London.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Collins; illustrated edition edition (September 5, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688174299
• ISBN-13: 978-0688174293
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,988,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars chic craft for the holidays, October 7, 2000

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Ramona Lumsden (East Melbourne, VIC Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Details (Hardcover)

This has to be one of the most beautful craft ideas books I have ever seen.Mary Norden has a very contemporary eye for detail, there is a touch of Martha Stewartness about the presentation but without any fussiness (Nordern suggests tapered candles in a galvanised bucket, but she never suggests you make the candles yourself!) A glorious indulgence - you know what I mean, the sort of bed you can take to bed with you before you fall asleep dreaming of actually getting the christmas cards in the mail before New Years Eve

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lovely photography but few details and some odd ideas, October 14, 2004

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chintz22 (Newburyport, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Christmas Details (Hardcover)

The best thing about this book is the photography, which is lovely. What is being photographed ranges from the mundane to the odd, and the ideas rarely said "Christmas!" to me. For instance, for the white decorating scheme the author suggests tying string around a white rock and putting it on the napkin in your placesetting. The author gives few details on how to achieve the looks she writes about. I was very disappointed.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully presented, but not very detailed, January 2, 2004

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Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas Details (Hardcover)

This is a very nicely presented book. It is a conveniently sized hardcover with attractive dust cover, and has excellent pictures. It can even be used as a coffee table book.

With regard to the content, there are some very good ideas, but firstly, some of the items required are not easy to get, and secondly, the more complicated projects do not have enough detail in the instructions.

I also found that some of the projects don't look that good if you take away the fancy settings and lighting effects used for the photographs.

Not a bad book, but it's more for show than function