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Today we show you how to Cultivate, Dye and Create using INDIGO.

Indigo by Kerstin Neumüller and Douglas Luhanko Everything you need to grow, extract and use indigo. Discover indigo; one of the world’s most mystical yet widely used dyes. In this practical and inspirational handbook, textile experts Kerstin Neumüller and Douglas Luhanko take the reader on a journey from plant to pigment to garment, sharing their… Continue reading Today we show you how to Cultivate, Dye and Create using INDIGO.

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Mad About The House

How to decorate your home with style As a keen follower of Kate Watson-Smyth 's blog Mad About The House, I have been looking forward to her book with eager anticipation. The book is written in much the same way as her blog: clear informative and witty, honest with a small amount of self-deprecation. As… Continue reading Mad About The House

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Studio – Creative Spaces for Creative People

  by Sally Coulthard   If you are a designer, or just love creative people and enjoy seeing how and where they work, then this is must have book. It is full of inspiration. The author, Sally Coulthard, lives on a farm where she rents out barns to artists. As she says ‘it’s a scruffy… Continue reading Studio – Creative Spaces for Creative People

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The Little Book of Hygge

The Danish way to Live Well By Meik Wiking from the Happiness Research Institute Copenhagen Available on Amazon or directly from Penguin Books The word on everyone’s lips last year was  ‘Hygge’, despite most English people being unable to pronounce it correctly. Luckily when this book arrived on my desk I had a Norwegian staying… Continue reading The Little Book of Hygge

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Flowerbomb! By Hannah Read-Baldrey

25 beautiful craft projects to blow your blossoms by Hannah Read-Baldrey If flowers and crafting are your passions then this is your  book, flower power for the twenty first century. Hannah Read-Baldrey, who incidentally models her own makes throughout, is very stylish and her creations  are equally stylish. Included  are projects for both the home and … Continue reading Flowerbomb! By Hannah Read-Baldrey