Books To Love... Danielle Proud’s “House Proud”
“The Secret Lives of Dresses” by Erin McKean
I discovered this book whilst fossicking at the local Op Shop earlier this year, it is a great selection of ideas for upcycling and repurposing items around the home. Danielle Proud shows you how to produce fabulous signature pieces for every room - vintage-scarf cushions, sexy hostess aprons, personalised decoupage tables and more - most of which you can make from things you already own. In no time at all, you’ll be whipping up your own placemats from old Vogue covers, creating snazzy batik wind wheels for your garden, and giving your hallway an art deco edge with glamorous mirror stairs.
When Dora’s grandmother Mimi falls ill, Dora rushes back home to Forsyth, NC, and finds herself running her grandmother’s vintage clothing store. The store has always been a fixture in Dora’s life; though she grew up more of a jeans-and-sweatshirt kind of girl, before she even knew how to write, Mimi taught her that a vintage 1920s dress could lift a woman’s spirit. While working there, Dora befriends Mimi’s adorable contractor, Conrad. Is he after Dora, or is working from a different blueprint? And why did Mimi start writing down-and giving away--stories of the dresses in her shop?
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