HOW TO DECORATE

Shannon Fricke's How to Decorate workshops are very popular, but not all of us can attend. Now we have a workshop in a book, a practical guide to decorating a home from start to finish, with love, attention and style.

Layer by layer, Shannon explains how to go from finding our own story to creating a decorating concept and then implementing it step by step to turn our house into our dream home. Along with insider's tips on everything from choosing colours, finishes, floors, furniture, flowers and fabrics to hiding a house's flaws and making the most of its assets, there are inspirational photographs of Shannon's own home and other houses she has decorated. Her fresh and homely approach to decorating within any budget will have you collecting paint cards and wallpaper samples in no time.