The Thrifty Decorator

The Age of Thrift is upon us! The 'throwaway age' is over and now is the time to repair and restyle your home, investing in good quality second-hand items and restoring your old treasures to new and long-lasting life. Whether home-buyer, newly-wed, impoverished student, self-confessed thrift-merchant or just downright broke, nearly everyone at some stage in their lives needs a decorating manual that is as inspiring as it is comprehensive. The Thrifty Decorator is here to answer your SOS.

With her energizing commonsense and visionary style, Jocasta Innes uncovers the potential of jumble junk and disperses dreary decor at every turn, providing decorating solutions that will stand the test of time. How to handprint or stencil your own curtains, strip and colourwash floorboards, and lime furniture - these are just some of the ideas that will help you turn an empty room into a vision of comfort without spending your life-savings. Six projects feature real rooms specially decorated by Jocasta, which have been miraculously transformed for a fraction of the cost of an average decorative. scheme. Complete with over 150 how-to-illustrations, special colour photography and an essential list of budget suppliers, The Thrifty Decorator is one book you simply can't afford to ignore.