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Author: Mary Carol Garrity
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

12 reviews
Sales Rank: 31611

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.9 x 1

ISBN: 0740768581
Dewey Decimal Number: 645
EAN: 9780740768583
ASIN: 0740768581

Publication Date: July 1, 2007
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Product Description
Home decorating guru Mary Carol Garrity compares her techniques for transforming her own 130-year-old Greek revival fixer-upper to that of a bird building its nest—carefully selecting and layering all components twig by twig. In Nell Hill's Feather Your Nest: It's All in the Details each chapter focuses on nest-building basics for different areas of the home, from common spaces like foyers to private spaces like bedrooms. Garrity empowers readers to feather their own nests by developing a sense of personal style, emphasizing minor touches that make a major difference.

The Wall Street Journal has hailed Garrity as a "one-person economic-development force" in her hometown of Atchison, Kans. Garrity's stores have become landmarks in the decorating world. The Mary Carol Home Collection, an extensive line of home d�cor products is distributed nationwide by the Gerson Companies.

Garrity's three previous books have received coverage from CBS's The Early Show and NBC's Today show, as well as the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and more.

Author's web site: www.nellhills.com/

Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars

book review September 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Not impressed! Clutter appears to be in the "details" of this book. Even birds know enough to leave room for the eggs!

4 out of 5 stars

Classic details a'la NELL HILL style July 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Nell Hill is the author's grandmother and the author's inspiration.
So with this in mind, Nell Hill must have had GREAT TASTE, as does her grandaughter Mary Carol, because her classic decorating style is timeless!

Anyhow,this book is the latest decorating book by Mary C. Garrity,which concerns accessorizing your home.

I own several other books by this author, and the photographs are stunning, as usual. (To an every-day decorator like me, photos can tell a thousand words).

This book takes the reader through the homes of 3-4 of Mary Carol's friends. All three of Mary's friends use the "NELL HILL" decorating style. As I stated above, the "NELL HILL" Decorating style is "classic". In other words, the ideas are not trendy or minimalist, but rather, the ideas are those that are often seen in magazines such as TRADITIONAL HOMES or VERANDA magazines (but NOT in magazines such as DOMINO).

For those readers that collect decorating books or read many decorating magazines, this FEATHER YOUR NEST book will seem easy to read and apply. However, for a beginning decorator, this book will seem a bit over-the-top and fussy & hard to duplicate. The reason I say this is because the ideas may seem "expensive" to a decorator on a budget, or to a beginner that is not used to decorating with lots of antiques,or fragile collectible glass, or old estate silver, and such.

Even for those readers that are used to reading decorating books such as this one, they will find the photos helpful, because they show HOW to display collections and accessories.

The photos are also helpful in showing how colors can be mixed together when using a more "classic style" (eg: muted tans and ivories, burgundies and shades of greens, navy blues and shades of yellows and reds, etc). Although many readers may already be using many of the techniques mentioned as sub-categories in this book (eg: using old books as risers, candlesticks for height,etc), I think that seeing the ideas in various photos will inspire even the most advanced designer.

The only reason that I gave this book 4 stars and not five is because this book is limited to basically three homes (and not all rooms in those three homes are photographed). Therefore, I wish the author had included more of her friends' homes as examples.

5 out of 5 stars

very nice ideas for tablescapes May 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

It's just what I was looking for, great tablescape ideas and just little extras to make your home looking more polished and lived in! Highly recommended!

5 out of 5 stars

Nell Hill's Feather Your Nest: It's All in the Details April 25, 2008
This is one of my favorite books to refer to when I need inspiration. It's been on my coffee table ever since I received it.

5 out of 5 stars

Recommend It February 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

A huge fan of all Mary C. Garrity presents. This is my favorite book so far. Any amateur can follow the hints.

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