Simple Pleasures of the Home: Cozy Comforts and Old-Fashioned Crafts for Every Room in the House

By Susannah Seton

Book Overview

A treasury of stories, recipes, crafts, quotations and suggestions for enhancing the joy of home. Organized room-by-room, it includes creative ideas for pampering yourself and your loved ones, including instructions for aromatherapy products and tips for face masks, gardening, and candlemaking.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573241741
• ISBN13: 9781573241748
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Mango Media
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.8" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful treasury of stories, recipes, & crafts

Compiled by Susannah Seton, Simple Pleasures Of The Home: Comforts And Crafts For Living Well is a wonderful treasury of stories, recipes, crafts, and tips for adding comfort and atmosphere to one's home. From making floating candles, to luxuriating in a "spa-day" with a home facial sauna and skin refresher, to tasty kitchen treats, to spiced sachets for bedroom drawers and closets, and more, Simple Pleasures Of The Home is a first-rate, "user friendly", and enthusiastically recommended compendium of small, easy-to-accomplish, yet highly rewarding projects for the home.

Wonderful!

I loved this book from the very first page. The author writes in an easy, conversational style that made me feel she was talking to me over a cup of tea.Susannah Seton gives such motivation to discover the joys of simple living and tranquility within one's home. For those of us with that strong nesting instinct and sense of home as sanctuary, this book is an affirmation to living peacefully, beautifully and joyfully. For those who wish they had less stress in their lives, this is a place to start.Seton gives many practical ideas for enhancing simple pleasures by way of foods, decorating and crafts as well as mindset. This is a beautiful book!