Simple Pleasures of the Home: Comforts and Crafts for Living Well (Home Decor, Recipes, Crafts for Adults, and Inspirational Quotes)

by Susannah Seton

Book Overview

"Home," writes Susannah Seton. "There are few words that carry such potent feelings. It's the place where we can let down our hair, loosen our clothes, put our feet up. It's where those we love most share in the ordinariness and extraordinariness of our days. It's the place many of us spend lifetimes trying to get back to. As the proverb goes, it's where our hearts are. Simple Pleasures of the Home is for everyone who has the nesting impulse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573248541
• ISBN13: 9781573248549
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Conari Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 7.0"

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!