The Salvage Sisters' Guide to Finding Style in the Street and Inspiration in the Attic
Kathleen Hackett, Mary Ann Young, .. Artisan, $22.95 (144pp) ISBN 978-1-57965-288-3
What could become of a five-dollar box of ball fringe? Or a beautiful old ball gown? A torn lamp shade? What about that cast-iron lobster-shaped cornbread mold? The spunky sisters (née Salvage) have uses for all such quirky items, and in this marvelous guide to making the old new, they infuse what could've been a humdrum how-to book with the narrative suspense of a novel. Their bubbly anecdotes explain how architectural salvage, like pediments and porch brackets; furniture; old clothes, curtains and cloth; and other "humble bits and pieces" can be whimsically repurposed. Hackett, who worked on the publishing program at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and Young (
Reviewed on: 05/09/2005
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 144 pages - 978-1-57965-245-6