Title:
Charming guest rooms ; decorating secrets from country inns
Author:
Baskett, Mickey.
ISBN:
9780806968834
9781402718526
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Publication Information:
New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c2003.
Physical Description:
128 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Secrets from Country Inns: Tips and Ideas from Two Country Inns for Creating the Perfect Guest Room and Extending a Personal Touch Greating a Guest Room: Organizing and Decorating Memorable, Comfortable Guest Rooms--Good Thoughts, White Light, Tropical Warmth, Arts and Crafts, Homey and Homemade, Rustic Elegance, Grand Style, Chocolate, Vanilla, and Mint, Cozy Nooks, Collections on Display, English Colonial, Pastel and Pretty, A Plush Purple Palace, Leaves and Fishes, Sunshine and Flowers Gonverting a Room: Guest Rooms that Do Double, Even Triple Duty--Sitting Room, Computer Hideaway, Window Seat Conversion, Home Office, Executive Guests Ways to Lamper your Guests: Welcoming Touches and Thoughtful Details The Guest Bath: Creating a Haven for Dressing and Bathing, Tips for Stocking and Decorating the Bathroom Guests at Breakfast: Recipes and Breakfast Ideas from the Five Gables Inn and the Glen-Ella Springs Inn Afternoon Rest for Guests: Ideas and Menus for Afternoon Breaks, including Summer Tea in the Garden, A Formal Floral Tea, Coffee by the Fire, A Spot of Sherry, Wine and Cheese, Lemonade Break, and Savory Afternoon Snacks Gifts for your Guests: Instructions for Making a Roses and Angels Decoupage Plate and a Flower Garden Gift Basket with Recipes for Blackberry Bliss Foaming Bath Oil, Honey Almond Soap, and Relaxing Bath Salts
Abstract:
Your visitors will feel like pampered guests at a good hotel when you follow the decorating and entertaining advice of two successful innkeepers. It doesn't matter whether you dedicate an entire room to guests, or simply adapt a convertible sofa in a multi-purpose room: it's not size that counts, but the imaginative touches that matter most. You'll find pages of grace-over-space ideas for furnishing, decorating, and outfitting many types of guest areas, all photographed to display magic hospitality touches. Best of all are the hundreds of tips for pampering your guests, including seating, lighting, and privacy, along with welcoming touches like flowers, snacks, and gift baskets. There's even a section on how to make a bathroom guestworthy, with special oils, soaps, salts, and towel arrangements.
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