About this item
Create cool and contemporary furniture and home accessories with 35 simple projects that fully utilize the beauty of salvaged wood. Follow Hester van Overbeek's tutorials to make a huge variety of innovative items for the home. There are stylish and functional desks, shelving units, side tables, storage ideas, and much more. Make an eye-catching side table out of a slice from a tree trunk, on-trend air plant holders, and a table that really showcases the patina and unique qualities of scrap pieces of wood. You will learn to develop useful DIY skills including sawing, sanding, drilling, and various techniques for treating wood, so even complete beginners will soon become confident wielding tools! Whether your home is a stripped-back studio apartment or a homely cottage, there is something for everyone here, and you'll soon be hunting for interesting salvaged wood wherever you go.
About the Author
Hester van Overbeek always had a keen interest in interior design and was a passionate crafter from a young age but when the opportunity to redecorate her current beach house came along her love for DIY was rekindled and she started blogging about the house's progress. This proved so popular that in January 2014 the website Hester's Handmade Home was born. In her easy to follow tutorials Hester shows you that you don't need a lot of money or skills to make your own furniture and interior decorations. Besides making DIY video's Hester also writes craft tutorials for several magazines and her first book Furniture Hacks has been published by Cico books. Born in the Netherlands Hester currently lives in the UK with her boyfriend and little dog Kermit. For more information go to www.hestershandmadehome.com
