[.uk] Window Basics: Easy & No Sew Treatments (ISBN 0696213214)

An amazing, impressive, inspiring guide:
Ably edited by Linda Hallam, Window Basics: Easy & No-Sew Treatments is an amazing, impressive, inspiring guide filled with full-color photographs on how simple and easy window treatments ranging from drapery panels, shades, curtains, and valances, to a wide range of other options any of which, alone or in combination, can truly enhance the beauty and ambience of one's own home. Filled cover to cover with gorgeous ideas, step-by-step instructions, and clearly displayed examples of different ways to dress up one's windows, Window Basics: Easy & No-Sew Treatments is the perfect book for anyone looking to spruce up their home on a reasonably modest budget of money and time.

Great for Beginners:
This book is great for beginners. It contains simple, fashionable window treatments with "easy to follow" instructions and photos. I would highly recommend it to those with limited sewing skills or time.

Title Says it All:
This is a basic window treatment book that shows you how to create easy and no sew treatments. I have always liked the Better Homes and Gardens book for the beautiful photography and the clear instructions. This book is no different. The chapters separate treatments by rooms and then tells you what page to find the directions. This makes it much easier to look through the book to find what you like. When you turn to the instructions, it includes a small picture of the treatment, skill level required, supplies and time it might take. This is a great book for those with limited time and/or sewing skills.

Easy and very dramatic:
Plenty of window ideas to use in this excellent book. From tab-tops hanging on individual hooks rather than rods to Roman shades, there is something for everyone. One of the nicest looks was a rooster motif fabric in black made up into Roman shades for a traditional kitchen. The kitchen, if you looked at the pictures, was really quite plain, but the black fabric and large orange rooster design added all the excitement you'd need. The book is done in sections by room, but you could use the bedroom or even bath ideas for other rooms. My favorite ideas were the dual fabric pooled drapes; two colors silk were banded and pooled on a long window. The bands break up the long fabric line and match the wainscoting running across the room. Very formal yet simple for a dining room. There were some funky ideas; metal work from the antique or salvage shop used as a curtain rod, a birch log as a curtain topper. Vines used to decorate sheers in a baby's nursery. Interesting; not what I'd want to live with, but visually fascinating and perhaps inspiring.