Twigs: The Go-Girl Guide to Nesting

This is not your typical do-it-yourself guide. I picked up this book because we're about to undertake a big remodeling project and every magazine or fix-it guide I read just bores me to tears. I wanted something helpful, but also fun, and I got it! This book is more like a journal with personal reflections and heartfelt advice, plus tons of great tips for fixing up your home. Whether you're a renter or a homeowner, doing it yourself or hiring contractors, just starting out or making improvements on an old home, all the various decorating and remodeling choices can be overwhelming. Should you go with hardwood, tile, or carpet? Wallpaper or paint? Everything has pros and cons and everyone you talk to has a different opinion. But this book gives you the kind of straight-forward, honest advice you'd get if you had a cousin who's a contractor. Best of all, it's not a dry DIY guide, but a really fun-to-read book chock full of personal stories and interesting details, as if that cousin happened to be your favorite person to gab with all night long. If you've read any of Julia Bourland's other Go-Girl Guides, you know that she's an expert on steering women through various stages of their lives. So if you're ready to settle down and "nest," you'll find lots of ideas and inspiration in this book.