Sharon Hanby-Robie - Author, Speaker, Television Host and Interior Design Expert
 
Decorating Without Fear: A Step-by-Step Guide To Creating The Home You Love
Decorating Without Fear is the step by step, how-to book that will allow even the least gifted person to create their perfect home environment. Everyone wants a beautiful home that reflects their personality and is a true sanctuary and retreat for their family. While some people have an innate understanding as to how they can create a beautiful room and others have the cash to hire a decorator, many more are intimidated and unable to seek help. This book takes the fear out of decorating and allows you to achieve a beautiful home that is right for you. It addresses the big questions to determine what type of environment best fits your personality through a trademarked color test and provides step-by-step instructions that will allow you to achieve just that.
 
A Simple Wedding: A Faith-Filled Guide To Enjoying a Stress-Free Wedding
Sharon's clear-eyed, practical advise helps readers create a wedding ceremony that reflects who they are, while her biblically-based wisdom centers couples in their real goal--creating a marriage that lasts. Readers will learn Sharon-Hanby-Robie's secrets to a stress-free, spiritually-rich wedding, such as:
  • Essential preparations for meeting with vendors
  • Current trends in invitations and ceremonies
  • Positive solutions to tricky situations such as divorced parents and remarriages
  • Smart tips for buying a wedding dress, cake and other expensive necessities
  • Meaningful ways to invite God's blessing each step along the way

A Simple Wedding is a much-needed, rewarding blend of insider tips and real-life stories. Whether readers are newly engaged or well into their wedding day countdown, this book offers invaluable insights that make planning a wedding simple and satisfying.

 
The Simple Home: A Faith-Filled Guide To Simplicity, Peace, and Joy in Your Home
Sharon helps readers put into motion a place to make their homes a pleasing, practical, and spiritual place to live. The text is organized into short chapters and provides guidance on how to live simply and from a faith-filled perspective. Among the main pointers readers will recieve are how to:
  • transform entryways into gracious, welcoming spaces
  • choose colors that make them feel happy and hopeful
  • create a floorplan that works for their individual family needs
  • address storage and organizaiton needs
  • set up a spiritually refreshing space for quiet time
 
A Simple Christmas: A Faith-Filled Guide To A Meaningful and Stress-Free Christmas
With her inspiring narrative, real-life examples, and expert tips, Sharon helps readers cut through the stress and anxiety of the Christmas rush and keep attuned to the true spirit of the season. Among the many pointers readers will receive are how to:
  • create traditions that reduce the holiday rush
  • decide on simple themes for decorating the home
  • come up with ideas for thoughful gift-giving
  • keep away the holiday blues
  • experiece love and goodwill by volunteering
 
Beautiful Places, Spiritual Spaces
A beautiful home is only a blessing if it meets your needs, rather than your having to slave to meet its needs. This combination interior design guide and devotional can show you how to create a beautiful yet serene environment for you and your loved ones.Beautiful Places, Spiritual Spaces will help you:
  • conquer clutter
  • combine patterns confidently
  • make big changes for small cost
  • discover your true color personality
  • nurture your spiritual needs.

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My Name Isn't Martha But I Can Decorate My Home
There are a lot of home-decorating books out there that don't do more than show you a bunch of pretty pictures of expensive rooms, but this is not one of them! It is probably the most valuable primer available on everything that goes into the decoration of a house. Sharon Hanby-Robie knows what home-decorating newbies really need to know. The book is organized with a let's-start-at-the-very-beginning approach, containing an enormous wealth of very basic information (such as the internal construction of a sofa). There's a heavy emphasis on furniture--four chapters are devoted to various aspects of it, from case goods to built-ins to upholstery; other chapters deal with flooring, walls, windows, and fabrics. Important tips, many of which can save you a great deal of money, are included in sidebars. (For example, when you have furniture reupholstered, be sure to ask for any unused fabric to be returned to you--you might need it eventually, and you've already paid for it!) When you finally talk to a decorator, painter, furniture salesperson, carpet installer, or other professional, you'll be armed with the right questions and information to avoid silly mistakes (such as buying a sofa that won't fit through your doors) and getting taken for an expensive ride. Order Online!
 
My Name Isn't Martha But I Can Renovate My Home
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOME RENOVATION IN ON HANDY VOLUME!

Renovating your home has never been so easy -- thanks to Sharon Hanby-Robie's helpful advice. The author of the hugely popular My Name Isn't Martha, But I Can Decorate My Home assists you in renovating your house to perfection in this professional, no-nonsense book that will help you achieve Martha Stewart's results without spending a fortune. From simply adding new accessories to your kitchen or bath to gutting the entire first floor, interior designer Hanby-Robie will show you how to create a living space that complements your personal style. You'll learn:
  • How to assess the resale value of your renovation
  • What the difference is between an architect, a builder, and a designer
  • How to visualize each room to maximize its appeal
  • What you MUST know about building codes
  • How to create an exterior style to match your new rooms

Divided into three sections -- EVALUATION AND PLANNING, INTERIOR RENOVATIONS, and EXTERIOR RENOVATION -- this invaluable guide tackles every room in your house, including windows, floors, heating and cooling systems, landscaping, and even garages. In her witty and accessible style, Hanby-Robie offers words of wisdom, trade secrets, and cost-saving tips, whether you're making a few small changes or starting from ground zero. And she shows you how to do it with skill and style -- on a budget you can afford. Order Online!




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