The home and its various aspects has traditionally formed the inspiration and central theme for samplers worked with cross-stitch. This book takes both beginners and experienced stitchers alike a stage further, with basic techniques, step-by-step design instructions, complete charts and collections of individual motifs for creating original cross-stitch pictures of their own homes, both inside and out. Various features, such as elegant rooms, gardens and conservatories, street and surroundings, can be translated into a stitched record, full of the detail and finishing touches that can turn each finished piece into a family heirloom. And for those who would like to start with a ready-made design, charts and colour photographs of the finished projects are provided throughout, allowing the more ambitious to adapt a further range of motifs for their own designs.