title: Mary Gilliatt's Short Cuts to Great Decorating
author:  Mary Gilliatt 
description: Noted designer and decorating-book author Mary Gilliatt has filled this useful book with wonderfully practical solutions for overcoming a multitude of common decorating problems. She tackles storage questions, adding architectural interest, lighting effects, flooring issues, wall techniques, fabric cover-ups, furniture disguises, kitchen makeovers, and bathroom fixes. Just browsing through her gallery of room-transforming concepts will provide terrific inspiration. More important, each page is packed with specific ideas for finding stylish and imaginative (yet affordable) ways to implement various decorating schemes and to give rooms your own personal touch.
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  # The Headmistress
  
  
  ## A Lady of Miss Bell’s Finishing School Novella
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Elizabeth Johns
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Elizabeth Johns
  
  
  Cover Design by La Voisin Art
  
  
  Edited by Heather King
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **ISBN-13:** 978-1-7339587-3-8
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0007.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0008.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0009.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0010.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epilogue](part0011.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Afterword](part0012.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Acknowledgments](part0013