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The Nell Hill’s Series of Books Mary Carol’s books are available at all the Nell Hill’s stores, as well as booksellers nationwide.
	Stylish Weddings This book delivers practical yet elegant tips on creating lavish weddings without expending huge amounts of time, money, and energy. Mary Carol puts forth shower, wedding, and gift ideas, and presents readers with a call to action to spend wisely and create memorable experiences with maximum impact. Along with wedding coordinator and expert Michael Nolte, and a host of other respected wedding professionals, Mary Carol takes us behind the scenes of her own daughter’s wedding and walks us through each step in creating her daughter’s dream wedding.
	Get a Copy of Mary Carol’s Newest Book, Nell Hill’s O Christmas Tree A must-have for the upcoming holiday season, Mary Carol’s newest book, Nell Hill’s O Christmas Tree, is filled with lavish photographs and lots of practical tips for decking your halls with beauty, splendor and stylishly simplicity for the holidays. Through the pages of this inspiring guide to Christmas decorating, Mary Carol invites you into her historic Greek Revival home, resplendent for the holidays in gilded pinecones, evergreen and holly. She also takes you through the homes of some of her friends to show you how the distinctive Nell Hill’s style can be brought to life in a wide variety of homes, like a suburban ranch, urban condo, Arts and Crafts bungalow, Georgian townhome and historical period homes. You’ll walk away from this visual feast inspired to make magic in your own home this holiday season.
	Feather Your Nest: It’s All in the Details Step by step and twig by twig, Mary Carol encourages homeowners to discover what design works for the way they really live, and then to carry that theme throughout the home. Using her own experience in fixing up her 130-year -old Greek Revival home as a starting point, we learn how Mary Carol carefully selected and layered all of the parts piece by piece. She then takes us into four very different homes to apply the same techniques of design. Readers visit a ranch remodel, traditional colonial, English Tudor, and country cottage as Mary Carol empowers readers to feather their own nests by developing a sense of personal style.
	Entertaining in Style Here is your guide to inspiring parties and seasonal celebrations. In these pages, Mary Carol teaches us how to uncover our own style of entertaining by introducing us to her tips and tricks, as well as to the homes and gardens of some of her dear friends. What you’ll find here are creative party themes that are organized around the seasons of the years and Mother Nature’s beautiful contributions to the art of entertaining.
	Decorating Secrets In Nell Hill's Decorating Secrets, Mary Carol shares the many insights and ideas behind her approach, gathered over years of talking with shoppers and friends. She reveals her tips and secrets on everything from personalizing a collection to creating a striking centerpiece to choosing the right lighting. The real secret behind the Nell Hill's look is that it is both accessible and appealing. With Decorating Secrets, you can add the finishing touches to a favorite display or makeover an entire room.
	Style at Home Atchison, Kansas, used to be known as the hometown of Amelia Earhart. Now it's famous for two shops - Nell Hill's and Garrity’s Encore. Behind these two magical emporiums of home furnishings is Mary Carol Garrity, whose loyal customers come from across the country to seek her advice in decorating. Now Mary Carol has created a compilation of her favorite tips, tricks, and techniques in Nell Hill's Style At Home. Within its beautifully illustrated pages, Mary Carol tells readers where she gets her ideas, how to reflect their own style at home, and once they've made their home perfect, how to take it apart and do it again an even better way.
	Christmas at Home The town of Atchison, Kansas, is never busier than at Christmastime. It is during this season that the acclaimed Nell Hill's home decorating emporium is transformed into a magical space where old meets new, formal meets frivolous, and imagination is key. Now you can bring that spirit into your home for the holidays. In Nell Hill's Christmas At Home, shop owner Mary Carol Garrity, turns her attention to the specifics of holiday decorating.