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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The New Country Style: playful takes on texture and color; inventive uses of existing architecture; and, always, a unique and utterly fresh sense of style.
Rustic chic melds with contemporary taste in charming cottages, warm manors, and magical gardens. In Sussex, a Victorian villa is furnished with antique finds-patchwork curtains, needlepoint cushions, chinoiserie paintings, the muted tones of floral tapestries-in a torrent of color, at once subtle and sophisticated. In Dungeness, a converted coastguard's tower is one family's weekend retreat. There, steel, wood, and stone inspired by the materials found along the beach are softened by cosy woolen blankets and worn leather chairs that seem to keep the elements at bay.
These homes, scattered as they are across England's countryside, speak to a new aesthetic in interior design. The picture of pastoral perfections is being reinvigorated and modernized by the creativity of a new generation of owners, reflected in the stylish (and often unexpected) interiors. Imaginative, enviable, and inspiring, The New Country Style: England celebrates the most wonderful houses the countryside has to offer.
Rustic chic melds with contemporary taste in charming cottages, warm manors, and magical gardens. In Sussex, a Victorian villa is furnished with antique finds-patchwork curtains, needlepoint cushions, chinoiserie paintings, the muted tones of floral tapestries-in a torrent of color, at once subtle and sophisticated. In Dungeness, a converted coastguard's tower is one family's weekend retreat. There, steel, wood, and stone inspired by the materials found along the beach are softened by cosy woolen blankets and worn leather chairs that seem to keep the elements at bay.
These homes, scattered as they are across England's countryside, speak to a new aesthetic in interior design. The picture of pastoral perfections is being reinvigorated and modernized by the creativity of a new generation of owners, reflected in the stylish (and often unexpected) interiors. Imaginative, enviable, and inspiring, The New Country Style: England celebrates the most wonderful houses the countryside has to offer.
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flash of colour, slash of line, bowl of lemons, eye of newt
10 Mar 2007
By Shemogue
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Format:Hardcover
I was a little disappointed in this book because I expected the cover photo to be more indicative of the content; ie, a conventional décor book filled with photos of English Country house interiors - my favourite décor style. I wanted to take away a star for this, but I will try to rise above & rate the book for what it is. After all, a book ought to expand one's horizons & push one beyond the comfort zone.
It is more a celebration of the photographer's eye and the nostalgia for life in the English home and countryside. It is all about atmosphere and detail, flashes of color and slashes of line, suggestion more than substance: red-soled rubber boots striding across a stubble field; a William Morris cushion on a faded wine sofa; an old wooden bowl filled with oranges and lemons ("say the bells of Saint Clements"); a white seagull perched on a stone chimney pot against a vivid blue sky; a collection of well-used kitchen knives hanging on a blood red wall; a saddle at the foot of a bed made of logs; a heavy iron door latch; a straw hat on an ancestral bust, a chipped enamel teapot on a floral table cover, a scarred blue trunk juxtaposed with a vibrant red woven cloth; a carpet of silvery & taupe oak leaves littering the ground; gothic stained glass; silver candlesticks; old leather books, the green arc of a fern frond...
If that is what you want, it is quite beautifully done.
It is more a celebration of the photographer's eye and the nostalgia for life in the English home and countryside. It is all about atmosphere and detail, flashes of color and slashes of line, suggestion more than substance: red-soled rubber boots striding across a stubble field; a William Morris cushion on a faded wine sofa; an old wooden bowl filled with oranges and lemons ("say the bells of Saint Clements"); a white seagull perched on a stone chimney pot against a vivid blue sky; a collection of well-used kitchen knives hanging on a blood red wall; a saddle at the foot of a bed made of logs; a heavy iron door latch; a straw hat on an ancestral bust, a chipped enamel teapot on a floral table cover, a scarred blue trunk juxtaposed with a vibrant red woven cloth; a carpet of silvery & taupe oak leaves littering the ground; gothic stained glass; silver candlesticks; old leather books, the green arc of a fern frond...
If that is what you want, it is quite beautifully done.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
incredibly disappointing!!!
3 Jan 2013
By Jeannie
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Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Cover looks so inviting but the inside is terrible. The text is a long, looong ad for boutique hotels, crafts people and designers, boring, mostly pointless and repetitious. The photos are strange and often unpleasantly awkward and irritating. Lots of small, borderless partial shots, taken at odd angles, crammed together, sometimes 16 to a page! Some shots would have been nice if done full page, where you could study and appreciate the colors and textures. Almost no nice direct full room shots. Lots of piddlingly detailed outdoor shots. I really couldn't figure out what the authors were actually trying to get across. The first "style" book I've ever read (and I've read a lot!), that wasn't just "not my thing", but was actually unpleasant to either read or look at.
5.0 out of 5 stars
the new country style england
3 May 2012
By Catherine Colwell
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love everything that Kaffe Fasset is featured in. But everything in the book is inspiring. It is a thing of beauty.
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