Provence Style: Decorating with French Country Flair by Amazonundefined
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Thirty years after the publication of Peter Mayles bestselling memoir A Year in Provence, the sun-drenched southern French region continues to excite home decorators with its combination of rustic charm, elegant details and historical influences. Provence Style showcases the best of the region, with Shauna Varvels quintessential 18th-century Rhône valley farmhouse Le Mas des Poiriers as its centrepiece. Named for the working pear orchard on the grounds, the property was re-imagined by noted local architect Alexandre Lafourcade, who transformed a rough structure into a luxurious expression of the Provençal aesthetic, referencing historical influences, rural traditions and Parisian taste.
Recenzja
"
Provence Style: Decorating with French Country Flair
includes intimate tours of chic homes and their interior details that are inspired by the picturesque region they reside in. It also includes chapters on the public spaces in Varvel's home. . . transporting the reader on a captivating stylistic journey."--
Southern Home
"Beloved around the world, Provence's spirit is humbled and pure. In a visual compendium of this region's most charming interiors, readers find inspiration for decorating with the tastes of the French countryside. . . . Using her luxurious dwelling as an archetype and other noted interiors as visual examples, the author depicts how the region's iconic style balances rusticity and refinement."--
Victoria
"Using Shauna Varvel's 18th-century Rhône valley farmhouse--Le May des Poiriers--as a starting point, readers will be invited on an intimate tour of some of the most beautiful space in France's sun-drenched region of Provence."--
House Beautiful
"When Shauna Varvel and her family bought an 18th-century estate on a 65-acre pear farm on the Rhône River, their lives turned into a romantic fantasy fit for a Hollywood movie."--
New York Post
Opis z tylnej okładki książki
Thirty years after the publication of Peter Mayles bestselling memoir A Year in Provence, the sun-drenched southern French region continues to excite home decorators with its combination of rustic charm, elegant details and historical influences. Provence Style showcases the best of the region, with Shauna Varvels quintessential 18th-century Rhône valley farmhouse Le Mas des Poiriers as its centrepiece. Named for the working pear orchard on the grounds, the property was re-imagined by noted local architect Alexandre Lafourcade, who transformed a rough structure into a luxurious expression of the Provençal aesthetic, referencing historical influences, rural traditions and Parisian taste.
O autorze
Shauna Varvel
began her career in public relations with Estée Lauder in New York and Tokyo. After years of renting homes in Provence, Varvel and her family finally took on the renovation of a 200-year-old farmhouse outside Avignon, France. The project has been celebrated by numerous publications, including
Veranda
,
Town & Country
, and
Fortune
.
Alexandra Black
is the author of
Living in Cuba
,
Tuscan Elements
,
Ski Style
,
The Japanese House
,
Dusk Till Dawn
, and
The Fashion Book
, and she has contributed to
Elle
,
Vogue Living
, and
Gourmet Traveller
.
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Product information
- Długość wersji drukowanej:240 str.
- Język:Angielski
- Wydawca:Vendome Press
- Wymiary:23.5 x 3.05 x 30.48 cm
- ISBN-10:0865653909
- ISBN-13:978-0865653900
- Author:Shauna Varvel
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