Country Living Country Chic: Country Style for Modern Living: Amazon.de: Liz Bauwens, Alexandra Campbell, Country Living Magazine: Englische Bücher

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Gebundene Ausgabe: 160 Seiten
Verlag: Hearst Communications; Auflage: 1 (April 2001)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 1588160165
ISBN-13: 978-1588160164
Gr��e und/oder Gewicht: 26,9 x 23,1 x 2 cm
Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 471.623 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)

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Many people dream of the perfect country home: inviting and bright, imbued with a warm sense of comfort and a timeless simplicity. In Country Chic, authors Liz Bauwens and Alexandra Campbell show how to mix and match different colors, materials, and furnishings, combine fine antiques with inexpensive "finds," and blend old with new to create today's fresh and modern country style.

The authors present myriad ideas for using country style to turn any space into an airy and comfortable place to be. They include information on how to bring various specific country styles--such as New England, Shaker, and "Modern Ethnic"--into a decorating scheme.

The chapter on simplicity shows how to create a sense of freedom and an uncluttered lifestyle by reinterpreting how traditional materials and patterns are used. For instance, a spare room with sophisticated gray-tinged white walls maintains the original rough floorboards and fireplace bricks as a contrast to the sleek modern lines. The chapter on decorating with color and pattern shows how to create an eclectic atmosphere by borrowing from old-fashioned traditions and giving them a modern twist. Mismatched wooden chairs around a rustic kitchen table, for example, give a room a relaxed and informal feel. Juxtaposed with a marble fireplace that would be more expected in a formal dining room, the scene takes on an appealing air of faded grandeur.

More than 200 color photographs will certainly provide plenty of inspiration to those hoping to manifest their dreams of the perfect country home--wherever that may be. --Robin Donovan

From Booklist

There are about as many decorating styles as there are designers--and home magazines. No rooms of the rich and famous appear in this book, though. Furnishings mix vintage flea market with white-hued home offices. And the country style itself is upscale, streamlined, and broad enough to accept a Moderne Airstream trailer as an appropriate decorating channel. Color pictures are sharp enough to emulate--and words enhance, but don't overwhelm. Barbara Jacobs
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A Beautiful Book That Teaches and Inspires, 1. Mai 2003

Von K. Hemmer - Ver�ffentlicht auf Amazon.com

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many decorating ideas and styles within the framework of
Country. Although, I turn to this book when i am about to paint a room and need to study the effects of a color.Another person
might find it useful to learn the skills of simplifying a type of decor.
It starts with the stark simplicity and ulitarian work of
the American Shaker and brings in English Country and
proceeds to modern Cubism.
The pastel colors in this book are a feast to the eyes, in
their subtle combinations.
This book shows how details of life are important, but in
natural way without clutter prevailing in a room.
Except for the Bazaar Style and the Ethnic section, most of it would be welcome in your home. It even spruces up a trailer
for those who prefer to live on wheels.I highly recommend
this refresing look at Country "Chic.

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Your Own Definition of "Country" ..... 29. Mai 2005

Von A reader in Central America - Ver�ffentlicht auf Amazon.com

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The first few times I paged through the book I thought I didn't like it much, but then [FLASH!!!] I realized that the book's strength is that it shows so many different variations of "country" that it forced me to define, redefine and narrow my choices until I knew what I liked and didn't like, what I wanted, and I was then ready to buy, build, re-do, scrounge, beg, borrow, etc. It really helped me devise a Plan of Action.

The fairly in-depth chapters showed homes that I labeled Shaker-style plain, claustrophobically crowded, boarding house depressing, great house-ugly colors, great colors-ugly house,

junk store mismatched and then finally Warm and Wonderful - Just my style. The chapter on the very Retro Airstream trailer-van is also a really nostalgic throwback to my childhood in the '50's - when you really saw these on the roads -

I recommend this book for anyone with a yen for country, but no [as yet] very clear idea of how they will go about getting it.

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Nice pictures and inspiration... 1. M�rz 2007

Von Mom to 2 boys - Ver�ffentlicht auf Amazon.com

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This book was a nice picture book of country rooms and homes. I did enjoy looking through. However, I thought some of the rooms were rather "outdated" in the country look, and some like "ethnic" were...well, bizarre!

I did like the Shaker and more modern designs, and thing it's a fine book to flip through.

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