Villa Decor: Decidedly French and Italian Style

Villa Decor: Decidedly French and Italian Style
by Betty Lou Phillips

Villa Decor: Decidedly French and Italian Style
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Author: Betty Lou Phillips
Photographer: Dan Piassick
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-01
ISBN: 1586851748
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher

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Book Review: Not for All
Summary: 4 Stars

Formal, grand, stark, traditionally European. However, perhaps more of a coffee table book, and not intended to inspire Americans looking for a quaint, rustic European style to immiate on a modest budget. I thought that some of the photos are old or out of date, but I think that most of these estates are so vast and expesively decorated that it may be decades/centuries before the decor changes. Anything but fadish or trendy.

Summary of Villa Decor: Decidedly French and Italian Style

$39.95 hardcover 1-58685-174-8 < BR> 8 x 11 in, 160 pp, 150 Color Photographs, Rights: W, Design < BR> In her newest book, Villa Decor, Betty Lou Phillips discusses how to mix styles, furnishings, inspirations, and colors from different eras and locations to create the looks for which the French and Italian people are known-wisps of elegance, hints of regal color, textures that delight and inspire. Villa Decor illustrates the mastery of the fabled French way of melding the past with the present so each is seen in the best possible light, as well as the uncanny Italian knack of linking rooms effortlessly with patterns and palettes without detracting from the furnishings or objets d'art, capturing a trend in American decorating. Betty Lou Phillips demonstrates how to virtuously juxtapose various periods and styles in widely diverse, satisfying rooms that are never dull or predictable. Quiet French elegance, Italian romance, and the simplicity of sweet life-la dolce vita. < BR> Author of Provencal Interiors, French Influences, and French by Design, Betty Lou Phillips is a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers. Her design work has appeared in such publications as Southern Accents, Bedroom & Bath, Window & Wall, and Decorating, and has also graced many magazine covers. Her design talents have been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and the Christopher Lowell Show. She lives in Dallas, Texas.< BR>

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