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In French Country Living, Caroline Clifton-Mogg celebrates the distinctive decorative style inspired over centuries by the French countryside, and shows how to translate its elements into your home, whether rustic or urban. • More than 30,000 copies sold in hardcover. • Beautiful photography by Christopher Drake.
About the Author
Christopher Drake was born in South America, brought up in Norway, and now lives in London. He started his career as an in-house photographer's assistant at Vogue, then moved into interiors photography. His work is now featured in an international range of magazines, including Architectural Digest (Germany), Victoria Magazine, Homes & Gardens, World of Interiors, and Country Living. For Ryland Peters & Small he has photographed Hallways, Corridors, & Staircases and Enrica Stabile's Open Air Living and Comfortable Country.
CAROLINE CLIFTON-MOGG is an acclaimed journalist and author who writes about interiors and gardens among other subjects. She contributes to magazines such as House & Garden. Her books include Accessorize Your Home, Tuscan Escapes, Provencal Escapes, Italian Country Living, and French Country Living, all published by Ryland Peters & Small.
CAROLINE CLIFTON-MOGG is an acclaimed journalist and author who writes about interiors and gardens among other subjects. She contributes to magazines such as House & Garden. Her books include Accessorize Your Home, Tuscan Escapes, Provencal Escapes, Italian Country Living, and French Country Living, all published by Ryland Peters & Small.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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French Country Living,
By jordan brookes (Norquay Sask. Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: French Country Living (Paperback)
I love this book, it has given me great ideas, I am in a wheel chair so it might be awhile before i get to use them, but it is keeping my brain working. I enjoyed it and read it the day I got it.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Beautifully Illustrated,
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This review is from: French Country Living (Hardcover)
If you love home decor and particularly the French Country style, this book is for you. The photographs are beautiful and each aspect of this style is accuratly described. I loved leafing through it time and time again.
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4.3 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews) 112 of 113 people found the following review helpful
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The Essence of the French Culture,
By John Matlock "Gunny" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: French Country Living (Hardcover)
Outside of Paris and the other bustling cities, France's image is of small farms, atmospheric medieval villages, and of an age well past but well preserved with an understated elegance. Even newly built houses are often designed with a view towards looking like the 19th century.In this book, hundreds of color photographs illustrate the essence of the French countryside. The book is in two parts, the first emphasizes the soft, non-contrasting colors and the natural materials and textures that are distinctly France. The second part of the book looks at the overall style. It looks at the French home, starting of course with the kitchen (this is after all France). Only then does it move on to the rest of the house, ending with the French garden. And this is France, so the garden also emphasises a place to eat and drink. This is an absolutely delightful book. 71 of 71 people found the following review helpful
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Beautiful and informative,
By MotherLodeBeth "MotherLodeBeth" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: French Country Living (Hardcover)
Actually bought this book French Country Living by Caroline Clifton-Mogg, Christopher Drake (Photographer) as well as New French Country : A Style and Source Book by Linda Dannenberg (Author), Guy Bouchet (Photographer) and this book is really great for those of us who look for more of a French Zen style devoid of lots of tassels and furniture that you are afraid to even sit on.I especially appreciate the crisp clean photography and amount of white theme rooms and simple room designs. I recommend this book to anyone who loves open, bright and airy homes and rooms, that in my opinion help alleviate or even prevent depression in many people. And the rooms are so easy to clean and easy to live in. No fear of messing something up. In some ways the book shows what I would call California or casual university town style living that is also environmentally friendly and physically healthy. Also very affordable styles are shown so the book should appeal to all financial groups. 30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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Delicious,
By hollygolightly - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: French Country Living (Hardcover)
Caroline Clifton-Mogg's French Country Living is a delicious book to look at; the pages are filled with beautiful, airy rooms and the accompanying text does a good job of explaining how the effect is achieved--lots of grey in the colors, painted furniture, small-sized fabric prints, etc.This is French country living in the Marie-Antoinette-at-Petit-Trianon style, not truly rural la France profonde, however. The exquisitely restored rooms are filled with priceless antiques, and a cursory glance over the photo credits suggests that the majority of houses shown are located in either Provence, or the richer departements near Paris (the most famous house in Yvelines is Versailles, if that gives you an idea of what's in the neighborhood of some of the chateaux photographed). Having seen more than one room in a rural French house with vinyl wallpaper on the ceiling and door, I can only wish that all of French country life was this beautiful! |
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