Product Description

The first in a new series that breathes freshness into interior and lifestyle books, The New Country Style England presents 25 countryside retreats from all over England that combine modern stylishness with rustic chic. Homes range from a textile designer's colourful cottage in Norfolk to an acclaimed shoe designer's surfer hut in Devon to a London interior designer's funky hideaway.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #588981 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 272 pages

About the Author
Chloe Grimshaw, daughter of internationally renowned architect Nicholas Grimshaw, is a journalist specializing in interiors, lifestyle and design.

Ingrid Rasmussen has photographed four of the StyleCity lifestyle travel guides.

Customer Reviews

flash of colour, slash of line, bowl of lemons, eye of newt
I was a little disappointed in this book because I expected the cover photo to be 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 countryside and in English interiors. 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 windows; silver candlesticks; old leather books, the green arc of a fern frond...

If that is what you want it is quite beautifully done.