The Comforts of Home

[Photography credits: Polly Wreford, Lisa Cohen, Debi Treloar, Jan Baldwin]

In this inspiring book The Comforts of Home, author Caroline Clifton-Mogg enters into the spirit of how we want to live now, at a time when excess is no longer desirable, and puts a welcoming, beautiful haven within everyone´s reach.

When you walk into a well thought-out home, you can almost sense the comfort in the air. It will smell good, feel warm and look inviting. The book offers clever decorating ideas to rejuvenate rooms that rely on style and creativity rather than a deep purse and shows us how to make the most of what we have so as to put the heart back into our homes.

First published in 2010 by Ryland Peters & Small. ISBN 978-1-84597-966-9.

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French Country Style at Home

[All pictures in the book by: Sébastien Siraudeau]

Photographer Sébastien Siraudeau captures all the natural charm of France´s rural paradises in this enchanting invitation ´French Country Style at Home´ to discover a selection of homes tucked away in the countryside: from a farmhouse in Alsace to a traditional eighteenth-century stone mas in Provence.

´Those who love French style or want to stay in some of the most charming interiors should let him be their guide.´ [Washington Post]
´The ideal guide to inspirational antique shops and fleamarkets throughout France.´ [The Financial Times]

In his previous books ´Vintage French Interiors´ and ´French Style at Home´, Siraudeau uncovered home inspiration in guesthouses, antique shops and fleamarkets. Here he turns his experienced eye to hidden gems of interior design in the French countryside and unveals the wealth of decorative inspiration they have to offer.

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At Home with Country

[All pictures: Edina van der Wyck]

The new book ´At Home with Country´ by author Christina Strutt brings the vintage charm of Cabbages & Roses into your home, wherever you live: town, country or coast. It celebrates romance, showing Christina Strutt´s evocative vintage style is equally at home in city apartments, rural retreats and seaside cottages, in an English country cottage or a Long Island beach house.

The first chapter, Classic Country, illustrates the idyllic homespun lifestyle characterized by the union of old and new elements in rural cottages and country houses. In Modern Country, the cosmopolitan nature of urban living is combined with vintage style, think: faded florals and ticking fabrics softeningan industrial space. The look of Island Country is fresh, breezy and dreamy. Outdoor Country embraces life on the farm, in the park and by the pool. The homes featured in this book range from Christina´s own 500-year-old country cottage and a houseboat on the River Thames, to a New York loft appartment and a stylish Cape Cod beach home.

Cico Books London New York, ISBN 978-1-907030-16-1.

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