Perfect English Style: Creating Rooms That are Comfortable, Pleasing and Timeless

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Ros Byam Shaw

Perfect English Style

Creating Rooms That are Comfortable, Pleasing and Timeless

Ros Byam Shaw

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Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
30 March 2021

Interior design, decor & style guides

Series: Perfect English

Some styles of decorating have a longer shelf life than others. One of the most durable is English Country Style, which works just as well in a city apartment or suburban home as it does in a rectory or manor house.

We may recognise an interior as archetypally English, but putting a finger on exactly what makes it so can be tricky. One of the strengths of English style is that it isn’t prescriptive. In fact, quite the opposite. It is relaxed, laissez-faire, and endlessly adaptable – all reasons, no doubt, why it has enjoyed such longevity. You know it when you see it, but what are its essential ingredients? In Perfect English Style, Ros Byam Shaw looks at a range of rooms with a strong English feel to them. As it happens, they are all in England, though this is a look that travels the world, still predominantly English in flavour even when spiced with foreign ingredients. Ros explores the main rooms of a house, from hallways to bedrooms, their characteristics and furnishings, and how they achieve that mix of comfort, informality and visual charm that is the hallmark of English style. Ros also homes in on specifics; the qualities of patina, the important role of fabrics and fresh flowers, how to buy, use and include antique and vintage furnishings, and how a collection, whether of pebbles or 18th century glass, adds individuality and character.

By: Ros Byam Shaw
Imprint: Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 292mm, Width: 244mm,
Weight: 1.554kg
ISBN: 9781788792424
ISBN 10: 1788792424
Series: Perfect English
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 30 March 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ros Byam Shaw writes on design and interiors for The World of Interiors, House & Garden and the Telegraph, among others. Ros is the author of Perfect English, Perfect English Farmhouse, English Eccentric, Perfect French Country, and Perfect English Townhouse, as well as the bestselling Farrow & Ball Living with Colour (all published by Ryland Peters & Small). Ros lives in Devon with her husband and dog.

Reviews for Perfect English Style: Creating Rooms That are Comfortable, Pleasing and Timeless

The pictures are a repository of useful ideas, while the words paint for us the soft-focused dream of an English home, in which it is a pleasure to lose oneself - House Garden Enjoy beautiful images of gorgeous interiors and get tips for your own home - This England