Romantic Style: Lovely Homes, Pretty Rooms, Gentle Settings

by Linda Hallam

Ready for a little romance? Need a comforting hug? Escape into this book, where pretty rooms and gentle settings whisper a soft and soothing message of calm. Each enticing setting also offers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0696212390
• ISBN13: 9780696212390
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens Books
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Continually Inspiring ......

I can't begin to tell you how many times I've referred to and reread this book over the years. It always reinspires me to try to achieve the casual, opulent, lush, intriguing, chic, timeless feelings expressed on the pages of this book. I highly recommend this book to inspire and guide your own decorating vision.

So beautiful and filled with ideas

Until I got this book, my favorite decorating book in the last year or so was French Influences. This book is in the same vein as French Influences, but it is shot in what look to be American homes. The European style decorating ideas are translated for you. Not only do I love this book, but so many of my friends pick it up and want it when they come over that I've started giving it as birthday and wedding gifts.

Romance for American homes

I had to write my own review because I just read a review from someone who said that the book was about European interiors (or something like that). The book is clearly photographed in American homes and is full of romantic ideas that I can use here in the northeast. I can easily translate the ideas in the book using new furniture and decorative accessories from local stores and from some of my favorite catalogs (like Ballard Designs and Rue de France).

Beautiful, sophisticated, comforting

As a designer, I look for books like these that show my clients what's current in design. The Euro style thread that runs through the book represents a soft old world quality that is sophisticated and comforting at the same time. The book is full of good ideas. The only thing I didn't care for was the author's naive, golly-gee-wiz tone in writing about her own trip to Paris.

Gorgeous photos, good ideas, hint of French style throughout

I saw this book and knew I had to have it. It's me! The rooms they show are so soft and pretty yet filled with ideas. Lots of styles are shown, but there is a little thread of French style running throughout the book.