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Provence Style: The Art of Home Decoration

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So many Provence house books show plenty of details, but this book's strength is the profusion of color throughout. We took it with us to the tile store and could easily see by opening any page what tones, hues are truly Provencal and would work in our new house.

Provence Style is a beautiful book. Reading this book is like traveling through the Provence country. It describes the types of Provence houses with the illustration of beautiful pictures. You will feel the ambiance of the outdoors as well as the cozy aspects of the indoors. You will almost smell the lavender fields from the terrace pictures! And your visit will show you incredible flooring, original fireplaces, delicate furniture and other traditional elements of the Provence style.
Our preference is biased toward the ceramics, especially the Moustiers ones, and the fabrics. Provence fabrics are so colorful and playful! Also, the Boutis, a white quilting method is presented here with a picture of its transparency through light.

A beautiful book, full of concise details and suggestions for decorating your home to evoke Provence.

Gorgeous book on Provence decorative style saturated with the glorious colors--terra cotta, ochre, brick red, sage green, robin's egg blue--that we associate with one of the world's most appealing lifestyles. Captures everything from the spectacular chateau to the most humble cottage, with naturally distressed exteriors, interiors, furniture and garden artifacts, along with rarely equalled textiles and quilts. You can tell people actually live in these rooms; they are not the sterile, antiseptic, impersonal interiors of other French style manuals. Each page is alive with touches of individuality and the human spirit. This book is a treat that one can return to time and time again.

Wonderful photos! An inside peek at many inspiring homes! Vibrant colors and rich textures! Beautiful and informative. It's almost as much fun as an actual visit to Provence.

I originally took this book out of the library only to find many of the pictures were cut out and torn out. I realized that possibly Amazon might have it. So when I searched for it on Amazon and the book appeared on the site listing, I just had to get my own copy of this book. The pictures are wonderful and the text is informative. I am so pleased with the quality and condition of the product. It is a welcome addition to my personal library.