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 decorating ideas to help you turn your home into a romantic retreat.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Romance for American homes,
By Mary Beth Pasteur (Vermont) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Romantic Style: Lovely homes, pretty rooms, gentle settings (Better Homes & Gardens) (Hardcover)
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).
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
So beautiful and filled with ideas,
By A Customer
This review is from: Romantic Style: Lovely homes, pretty rooms, gentle settings (Better Homes & Gardens) (Hardcover)
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.
39 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
What's missing are the "details" ...,
By Susan Reno-Gilliland (http://www.susanrenogilliland.com) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Romantic Style: Lovely homes, pretty rooms, gentle settings (Better Homes & Gardens) (Hardcover)
If you're expecting a DIY 'how-to' of Romantic Style, you will not find it in the pages of this book. Granted, it is filled with beautifully-breathtaking photos of all of the homes showcased but, if you're looking for the "real" how-to "details," they're sorely missing.Looking at photos is definitely awe-inspiring -- but, I want to hear the 'details' of how each look was achieved ... along with alternative options for creating the same, or similar, looks on anyone's budget. Romantic Style took the form of a somewhat elitist expression of 'lifestyles of the rich and famous' instead of a 'to-the-masses' type read. And, at least in my circle of friends, acquaintances and design colleagues, very few have the unlimited funds to jet off to Europe, Asia or Africa whenever the urge strikes to bring back antiques, furniture and furnishings to transform their homes into the "romantic style" as most of the homes showcased have described. With a unlimited gold card and frequent access to jet around the world I, too, could create rooms to rival the ones in this book - but, in the real world, it would have been more beneficial if the book had shown a wider range of ideas for achieving the looks -- from budget-conscious - to - carte blanche. The photos are definitely beautiful, but the true substance leaves something to be desired.
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