Romantic Style [Hardcover]

Selina Lake (Author), Sara Norrman (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2010

If you love elegant furniture and soft colours and a home filled with flowers and candlelight, then you'll adore Romantic Style. In this beguiling new book, stylist Selina Lake and interiors writer Sara Norrman show you real homes beautifully decorated with an eye for the elegant. First, explore Romantic Inspirations - Vintage Romantic, Simple Romantic, Elegant Romantic and Modern Romantic - four very different facets of the romantic look. Next, Romantic Styling outlines the key ingredients of any romantic scheme - colours, flowers and fabrics, collectables and lighting. Romantic Rooms takes a room-by-room tour of the home, with explanations of how to create such a scheme yourself. Finally, Sources will help you find the perfect pieces for your romantic home.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Selina Lake is a freelance interior stylist. Her work regularly appears in home and lifestyle magazines including Marie Claire and Real Homes. Selina's first book, Bazaar Style, is published by Ryland Peters & Small. Sara Norrman has written for Wallpaper, Tatler, The Times and The Financial Times. She is managing editor at Livingetc and is the author of Simply Scandinavian (Ryland Peters & Small).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 159 pages
• Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small (August 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1849750408
• ISBN-13: 978-1849750400
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.8 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #589,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

'Expert Interiors Stylist' Selina Lake is well known for her Beautiful Styling.

She is already a best-selling Author with her two previous books, Bazaar Style & Romantic Style both enjoying great critical and commercial success.

Her new book 'Homespun Style' (Ryland Peters & Small, March 2012) is full of ideas on how to furnish homes with homemade details and pre-loved furniture.

Pre-order your copy now!!!

For more info check out her popular blog http://selinalake.blogspot.com.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book September 14, 2010

By Shabby Fan

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I had been waiting for this book to be published for a long time, so I was so excited to see it on my doorstep. It's a beautiful book with absolutely stunning photographs. Lots of good decorating tips and ideas for creating a romantic, shabby-chic home. The colors are truly spectacular - pure eye candy. I only wish there had been more homes depicted -many of the same rooms are used repeatedly throughout the book. But, overall, a wonderful addition to your design library.

35 of 41 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Author a Little Mixed I[ September 26, 2010

By Just Pretty Books

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Although full of colorful pictures, I was very disappointed in the overall theme of the book. A lot of mixing of styles going on here, not always very effectively. I think of romantic as a little softer than the interior of the book's contents were. The front cover is misleading. If the interior of the pages looked like the front cover I would have loved it. A lot of mixing of very bright colors left me feeling that the author couldn't make up her mind quite what look she was going for. I enjoyed about a fourth of the photographs. This book was a little disappointing to me. Based on the title, I was expecting a more romantic look.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Source of Pure Eye Candy! February 9, 2011

By Kim Naumann

Format:Hardcover

When I opened up the box containing my copy of 'Romantic Style' I knew right away I was going to love the book! It is chalk full of gorgeous images and bright intoxicating colors galore! Pastels, hot pinks, floral patterns, chandeliers, bouquets of cut flowers, time worn well loved antique and vintage furniture as well as more modern and contemporary styles all mixed together in some of the most beautiful photos I've seen in some time! Pure eye candy! While no book can possibly please eveyone with all of the various decorating tastes out there, I'm sure this book will be enjoyed by most. When deciding to buy a book I haven't had the opportunity to browse pre-purchase I always look up the author and photographers of the book on the internet BEFORE buying. This way I am more familiar with what lies within the book and less likely to be disappointed with my purchase when it arrives at my doorstep.