Villa Decor: Decidedly French And Italian Style

Westerners have long admired France and Italy as the European seats of exquisite high style. Now, renowned designer and author Betty Lou Phillips shows how we have blended these two traditions by mixing styles, furnishings, inspirations, and colors from different eras and locations to create the looks for which the French and Italian people are known. With wisps of elegance, hints of regal color, and textures that delight and inspire, our homes exude a rich European taste, too. Villa Decor illustrates the mastery of the fabled French way of melding the past with the present so each is seen in the best possible light. It demonstrates the uncanny Italian knack of linking rooms effortlessly with patterns and palettes without detracting from the furnishings or objects d'art, capturing a trend in American decorating. Betty Lou Phillips demonstrates how to virtuously juxtapose various periods and styles in widely diverse, satisfying rooms that are never dull or predictable. Quiet French elegance and Italian romance combine to create the simplicity of sweet life-la dolce vita.

$39.95 hardcover 1-58685-174-8 8 x 11 in, 160 pp, 150 Color Photographs, Rights: W, Design In her newest book, Villa Decor, Betty Lou Phillips discusses how to mix styles, furnishings, inspirations, and colors from different eras and locations to create the looks for which the French and Italian people are known-wisps of elegance, hints of regal color, textures that delight and inspire. Villa Decor illustrates the mastery of the fabled French way of melding the past with the present so each is seen in the best possible light, as well as the uncanny Italian knack of linking rooms effortlessly with patterns and palettes without detracting from the furnishings or objets d'art, capturing a trend in American decorating. Betty Lou Phillips demonstrates how to virtuously juxtapose various periods and styles in widely diverse, satisfying rooms that are never dull or predictable. Quiet French elegance, Italian romance, and the simplicity of sweet life-la dolce vita. Author of Provencal Interiors, French Influences, and French by Design, Betty Lou Phillips is a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers. Her design work has appeared in such publications as Southern Accents, Bedroom & Bath, Window & Wall, and Decorating, and has also graced many magazine covers. Her design talents have been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and the Christopher Lowell Show. She lives in Dallas, Texas.