Product Description

In The French Room, best-selling author and interior designer Betty Lou Phillips explains the age-wisdom and fervent beliefs that have long defined French decorating and reveals the principles behind designing the perfect French room. With more than 200 awe-inspiring photographs, The French Room also shares secrets on the ways color solves irksome design problems without moving walls or making other structural improvements, addresses the art of hanging art and dressing salon windows, then moves into the French kitchen and bed chamber to explore those unique cultures.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16183 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 10.00" w x 12.00" l, 3.81 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

Review
"Betty Lou Phillips' 10th release is replete with elegant colors and textures." (Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles )

"The book offers inspiration on everything from dressing windows in your salon, bed chambers, and the 'enviable French kitchen' with its open shelving." (Dallas Morning News )

From the Inside Flap
With the wisdom gleaned from fervent beliefs that have long defined French decorating, best-selling author and interior designer Betty Lou Phillips reveals the secrets behind French design, whether refined or relaxed. Lush photographs evoke old-world élan as Ms. Phillips shares ways that color can solve irksome design problems without moving walls or making other structural improvements. She addresses the art of hanging art and dressing salon windows, then moves into the bed chamber with a culture all its own. The author also sheds light on the enviable French kitchen, with its open shelving offering easy access to cookware, while focusing on the French table.

Whether furnishing a second home in wine-country luxury, an apartment with a Paris flair, or a stateside bastide in the style of Provence, the pursuit of beauty offers a glimpse into souls. Taking a cue from the French, North American designers are exacting in their thinking, artfully sculpting satisfying rooms that indulge a passion for France while mirroring the lives we lead on this side of the Atlantic.

About the Author
Betty Lou Phillips is the author of award-winning Villa Decor and Inspirations from France & Italy, as well as The French Connection, Secrets of French Design, Unmistakably French, French Influences, Provencal Interiors: French Country Style in America, and French by Design. A professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers with projects from New York to California, including Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Colorado and Texas, her work has been featured in Veranda, Southern Accents, Traditional Home and more. Additionally, she has appeared on the Christopher Lowell Show and the Oprah Winfrey Show. She lives in Dallas, Texas.

Customer Reviews

Tres Chic...Tres Magnifique!!
Along with Charles Faudree's new Interiors, I have been anxiously awaiting Betty Lou Phillips' The French Room. I wasn't disappointed. Although not every lifestyle allows for the abundance of objets d'art or the high-end luxury fabrics on every upholstered piece, I can still appreciate the beauty and design of the rooms presented. I like the somewhat cleaner line of Ms. Phillips' interiors and those of the designers also featured. It's a shame that this is a decorating style that does not transition itself down well to the mass market, but maybe that's why it's so appealing. Lovely photographs and a wealth of anecdotal information on accomplishing the French style...whatever your budget.

The French House a la American Lifestyle

I have all of Betty's books and enjoy them all. They inspire me in my French Decor Fettish. I always take mine one step further though with authentic Sevres' French Porcelain added for the perfect touch. The original chateau on the outskirts of Paris is still there & has a shop where you can purchase even today....every oil barron home I have ever visited has this same "look".

Love it!
As an interior deisgn student, I absolutely love this book. All the photos are elegant, beautiful, classy and certainly classically French. It is very inspiring to me, as a student and an individual.