Product Description

Italy is an historical country, where the past is always present. This is well illustrated in the rural interior style, which borrows and adapts from other eras and places, editing and refining as it goes, but culminating in a look that is chic, original, and always easy to live with. In Italian Country Living, Caroline Clifton-Mogg explores the essential ingredients of the style, taking in color and texture—the distinctively clear but subtle palette — before looking at the mixture of simplicity and comfort evident in furniture and fabrics, and going on to admire the innate gift of the Italians for living outside with the same panache as they do indoors. Caroline then looks in more detail at individual country houses. Whether Rustic, Contemporary, Eclectic, or Traditional in character, these homes offer myriad ideas for interior decoration that are easily translatable into other lives and cultures. • Stunning photography by Chris Tubbs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #64388 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 143 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781845976200
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
“No one does style quite like the Italians, with their unique ability to create a look that’s simple yet chic. Caroline Clifton-Mogg has scoured the country for inspiring contemporary examples.” (Sunday Express )

About the Author
Chris Tubbs is a French-born photographer, working in London, specializing in design, interiors, and architecture. Chris's work has been published in major international magazines, including Elle (UK, Germany, and Spain), Elle Decoration, House & Garden, Travel and Leisure, Blueprint, and Harper's Bazaar.

CAROLINE CLIFTON-MOGG is an acclaimed journalist and author. She contributes to House & Garden and Telegraph Magazine. Her books for Ryland Peters & Small include "Tuscan Escapes", "The Curtain Design Source Book", "French Country Living", "Provençal Escapes", and "Apartment Living".

Customer Reviews

DREAMY
I bought this book when it first came out and have probably looked through it over a hundred times since then. It's a perfect blend of what is modern and traditional in Italian country interiors and I would be happy to live in any of these rooms. I love this book.

Let's move to Italy
Move to Italy or buy a second home in Tuscany - and start decorating it!
That's what you will want to do after closing and putting down "Italian Country Living" by Caroline Clifton-Mogg.
Homes rustic and eclectic, contemporary and traditional - they are all so down-to-earth and so charming, breathtakingly beautiful.
Ok, don't move to Italy. Read the "Elements" chapter and make youself your own little Italy at home.

TAKE ME AWAY!
Intersting homes are featured in this book with some unpredictable decorating. It has great photography of the homes as well as fantastic views on some of the featured properties. I also recommend French Country Living by the same author.