Creating Cottage Style: Stylish Ideas And Step-by-step Projects

by Katherine Sorrell

Whether you live in a hilltop village in France or an apartment in New York, "Creating Cottage Style" is a wonderful resource for simple, inspiring ways to introduce cottage style to your home. In the first part of the book, Cottage Styles, Katherine Sorrell takes a tour of inspirational interiors from around the world, from the relaxed simplicity of Scandinavian style to the comfortable charm of the country homes of England. Spread throughout the book are twelve stylish yet achievable projects, each one accompanied by step-by-step illustrations. Projects include a pretty floral tablecloth for your dining room, yellow-checked curtains for your living room, and a painted closet for your bedroom. In "Cottage Rooms", Katherine guides you through every room in the home, while lavish photography highlights intriguing details along the way. This wonderful book provides a wealth of ideas for you to recrate at home--cover beds and pillows with toile de Jouy fabric, paint rooms in pale, soft colours, or disguise kitchen storage spaces with gathered panels of traditional fabric. -A treasure trove of ways to capture the essence of country living, whether you want to add handcrafted touches to your kitchen or redecorate your living room. -Includes 12 truly illustrated step-by-step projects for country-inspired details including pillows, curtains, bedspreads, and wreaths.

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Katherine Sorrell is an experienced freelance writer specialising in interior design and lifestyle. She contributes regularly to a range of leading national magazines and newspapers, and has written 20 books. While creating beautifully written copy is her priority, she is also a firm believer in fulfilling a brief, hitting deadlines, being nice to clients and using apostrophes in the right places.

Katherine loves craft, food, films, magazines, beaches, good design, animals, reading and anything vintage.

Reviews

[Relyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Here was another book that was fine, had some good art, but was pretty much WAY not my style. Too country. By a lot. Plus, the projects were a little cheesy. You can get more creative ideas with better directions from Martha Stewart. But, hey. We can't all be Martha.