Why should't you use the same principles of design employed in your house to enhance your back yard? That's the idea behind "Pure Style Outdoors" in which Jane Cumberbatch takes her unique approach to interior decoration - based on the timeless appeal of simple, natural materials and objects that are functional as well as good-looking - and applies it to the exterior of the house. Here are a host of ideas on making the most of your outside space, whether it is a modest city balcony or roof terrace, a shady courtyard, or a rambling country garden. With more than 300 full-color photographs and a comprehensive source guide to the wares featured in the book, Pure Style Outdoors is a guide to making your home's exterior as smart and inviting as its interior.
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Purestyle
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Jane Cumberbatch's unique approach to decoration is based on the timeless appeal of all things simple and natural. Pure Style pioneered the trend for uncluttered interiors. With its advocacy of clean outlines, crisp fabrics and natural materials, it reaches beyond the bounds of interior decoration, offering a new way of living that is resourceful and economical. With photographs by Henry Bourne, the book shows which colours, fabrics, textures, items of furniture, decorative objects and lighting are appropriate to the style - and goes on to demonstrate how to bring them together to create your own interpretation of the look.
In this sumptuous new book from stylist Jane Cumberbatch, we give you the Pure Style philosophy on colour. Decorating a room is like painting a picture. There is nothing more pleasurable that starting with a blank canvas and filling your home with the colours and textures that you find most pleasing.
Pure Style in the Garden
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Turn your outdoor space into a beautiful retreat (and bring some beauty indoors)
Jane Cumberbatch's unique approach to interior and outdoordecoration is based on the timeless appeal of natural materials, uncluttered objects and a relaxed mood. In this book she takes these clean and simple themes and shows you how to transform your home into a space for family and friends to enjoy, whether you live in a modest city apartment or a house in the country.- From the originator of the idea of pure style, here is a wealth of ideas for creating uniquely relaxing interiors and outdoor spaces.
Pure Style
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Since its publication, this best-seller has become a classic source book of simple, natural, uncluttered interior design. The Pure Style ethos is much more than that, however. It offers a whole new outlook for living, relaxing, eating, and entertaining, in which resourceful thrift combines with an appreciation of the sensual side of life -- represented by scents, textures, flavors, and colors. Pure Style is a mine of information and ideas, interspersed with trade secrets -- like how to renovate old pieces of furniture, customize awkward spaces, and put together simple meals in just a few minutes. Jane Cumberbatch presents the seductive principles of Pure Style, with suggestions for every room in the house, plus ten achievable projects. Henry Bourne's glorious photographs demonstrate that her ideas work anywhere from urban loft to country cottage.
Mit einfachen Mitteln sein Zuhause verschönern und gemütlicher machen, ohne dafür unendlich viel Geld auszugeben - davon träumen viele. Mit diesem Buch geht das ganz einfach. „Einfach Einrichten“ heißt: Mach das Beste aus dem, was Du hast, setze alles ins rechte Licht und verwende die richtigen Materialien. Checklisten, Ideen für jeden Raum der Wohnung sowie Gestaltungsvorschläge mit ‚Rezept' (das brauchen Sie, so geht es) zeigen, wie man jung, lebendig und unkompliziert wohnen und den Traum von Veränderung endlich leben kann.
Vous aimez les maisons à la déco sobre, intemporelle, fraîche, décontractée, fonctionnelle et néanmoins originale ? Vous avez envie de retrousser vos manches, même sans être un as du bricolage ? Alors ce livre est fait pour vous ! Vous y apprendrez toutes sortes d'astuces pour créer à peu de frais un intérieur chic et harmonieux, qu'il s'agisse de rafraîchir un canapé fatigué ou de rénover une pièce entière.



