The French-Inspired Home, with French General

I have read and reread this book a 100 times, well nearly!! If you want great eye candy and inspiration on how to display your beloved collections or simply want to get some ideas on how to "frenchify" your home then this is the book for you!!

I like to look at books like this before I fall asleep. I love French homes, but my style is more the sort of home you find in Provence, and this is not that. It's fussy and frilly and feminine, and I should have figured that out before I bought it. I've lived in France and I've never really seen a home like this. This book and the other on jewelry are primarily pitched so that you will visit their store and buy stuff, I think.

I should have believed the bad reviews that I read on Amazon and not bought this book. They were right. I could have saved the return shipping charge. This book was such a dissapointment. Nothing new, creative or interesting about it. Also, it has nothing in common with any French lifestyle. I returned it the next day.

Bring the look of French decorating to your home. I love this book, never having been to France and only seeing limited books on French decorating, I find this to be one of the best, it is kind of a more laid back decorating approach than the more formal French decorating books I have seen, it is well done and gives you some projects you can tackle as a beginner sewer. This book looks at french tickings and uses for them throughout your home, if you have ever come across French tickings and the like, you will find they are so versatile in your home, and you will keep wanting to get more. A 5 star book.

A beautiful book--if you like shabby chic, it's for you. Good ideas, but not always practical unless you have access to a lot of estate sales and flea markets where dealers don't price themselves out of the market.