Perfect French Country: Inspirational Interiors from Rural France

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InPerfect French CountryRos Byam Shaw celebrates relaxed rural France at its finest, visiting timeless and beautiful French country homes that featureancient beams and stone fireplaces, panelled rooms and attics under steeply-pitched pantiles.

In a busy modern world that seems increasingly fast-paced, overcrowded and monopolized by technology,the allure of the good life is more potent than ever. As an antidote to texts and tweets, traffic jams and queues, additives and packaging, we seek out the simple and the wholesome, and long for the luxuries of space, a leisurely pace of life and fresh air. France can offer all these things, with its traditional farming methods, its authentic regional cuisine, and its low population density. Add to this the inimitable French sense of style andjoie de vivre, and you have all the ingredients for an enviable way of life.Perfect French Countryrevels in the timeless and authentic beauty of the French country home.

Perfect French Country is a fantastic new edition of the previously published title by the same name.

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Ros Byam Shaw is a former Features Editor ofThe World of Interiorsand Deputy Editor of the British edition of the US fashion and lifestyle newspaper,W. She is now a freelance journalist and writes on design and interiors forThe World of Interiors,House & Gardenand theTelegraph, among others. Ros is the author ofPerfect English,Perfect English Farmhouse,English EccentricandPerfect English Townhouse, as well as the bestsellingFarrow & Ball Living with ColourandFarrow & Ball Decorating with Colour(all published by Ryland Peters & Small).Ros lives in Devon with her husband and dog.