English Houses and Decoration Ben Pentreath Collection 2 Books Bundle - Inspirational Interiors from City Apartments to Country Manor Houses, Timeless Inspiration for the Contemporary Home

English Houses and Decoration Ben Pentreath Collection 2 Books Bundle - Inspirational Interiors from City Apartments to Country Manor Houses, Timeless Inspiration for the Contemporary Home. Description:- English Houses: Inspirational Interiors from City Apartments to Country Manor Houses Visiting 12 very different homes, Ben explores and appraises the unique spirit of the English House - at once restrained and simple yet overflowing with a generosity of touch and a richness of colour and texture.The book is divided into three sections: London, Country, and Country House, and the interiors featured range from a 1930s pied-a-terre in London's historic St James to designer Veere Grenney's pocket-sized Palladian Temple folly in Suffolk and Wardington, a 16th-century stone manor house in North Oxfordshire. Ben's own homes, in central London and West Dorset, are also included.These homes vary greatly in architecture, size, shape and age, but they all have in common a peculiarly English style - richly-layered rooms that deftly intertwine colour and pattern and a mix of old and new furniture to create timeless and comfortable places to live. English Decoration: Timeless Inspiration for the Contemporary Home Eighteen homes, many of which have never been previously photographed, provide the source material for his wide-ranging investigation of this classic look. The houses include Ben's own homes in London and West Dorset, alongside those of Earls and artists, writers and architects, book designers and gardeners. The book is arranged room by room and Entrance Halls, Living Rooms, Kitchens and Dining Rooms, Bedrooms and Bathrooms are considered in turn, together with simple Rooms of Utility and spectacular Rooms of Display. The book begins with an essay on the English style in decoration and ends with a style directory, helping you to achieve the look wherever you live.