Perfect English Cottage

I love this book.It seems to always come off the shelf on a winters night, when its cold outside and I've the wood burner on inside.I've not got bored of it yet because if you have a cottage like me or an old house, its perfect.Full of different ideas, designs, some that aren't to my taste but then that proves that the book maker has tried to reach out to everyone's individual taste.It's full of English charm, character and colour. I've took loads of ideas out of it.A great gift for a country girl or someone with an English home.

I already had a copy of this book and loved It so I decided to purchase it for my friend for her birthday as she is also 'home interior' mad. She too loves it. Lots of pictures and information and a really enjoyable book to browse through giving you hundreds of ideas. This was a second hand book but it was like brand new, thank you. Great purchase and seller.

I think the rule with Ros Byam Shaw is to buy two books on the trot and not three. Most people loved this book, but were perhaps just a little less appreciative of her fairly recent Farmhouse publication. For me it was the other way round. I absolutely adored the Perfect English and the Farmhouses, but found this one just a little less to my taste. Lovely, but didn't quite hit the same spot as the other two. Perhaps I overdosed.

If you want ideas for your country home, this is the book to buy. It replaces months worth of Country Living magazines all in one binding. Photographs are clear, colourful and plenty. Country homes aren't always conventional in that they often have quirky corners and wonky walls, this book visits these types of homes and shows what other people have done with such spaces. If you have a room that you're struggling to arrange, the book will give you some inspiration as to how to arrange your collections and decide upon your interior decorating.It will remain my coffee table book for a long time to come!

I have several of Ros Byam Shaw's books. Always a bit worried that the photos might overlap, but the books are distinctively different enough to lust after the next set of beautiful imagery.Good quality and timeless, classy yet unpretentious style that is imaginative, liveable in, and very British.

This was an utterly lovely feast for the eyes and very inspiring for our restoration - in a current world of modern sleek it's great to see current but traditional stylish settings- great choice to give as a gift too

This book is beautiful - the photography excellent and some of the settings were lovely - the only downside for me is that these were cottages bought and 'done up' by people with lots of money (not necessarily taste!) and I wanted to see 'proper' cottages - those that are truly 'lived in' and not used as holiday or show homes!Good inspiration though

Buy this book, it's delicious.Pages of houses, photographed beautifully.Every house is comfortable in feel, nothing jars.Not too much writing, just lovely pictures.One of the best interior-photograph books available.

洋書は届いて中身を見る迄心配ですが、この本は大丈夫です（同じ趣味ならですが…）。ターシャチューダーの家の様でもあり、キャスキッドソンの様な雰囲気もあり。キッチンやリビングに使われている花柄布地の使い方が素敵!です。Doll Housuの参考にもなりそうな楽しい本です。

Americans have renewed their love of English country homes partly due to the impact of "Downton Abbey," but this book is obviously not about the oversized manor home. Instead, it's a delightfully written and photographed account of English style as interpreted in the iconic cottage. Shaw regards that word in loose terms -- some cottages aren't cottages at all but still reflect the casual style.Shaw is a glorious writer and the copy is just as good as the photos. What she conveys is that cottage style items are not necessarily expensive -- they're actually earned as hand-me downs from family, picked up at boot sales and flea markets, and accepted in trade.What the book does that shelter magazines don't do is this: it gives us permission to live with things that are imperfect and worn at the edges. The homes are both inviting and enticing. There are no showplaces in the sense of balanced perfection; instead there are rooms in which their owners make do and do so with elegance and grace.So many pages feature "design" choices owners have made that are much freer than American design tastes. I feel more able to express myself -- and allow myself the joys of artfully arranged odd objects and even clutter -- because of this book.

Das Bild auf dem Cover hat mich dazu bewogen, dieses Buch zu bestellen. Es hat meine Erwartungen voll erfüllt.Der reizend aufgemachte Bildband enthält zahlreiche Tipps und Illustrationen, wie man ein Heim auf die gute alte Art gemütlich gestaltet.Nichts für Leute, die es supermodern mögen. Aber für alle, die gerne selbst zu Nadel und Faden greifen, Handarbeiten machen oder noch alte Handarbeiten im Hause haben, einfach eine tolle Fundgrube an Ideen.

Me ha gustado todo porque soy una entusiasta del estilo cottage.El libro ha llegado perfectamente protegido y en las fechas indicadas.

Very british at it's best! Ich liebe Wohnzeitschriften (vornehmlich englische und deutsche) und Wohnbücher. Bei den Engländern hat selbst das einfachste home einen unüberbietbaren Charme.