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Author Dampierre, Florence de, author.

Title French chic living : simple ways to make your home beautiful / Florence de Dampierre ; photography by Tim Street-Porter.

Publication Info. New York : Rizzoli, 2015.
©2015.

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 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  747.0944 DED    Check Shelf
Description 239 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Summary "Wonderfully accessible ideas for maintaining a stylish home, drawing on the ways French mothers and grandmothers manage their households. French houses ooze with charm and their inhabitants, despite busy schedules, regularly entertain at home. What are the secrets for leading such a chic lifestyle? In this insightful tome, lavishly illustrated with images of a country residence in a romantic French town, de Dampierre shares her knowledge of ways to achieve a warm and inviting home. Her continental traditions make beautifying your house a joy. Household chores from stocking the pantry to washing and storing delicate linens to cleaning wooden and stone surfaces are discussed. Tips for adorning your home range from lining dresser drawers with pretty papers and enhancing them with homemade scents to creating delicate floral arrangements of fresh-cut blooms for pleasant accents throughout your rooms. Basic instructions are also provided for designing a simple and attractive aromatic kitchen garden full of herbs, fruit, and vegetables, whether on a plot of land or in attractive containers; its produce then becomes the basis for preparing fresh, seasonal recipes to share with family and friends."--Publisher description.
Contents Introduction -- The kitchen -- The kitchen garden -- Sprucing up -- Flowers and plants within -- Entertaining at home with flair.
Subject Interior decoration -- France.
Interior decoration -- France -- History.
Decoration and ornament -- France -- Influence.
Interior decoration -- Amateurs' manuals.
Added Author Street-Porter, Tim, photographer.
ISBN 9780847846375 (hardcover)
0847846377 (hardcover)
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