French Secrets About Home And D Cor

Like the French Series, Book 2

From the best-selling author of Villa Décor and Unmistakably French comes an insider's guide to French design secrets for home interiors. Betty Lou Phillips, America's foremost interior design expert on French style, shares some of her best-kept secrets-ones that the French seem to know instinctively. Secrets of French Design looks behind heavy lacquered doors at the design principles the French hold dear.

A gourmand's guide to the slim life shares the principles of French gastronomy, the art of enjoying all edibles in proportion, arguing that the secret of being thin and happy lies in the ability to appreciate and balance pleasures.

Today, we are living a strange paradox. While cookbooks and home entertaining ideas are overflowing in stores and on the internet, Americans still view hosting at home as stressful, with an "all or nothing" approach. So why do French women not only entertain at home regularly, but also do it with pleasure? Because they instinctively and traditionally know the three main components of any hosting at home: - The ambiance - The psychology - The organization This book is the ultimate and easy French secret checklist on how to create an atmosphere using décor, flowers, food and drink suggestions - all the while – being organized, sexy and psychologically confident. Welcome to our special world of connecting with others "a la maison"!