The Southern Cottage: From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Florida Keys
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The Southern Cottage: From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Florida Keys Details
Review "beautiful book" -- Jun CHARLESTON MAGAZINE In the 1930s and 1940s, hunting and fishing cabins were built along Crystal Creek Road using whatever materials were at hand: logs, river rocks and even wood salvaged from railroad cars...One of these cabins... is featured in this large, attractive and colorful Rizzoli book with text and photographs by Susan Sully, a leading authority on regional architecture and design...The book will be featured in the July issue of Better Homes and Gardens... -- The Roanoke Times, Sunday, June 17, 2007 Read more About the Author Susan Sully is the author of several books, including New Orleans Style, Charleston Style, and Savannah Style. A leading authority on regional architecture and design, Sully lectures frequently on the subject and writes for numerous publications, including Southern Accents, Town & Country, Art and Antiques, and Coastal Living. Read more
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This is a lovely book of real homes. It is clear in each vignette that the homeowners truly love their houses and have decorated them wholeheartedly. I am sure that many designers were involved - they are really exceptional cottages - but overall, the sense is conveyed that the cottage is really and truly someone's home (or home away from home, as the case often is). I am designing our family's home, and I enjoyed "visiting" these cottages very much. So many of these books are inspiring in a "perfect ' kind of way - as in, I could never achieve this look, but it is beautiful! - but this books presents cottages that are closer to what we all might create in our homes.
