My blogging friend Fifi O'Neill has taken her great style and magazine editor experience and put together a fabulous book, bursting with beauty and design inspiration! Fifi's ideas prove you don't need tons of money to decorate your home. Romantic Prairie Style shows that simplicity, using charming - and often weathered - things at hand and adding elegant little touches of beauty can make all the difference in a relaxed and comfortable personal space.
The book is packed with Mark Lohman's beautiful photographs taken at homes and farms throughout the United States. I could spend hours with this book, reading, daydreaming and plotting subtle changes to my own home's decor.
J'adore this charming farm table, the enamelware coffee pot and the vintage cheese mould.
I have a vintage French linen cupboard in this seafoam green shade. Love these soothing colours!
This comfy, cozy kitchen and the chippy paint pink table make me want to bake sugar cookies.
...or a pie filled with lemony goodness!
Imagine a festive outdoor dinner in the simplest of surroundings. So romantic, especially when lit by candlelight.
A favourite pair of boots filled with flowers...an easy way to add unique style.
Shades of blue and white on this lovely front porch, inviting lazy conversation and iced tea (or perhaps a mint julep or two).
Love this sleeping porch! Before air-conditioning became commonplace, homes in the South often featured beds on their front porch, as it was too hot indoors to sleep.
How adorable is little Amelie??!!
An abundance of beauty, with pillows handmade from vintage fabrics.
Since I now live in Holland, couldn't resist posting this photo, with its Delft blue pottery!
Indulge in homemade treats and fresh iced tea, surrounded by nature's beauty.
The talented author Francoise Fifi O'Neill, former editor of Romantic Country magazine. The Paris-born Fifi is working on a second book, among other exciting projects. She is a force of nature, constantly on-the-go or creating something clever! You can follow Fifi's adventures on her popular blog Chez Fifi.
Fifi's fabulous new book can be purchased at your favourite book store or online here (US) or here (France) or here (rest of Europe). Fifi's first book-signing will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at Posh on Palm, 33 Palm Avenue, Sarasota, Florida.
All images by Mark Lohman, courtesy of Ryland Peters & Small/Cico.
Merci bien, Fifi! Felicitations!
i so want this book now.
xoxo
Posted by: christina | 01 April 2011 at 21:57
Gorgeous! This is my kind of place to rest and relax!
Posted by: dutchbaby | 29 March 2011 at 02:48
i love ALL of this. love it. want it. need it.
Posted by: Elsie Anderton | 28 March 2011 at 22:51
your website is so great that i love it very much. thank you for sharing it with us.
Posted by: NDS | 28 March 2011 at 08:13
Thank you for surrounding me in beauty today. It feeds my soul. Oh how I would love to sleep on that porch.
Posted by: Marilyn | 27 March 2011 at 23:26
This is the second time this morning I've seen this book posted. Tells me to pay attention -- of course, once you see even one of these magnificent photos, attention is paid!
Posted by: jeanie | 27 March 2011 at 16:58
Eye candy at it's best! All the best Tara in your new home.
Posted by: naturegirl | 27 March 2011 at 04:33
hi tara i haven't stopped by in ages and so glad that i did... those photos are amazing.... every single one of them i uuuuu'd and ahhhhh'd.... imagining each place as my own... the best was popcorn and a nice cold drink peppered with mint something or other... on a hot sunny day out in the garden [all i know it grows like a weed at my house and smells heavenly]
Posted by: ms pie | 27 March 2011 at 03:51
Oh my when can she come do my place? Swooning and would love a spa re-do by her. She oozes genuine style, which I adore about a person. Okay tomorrow I'm gutting my place.
xoxo
Posted by: gillian | 27 March 2011 at 03:28
What an inspiring post, Tara I love those timeless photographs and your words made me re-think of what I could do with my own home, if only i'd put a bit more of my heart into...Thank you for making my heart dream, Tara :-)
Posted by: Anyes | 26 March 2011 at 19:11