Fusing understated elegance and relaxed chic, fashion designer Marie France van Damme reveals the secrets of successful, sophisticated and stress-free entertainment on a budget. Five chapters Flowers, Candles, The Table, Food and Art explore how to create a sense of occasion, a relaxed mood, simple pleasures and food without worry. Each chapter finishes with actual events: a winter birthday at home, with plain black plates, flowers in a single colour, and sushi from a local Japanese restaurant; a Belgian celebration in a greenhouse with a wood-burning stove, transformed in two hours at minimal cost into what looks like a page from an event at Versailles; a stylish working lunch with takeaway curry Perfectly attuned to the desires and realities of todays living, this book will be welcome anywhere on the planet.
RSVP: Simple Sophistication, Effortless Entertaining
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Limba:
Engleza
Data publicării:
2012
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Tip copertă:
Hardcover
Nr Pag:
224
ISBN:
9780500516393
Dimensiuni: l: 23.3cm | H: 25.3cm