Book DescriptionThe elegant dwellings featured in Elle Decor Country Homes are not decorated with stenciled geese and gingham slipcovers; rather, they illustrate a more sophisticated type of country, from rustic traditional to romantic European as well as striking contemporary interpretations of the farmhouse....

The lure of the hunt, the thrill of the chase, that peerless moment of discovery when dream and ideal meet in a single object - this is the collector\'s world. To the collector, the world is her oyster, full of hidden pearls ready to be plucked and shown to greatest advantage among the other spoils of her obsession....