Heritage Style: A Fresh New Take on Traditional Design

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In Heritage Style, Selina Lake celebrates the new nostalgic mood in interiors, using vintage and inherited furniture and other accessories in a fresh, original fashion. Our homes are more important to us than ever before, and heritage style harks back to the reassuring comfort of traditional interiors. Panelling, wallpaper, floral fabrics and heritage paint colours provide a backdrop for house plants, artworks and contemporary crafts, while upholstered and wicker furniture, pretty decorative detailing and plump cushions feel warm, welcoming and familiar. It's not only a comforting style, but also a sustainable one, built around pre-owned and vintage pieces sourced at online auctions or on Instagram and given a new lease of life in modern homes. Heritage Style shows how to create a home that feels both modern and nostalgic at the same time - inviting, easy to live in and full of intriguing personal touches.

Selina Lake is a successful stylist, author and columnist. Her work has been exhibited at RHS Chelsea Flower Show and RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival and can be seen in many publications, including Country Living, The English Garden and Country Homes & Interiors. She has a monthly garden styling column in Modern Gardens magazine and styles lifestyle photoshoots and events for commercial and editorial clients. Selina offers a glimpse into her world via her social media channels @selinalake. This is her twelfth book for Ryland Peters & Small, with recent titles including the bestselling Garden Style, Natural Living Style and Shed Style.

The book is all about balancing period properties with modern life, and evoking a 'modern sense of nostalgia', showing us how to preserve the past while bringing in our own heritage and personal style - Homes Antiques