Elizabeth Wilhide

William Morris—one of the most influential designers of the 19th century and an important figure in the Arts and Crafts movement—revisited in this inspirational interior design guide. Rich natural colours, liquid floral patterns, light airy rooms and simple wooden furniture are all radical principles of the Arts and Crafts movement and are also the fundamentals of most modern décor. There has never been a better time for introducing Morris designs...

An epic saga of the upstairs and downstairs residents of an English country house which spans some 240 years and includes the stories of its original architect, a Victorian family that shared four decades of family history, soldiers billeted in the house during World War I, and a young couple who restores the house in the 1950s.