A French country garden with tall trees and lavendaer lining the path to the house - Ally Foster/Shutterstock The idea of French country design may conjure images of rustic-chic farmhouses, but the ...

The French formal garden is a classic landscaping style that aims to bring order to the natural world. Whether the layout shows off a bold pattern or perfectly geometric designs, these gardens are ...

Celebrate the holidays with good design. For the aesthete or Francophile in your life, veteran designer Betty Lou Phillips’s new book, “French Refreshed,” makes the perfect gift. Phillips recently ...

In the early 20th century, French brothers André and Paul Vera sought to develop a new style of gardens, one that paired a modern geometric order with elements of prized 17th-century landscape ...

Interior designer Betty Lou Phillips, the author of 13 design books (most of which focus on French design) grew up in the Midwest (Ohio), studied design at the University of San Francisco and has ...