With over 30,000 copies in print in hardcover, this lavishly illustrated volume is now available in a beautiful paperback edition. Over 200 full-color photographs showcase the work of such acclaimed architects and interior designers as Joseph Esherick, Frank Gehry, Michael Taylor, and Ellinor McGuire, all accompanied by historical commentary and detailed descriptions of 31 of California's most exquisite residences. Entertaining, informative, and inspirational California Country is a superb resource for designers and homeowners, or anyone who appreciates gracious living in country setting. If books were food, California Country would be a sumptuous feast. The Washington Times Diane Dorrans Saeks is the California editor for Metropolitan Home, the interior design editor for PaperCity, the San Francisco correspondent for W and Women's Wear Daily, and a frequent contributor to national and international design publications. She John Vaughan has traveled the globe photographing houses for Architectural Digest, HG, Better Homes and Gardens, and The New York Times, among others. Together, they authored San Francisco: A Certain Style (Chronicle Books, 1989).