THE JOY OF COLLECTING
By definition "collecting" is to bring together into one body or place, to gather an accumulation of (objects) especially as a hobby.
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French vintage
French vintage decor
shabby chic decor
French country style
flea market style
Dec 21, 2020
A TABLE FOR TWO - LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD
If I had to summarize year 2020 in one sentence, I'd choose one of my favorite quotes - "Life is what happens to you while you're busy makin
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Oct 25, 2020
A WEEK IN PROVENCE
I love Provence, especially in the off-season, and especially the places that are not usually on the tourists' itinerary
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Sep 20, 2020
OUR SUMMER STAYCATION PART 3 - SOUTH OF BELLECOUR
For our Part 3 of Summer Staycation we invite you to a Lyon quartier south of Place Bellecour - Ainay. Whenever I get off the metro...
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Sep 2, 2020
LATE SUMMER THOUGHTS
Have you seen it too? August heat gave in quickly to September's cool mornings...
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Aug 22, 2020
FRENCH COUNTRY BASKETS - OUR QUICK DECORATING IDEA
We have never met a (vintage) wicker basket we didn't love...
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Aug 7, 2020
OUR SUMMER STAYCATION PART 2 - VIEUX LYON
At the end of our first "staycation" post we left you by the river Saone...
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Jul 28, 2020
QUICK DECORATING IDEA - TOAST RACK LETTER HOLDER
We see these pretty vintage toast racks when we visit the flea markets, and most...
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Jul 18, 2020
OUR SUMMER STAYCATION - AROUND PLACE BELLECOUR
Although I have lived in Lyon for two years now, with my husband and our dog, and we have seen the major sites...
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Jun 25, 2020
MEMORIES, MEMORIES... THE WORLD OF LACE & EMBROIDERY
When we are at the flea market we oftentimes are taken by memories of our childhood. It is a bit like going down the memory lane.
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Jun 11, 2020
QUICK DECORATING
We all want to surround ourselves with beauty, and make our homes inviting and reflecting our personality and taste...
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May 4, 2020
RAINY SUNDAY TARTE AUX FRUITS
I am by no means a "domestic goddess", and usually prefer to sample something delicious from one of our local patisseries.
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Apr 27, 2020
FLOWERS AT MY FRENCH MAISON
In Lyon, we had not seen cut flowers in weeks until a few days ago, when I stumbled upon...
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Apr 22, 2020
BIENVENUE - WELCOME TO OUR NEW SHOP!
Is it smart to undertake an opening a new, albeit, online shop in the time of the pandemic? We won't know until we try it...
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Apr 9, 2020
SPRING DOESN'T KNOW, IT IS HERE...
Spring - a symbol of renewal, a time of hope and rebirth. Every year we come out of a dark and cold period of winter to a bomb of colors...
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Mar 31, 2020
A VISIT WITH YVES SAINT LAURENT
We wanted to visit this little Parisian museum of his life and work since it's opened in 2017, and finally in the fall of 2019 during one of
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Mar 23, 2020
PRENEZ VOTRE TEMPS - TAKE YOUR TIME
One day a friend said to me: "In France people take their time".
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Mar 12, 2020
DECORATING WITH (VINTAGE) ART
I cannot survive without art - I need objects that were created by a person, who was inspired by a place, or an idea, a feeling, around me.
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Feb 29, 2020
DOORS OF LYON
I know books have been written, and websites created, filled with beautiful images of French doors.
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Feb 12, 2020
STARTING A (VINTAGE) ART COLLECTION
I meet a lot of people who love and are moved by art but are not certain how to go about buying it, and collecting it...
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