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French vintage
French vintage decor
shabby chic decor
French country style
flea market style
Dec 5
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE HOME
Where are we after five months of the house restoration project? I am sure many of you are waiting for the before and after pictures
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Oct 11
NOTES FROM THE GARDEN - FROM AUTUMN TO AUTUMN
On the first visit I really liked the house and its potential, but the garden was a proverbial "cherry on top".
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Sep 10
OUR YEAR OF FIRSTS
As I am writing our first summer in Bourgogne is slowly fading. It is early September, we wake up to cold mornings, cobwebs in the garden,
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Apr 18
SO WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY?
It seems that for every thing we gave up when we moved away from Lyon, we gained a few. Life has a different rhythm à la campagne
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Mar 21
FOR THE LOVE OF OLD HOUSES
Over the months we've been here the house "told" us what it wants. It is over 200 years old, and evolved over the years, but retaining many
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Mar 8
THE LONGEST SUMMER
Summer of 2023 was a busy one. While the skies of Lyon were oozing heat at historic heights, I was arranging for movers estimates...
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Feb 28
Decisions Decisions... (Head and Heart)
The same evening I told my husband "you have to see this house"
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Sep 29, 2023
LYON, JE TE QUITTE!
It has been in the plans since we arrived in France - to find a place of our own. Then the pandemic came, and then we faced a changed...
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Mar 18, 2023
TIME OF MAGNOLIAS
When is the best time to visit Lyon? If you can make it happen, it would be the time when magnolias are in bloom. Place des Celestins in...
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Apr 1, 2022
FRENCH BISTRO - A QUICK HISTORY
Where did it all begin? The popular story on how the name "bistro" originated says it came from the Russian word "bistro" or "quick"...
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