Favorite things, places, finds... After over six years here France is still a country full of surprises, "aha" moments, and days when I feel I might be living in a French novel.
I will share what stopped me to take a second look, enchanted me, made me take a detour, made me take out my "carte bleue" (a bank card). I will share my favorite products, spaces, recipes, sites. I will drop names, and maybe be a bit opinionated. I will stray from just writing about antiques, flea market, and old houses.
Would you like to know more?
Every month I show you three of my favorites. Let's start with the month of January, the first month of 2025.
Boheme Fleurs Lyon
While I lived in Lyon I always made a point by passing by Boheme Fleurs close to the banks of the Saone, even if it wasn't exactly on my way. The place is an experience, an inspiration, from the moment you pass it to when you enter into its darkened space full of flowers, plants, mysteriously emerging from a dusky interior, romantically arranged. Minimalists be careful, maximalists - it's a place for you!
Boheme Fleurs
8 Rue de la Platière, 69001 Lyon
Uniqlo Heattech
For the ones who stay outdoors a lot in the cold months - be it my fellow brocante lovers, or outdoor marchés vendors, or the amoureuses of winter exercise - we all know that to stay warm layers are key. For me discovering Uniqlo Heattech undergarments a few years ago was a major game changer. Light and thin, you can wear the leggings right under the jeans, they provide the comfy protection against frigid temperatures and wind.
Available in various styles, weights, colors, on uniqlo.com or in their stores.
Farrow &Ball "Parma Grey"
And the third one - is it a thing? It can be called a "sensation", a "feeling", if a color can be called that. It is certainly a find, because after a long search we finally found the perfect blue for our "salle à manger". The perfect shade for us is called "Parma Grey" by Farrow&Ball. Somewhere between blue and grey, darker than it appears in this picture or in the sampler, it is calming, but not pedestrian.
Described as a cool mid blue "Parma Gray is another colour attributed to the great colourist John Fowler. Used as the backdrop to numerous costume dramas, it creates the perfect period feel when contrasted with Wimborne White. Though its cool nature can feel quite formal when contrasted with a bright white, it is a firm favourite for those who prefer a clean and crisp finish." Et voilà!
Next edition of "My Favorite Things" is coming next month!
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