Renovated Maison

Update:
Susan Fraser, the owner of this beautiful home contacted me to let me know that she has put her house up for sale. So, if you are interested here are the details she sent me:

Telephone: (33) 6 22 23 68 54

Email: susanfraser@sfr.fr

The sale price is: 199,000 euros.

It’s a 19^th century, freestanding stone house in Lherm – a small, medieval village surrounded by forest in the Lot valley region in France’s southwest. The village is surrounded by forest and walking tracks. Centrally heated throughout, the house includes a sunny, south-facing kitchen; an open-space living room (with fireplace) and dining room opening on to a terrace that spans the front of the house; two bathrooms, four generously proportioned sunny bedrooms and a large open-space light-filled attic. An interior well combines with the town’s water system to provide water to the house (the system can be switched from town to well water with the flick of a switch).

Links to the house for anyone interested in knowing more:

An English link: http://www.french-property.com/vp/nv/id/353125/

A French link: http://www.leboncoin.fr/ventes_immobilieres/211056278.htm

And I have added three more pics she was kind enough to send me. Thanks Susan, it's a lovely house and I'm sure you'll be able to sell it soon.

Original post starts here:

My internet connection seems to be behaving this morning, so I'm happy to take you to France today.
While renovating this house in Lherm, in France's Lot valley region, Susan Fraser and Jean-Pierre Grousset took pains in preserving its 19th century style, but managed to brighten up the building's once dark interiors.




















The photograph above is by Susan Fraser.




The photo above is by Susan Fraser





Photography by Richard Powers
All images from here.

Guest House in France

We are back in Peru after our lovely winter holidays in Argentina. I thought it was going to be freezing cold but we had remarkably good weather.

Lets go on another home tour.

It took six years to restore this guest house called Un Coeur très Nature, and located in the valley of Vidourle, in southern France.





























































Photography by Patrice Binet

All images from here.

Artist's Home in France

Sorry I'm not posting as often as I said I would. My holidays are great and I'm not left with much time to sit down and blog.
But today I'm taking you to France, mes amis. Isabelle, a French artist, inherited this country home from her grandmother. Built in 1832, it is located in Uzès, Cévennes in southern France.

















Photography by Christoffer Rouffio

Rustic Home in Cantabria

Good morning dears, everything ok? Come with me to Spain today.

Spanish interior designer Memi Escarzaga decorated this rustic home in Cantabria. Soft natural tones, lots of beams, brick tiles, and French style furniture make it warm and inviting. I particularly love the trumeau mirror in the bathroom.

Enjoy the tour, my friends!

























All images from here.

French Style in Catalonia

Hard to believe this farmhouse is not in France. Located south of Catalonia, Spain, the owners had it built to resemble the local architecture yet it radiates French country charm.
























Photos by Montse Garriga/RBA
All images from here.