Home in South Africa

Good morning treasures. Thanks for your comments regarding the pink kitchen in yesterday's post. I love knowing that some of you have even had a pink kitchen!<br />We are enjoying a long Easter holiday here in Peru. A rather grey day but beautiful nevertheless. Today's tour is a lovely French inspired South African home.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://ipic.su/img/img4/fs/10.1325061400.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 358px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://ipic.su/img/img4/fs/1.1325061393.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 976px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://ipic.su/img/img4/fs/2.1325061394.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 976px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://ipic.su/img/img4/fs/3.1325061397.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 977px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://ipic.su/img/img4/fs/4.1325061397.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 977px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://ipic.su/img/img4/fs/5.1325061398.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 953px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://ipic.su/img/img4/fs/7.1325061399.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 977px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://ipic.su/img/img4/fs/6.1325061398.jpg" style="width: 652px; height: 979px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://ipic.su/img/img4/fs/9.1325061400.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 977px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://ipic.su/img/img4/fs/8.1325061399.jpg" style="width: 651px; height: 977px;" /><br /><br />All images from <a href="http://thecrossdesign.com/blog/">here</a>.

Home in South Africa

Good morning treasures. Thanks for your comments regarding the pink kitchen in yesterday's post. I love knowing that some of you have ev...

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Mansion in the Brittany Countryside

Located in Lamballe, Saint Aaron in the Brittany countryside, this 17th century manor with huge outbuildings and beautiful gardens was restored by Nathalie and Jean-Michel, who live here with their three children. It is also open to overnight guests.<br />Come enjoy with me!<br /><br /><img alt="Manoir" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/manoir/580461-1-fre-FR/Manoir_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Manor" width="669" /><br /><span style=""><br /></span><img alt="Chambre" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/chambre/580457-1-fre-FR/Chambre_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Room" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Peinture" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/peinture/580445-1-fre-FR/Peinture_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Painting" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Pièce à vivre" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/piece-a-vivre/580421-1-fre-FR/Piece-a-vivre_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Living room" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Porte" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/porte/580425-1-fre-FR/Porte_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Door" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Plafond" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/plafond/580469-1-fre-FR/Plafond_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Ceiling" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Vaisselle de table" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/vaisselle-de-table/580449-1-fre-FR/Vaisselle-de-table_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Tableware" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Table" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/table/580433-1-fre-FR/Table_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Table" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Combles" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/combles/580429-1-fre-FR/Combles_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Loft" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Escalier" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/escalier/580453-1-fre-FR/Escalier_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Staircase" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Couloir" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/couloir/580441-1-fre-FR/Couloir_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Corridor" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Chambre" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/chambre2/580437-1-fre-FR/Chambre_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Room" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Potager" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/un-manoir-dans-la-campagne-bretonne/potager/580465-1-fre-FR/Potager_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Kitchen garden" width="669" /><br />Nathalie in her garden.<br /><br />See you tomorrow, my friends!<br /><br />Photography by Bernard Dozel.<br />All images from <a href="http://jardin-maison.dekio.fr/">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style=""><br /><br /></span>

Mansion in the Brittany Countryside

Located in Lamballe, Saint Aaron in the Brittany countryside, this 17th century manor with huge outbuildings and beautiful gardens was resto...

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Old Country House in France

Today, dears, I invite you to see this restored country house located in Orleans, a city in north-central France. It was built during the sixteenth century, and its owners preserved most of the original architectural features.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/1/127758-1-fre-FR/1.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 651px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/2/127726-1-fre-FR/2.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 650px; height: 486px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/3/127738-1-fre-FR/3.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.998459; width: 650px; height: 486px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/4/127734-1-fre-FR/4.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 650px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/5/127702-1-fre-FR/5.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 650px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/6/127746-1-fre-FR/6.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 650px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/7/127706-1-fre-FR/7.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.987958; width: 650px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/8/127730-1-fre-FR/8.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 650px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/9/127742-1-fre-FR/9.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.941883; width: 650px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/10/127710-1-fre-FR/10.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 650px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/11/127754-1-fre-FR/11.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 650px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/12/127718-1-fre-FR/12.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 650px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/13/127722-1-fre-FR/13.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 650px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/un-parfum-authentique/15/127714-1-fre-FR/15.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 650px; height: 485px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Photography by Sophie Lloyd<br /><br />All images from <a href="http://maison-travaux.dekio.fr/">here</a>.<br /><br />

Old Country House in France

Today, dears, I invite you to see this restored country house located in Orleans, a city in north-central France. It was built during the si...

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Guest House in France

<span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Italic" title="Italic" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 4);ButtonMouseDown(this);">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.<img alt="Italic" border="0" class="gl_italic" src="img/blank.gif" /><br /><br />Lets go on another home tour.<br /><br /></span></span>It took six years to restore this guest house called <span style="font-style: italic;">Un Coeur très Nature, </span>and located in the valley of Vidourle, in southern France.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Entrée" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/entree/632340-1-fre-FR/Entree_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Entrée" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Salon" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/salon/632236-1-fre-FR/Salon_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Salon" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Salon" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/salon2/632260-1-fre-FR/Salon_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Salon" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Commode salon" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/commode-salon/632332-1-fre-FR/Commode-salon_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Commode salon" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Moulure couloir" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/moulure-couloir/632324-1-fre-FR/Moulure-couloir_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulure couloir" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Plafond cuisine" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/plafond-cuisine/632284-1-fre-FR/Plafond-cuisine_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Plafond cuisine" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Cuisine" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/cuisine/632292-1-fre-FR/Cuisine_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Cuisine" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Fenêtre cuisine" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/fenetre-cuisine/632276-1-fre-FR/Fenetre-cuisine_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Fenêtre cuisine" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Decoration de table" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/decoration-de-table/632268-1-fre-FR/Decoration-de-table_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Decoration de table" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Terrasse" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/terrasse/632252-1-fre-FR/Terrasse_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Terrasse" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Chambre" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/chambre/632300-1-fre-FR/Chambre_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Chambre" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Chambre d'hôtes" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/chambre-d-hotes/632316-1-fre-FR/Chambre-d-hotes_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Chambre d'hôtes" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Chambre d'hôtes" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/chambre-d-hotes2/632244-1-fre-FR/Chambre-d-hotes_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Chambre d'hôtes" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Salle de bains" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/salle-de-bains/632308-1-fre-FR/Salle-de-bains_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Salle de bains" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Photography by Patrice Binet<br /><br />All images from <a href="http://art-decoration.dekio.fr/">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />

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 wea...

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