French Houses
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An 18th-century house on the wild Brittany coast restored by the duo behind Antoinette Poisson
Together, Jean-Baptiste Martin and Vincent Farelly of paper company Antoinette Poisson have sensitively restored this historic house in a French seaside town to its former glory
By Arabella Bowes
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The renovation of Jacques Grange's Parisian apartment in the Palais Royal
It has been 15 years since House & Garden last featured the king of French decorating, Jacques Grange's Paris apartment. With new photographs from renowned interiors photographer Ricardo Lebougle's new book ‘Inside Paris’, the recently renovated space and his vast and eclectic collection gets better and better
By Marco Mansi
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A designer and illustrator's quaint 19th-century cottage in the Normandy countryside
Marin Montagut has something of a cult following for his signature designs, and the Normandy house where he creates them all is testament to his aesthetic
By Elizabeth Metcalfe
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A Basque country house with a tactile interior filled with antiques and eye-catching fabrics
Impressive in size and location, this house on the south-west coast of France is the holiday home of hotelier Cristina Lozano who, together with her long-time collaborator Lorenzo Castillo, has transformed the large, lofty rooms into tactile, characterful spaces
By Pamela Goodman
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A designer's Normandy house filled with imagination and creativity
From murals to mosaics and bespoke ceramics, interior designer Laura Gonzalez’s close collaborations with artisans have made her house in northern France a showcase of creativity, individuality and warmth
By Ruth Sleightholme
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A 17th-century Provençal farmhouse sympathetically renovated by its designer owner
A Provençal stone farmhouse with its origins in the 17th century and a glamorous past has been renovated by its owner, the furniture designer Victoria Stainow, to create an inviting home and the perfect showcase for the chic pieces she sells through her company
By Emily Senior
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An antique-filled Provençal house brimming with natural materials
Though relatively new to interior design, John Tanner has long had an eye for the beautiful and eye-catching. In this Provençal house, he has mixed carefully chosen vernacular antiques with a neutral colour palette and natural materials for a quiet, considered look
By Liz Elliot
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A Paris house untouched for 75 years, transformed into a bright, treasure-filled family home
With her heart set on a period property which she could make her own, Alix Reynis jumped on the opportunity to transform this drab-looking house into a family home with energy, beauty and plenty of French sophistication
By Christabel Chubb
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A handsome Provençal house strikingly rejuvenated by Lucy Hammond Giles
A gradual yet holistic transformation of the interior of this large, handsome property in the South of France at the hands of designer Lucy Hammond Giles proved so appealing that it evolved from being a holiday house into a much loved home, when its London-based owner decided to spend a year here with her family
By Elfreda Pownall
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At home in Provence with the conceptual artist Bernar Venet
It is fitting that Bernar Venet's home-cum-gallery in Provence is accommodated in a former mill and factory, with their industrial past forming a direct link with his monumental steel sculptures
By Fiona McKenzie Johnston
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Inside Robert Kime's enchanting family house in Provence, La Gonette
We take a look at the magical atmosphere the late Robert Kime and his wife Helen created at La Gonette, his country house in France
By Virginia Clark
Inside the House & Garden archive
From the archive: a Normandy manor house with formal gardens designed by Russell Page (2010)
This Normandy manor house was carefully and elegantly restored from a derelict state by its current owner and is complemented by its formal garden, originally designed by Russell Page to equally exacting standards.
By Virginia Fraser
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Three dreamy Provençal houses that will make you want to move to the South of France
Ever spent a summer in Provence and immediately started scheming to move there? These houses belong to people who have lived the dream, and maybe they'll push you over the edge too
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A manor house with a sense of history, rooted in the southern French countryside
For interior designer Benji Lewis, happening across this somewhat rundown French house in a favourite village of his provided the opportunity to restore it and retain all its period charm
By Ros Byam Shaw
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A glimpse into a French château painstakingly restored by Tino Zervudachi
In an extract from Flammarion's new book anthologising designer Tino Zervudachi's work, Natasha A. Fraser offers a sneak peek into a restored family château in France
By Natasha A. Fraser
Decoration
Frills, flowers and superfluities: all about the interiors style of the last Queen of France, Marie Antoinette
The infamous Austrian princess-turned-Queen of France Marie Antoinette has had a long afterlife when it comes to her aesthetics and interior style - we give you a few tips for how to decorate just like her
By Antonia Bentel
Small Spaces
A Parisian designer's ingenious scheme for a tiny apartment
Take inspiration from Marianne Evennou’s creative use of colour and choice of flexible furniture to enhance the proportions and maximise space in this Paris apartment
By Ian Phillips
Sophie Dahl's pick of the House & Garden archive
From the archive: Maxime de la Falaise and Sarah St George's house in Provence (2001)
An English banker and a well-known muse have transformed an ordinary Provençal farmhouse into something remarkable
By Anthony Roberts
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A farmhouse turned family home in the countryside south of Paris
In an extract from Coming Home to Nature: The French Art of Countryfication, meet a couple who upped sticks and moved to the French countryside
By Estelle Marandon, Gesa Hansen and Charlotte Huguet
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A Provençal farmhouse exquisitely decorated in traditional style
In an edited extract from her book 'Provence Style', Shauna Varvel explains how her own house in Provence, Le Mas des Poiriers, came to be the beautiful, beloved family house it now is