French Houses

In an extract from his eponymous book on his interiors, we take a look around designer Pierre Yovanovitch's spectacular château in Fabrègues in the south of France

Since he was a child, Russell Pinch’s family has been restoring a sleepy hamlet in western France. Now he and his wife Oona Bannon have transformed the last building, an old cowshed, into a holiday house filled with their elegant furniture

Taken on as a life-changing project by an antiques dealer and his husband, an unloved 19th-century chateau in the Périgord has been revived with exuberant colour, pattern and texture

The English buyers of a dilapidated, seaside house on Cap Ferret knew how they wanted to use it. A collaboration that included a local and a London architect resulted in their perfect holiday retreat

When it came to restoring and decorating his tiny Parisian apartment, designer Fabrizio Casiraghi called on his three favourite elements and balanced them perfectly

In an extract from 'Be My Guest' by the designer Pierre Sauvage founder of Casa Lopez, we visit the make-up pioneer and founder of By Terry, Terry de Gunzburg.

In an extract from 'Be My Guest' by the designer Pierre Sauvage, founder of Casa Lopez, we visit the French home of fabric designer Manuel Canovas and his wife Catherine.

In an extract from 'Jacques Grange: Recent Work' by Pierre Passebon, we take a look around the interiors of the author's eclectic, exuberant apartment in Paris

Over the past 20 years, British Vogue’s well-travelled former fashion director Lucinda Chambers has filled her house near Toulouse with an eclectic mix of colourful flea-market finds

On a rocky hillside in the Languedoc, with its fierce summer heat and torrential autumn storms, this rough stone farmer barn is now a comfortable retreat from their busy London lives for its interior-designer owner and his partner

Looking for a retreat from their busy London life, the textiles dealer Susan Deliss fell for this house in rural Burgundy, and renovated it in keeping with its surroundings, thoughtfully choosing art, colours and interesting patterns that bring it to life

The Parisian flat of fashion designer Andrew Gn displays an eclectic combination of traditional French style and twentieth-century chic.

When Imogen Taylor, principal decorator of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, was due to retire after a long and glorious career in interior design, she took on a personal project – transforming a house for herself in a picturesque Burgundy village

Having inherited this house in the South of France, Anne-Marie Midy of Casamidy has skilfully updated it, while retaining the charming feel she and her brother remembered from their childhood. Anne-Marie and her husband Jorge's house in northern Mexico features in the May issue of House & Garden (out now) click here to download for free or subscribe to a whole year for £12.

At Pierre Frey’s house in rural Normandy, the laid-back decoration combines inherited antiques and flea-market finds with quintessentially French fabrics and wallpapers from his family’s company

This house in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, designed by Andrzej Zarzycki, is a break from the norm, with large, airy rooms that blend seamlessly with the outside space and Provençal countryside

You’ll never want to leave this elegant French manse

In this extract from 'The Parisians: Tastemakers at Home' by Catherine Synave, we get a glimpse into the apartments and houses of some of Paris' most stylish people, from interior designers to intellectuals

In honour of Déco Off, the couple behind the Provençal rattan and wicker workshop have decorated their Parisian apartment with a host of their own pieces, plus antiques, new collaborations, and their friends' work.