French Houses
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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
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An 18th-century French townhouse rendered in painterly tones by the founders of 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
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Inside Robert Kime's enchanting family house in Provence, La Gonette
As Robert Kime's collection, drawn from his flat on Warwick Square and La Gonette, his country house in France, comes up for sale at Dreweatts, we take a look at the magical atmosphere he and his wife Helen created at the latter
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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
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Laura Gonzalez's French house is bursting with imaginative details
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
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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
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.
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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 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
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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
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A glorious country house in the South of France by our new Interior Designer of the Year, 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
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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
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
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
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
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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
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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
Old houses with contemporary interiors
Pierre Yovanovitch's château in the south of France, filled with 20th-century art and design
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
Designers' houses
A cowshed in rural France transformed in to a stylish home by the owners of Pinch
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
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An unloved château revived with exuberant colour, pattern and texture
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