Tomorrow we'll be going to a summer place called Chapadmalal where we will have no access to the Internet so I won't be posting again until we come back on January 16th.
So, as I won't be seeing you before, I'd like to wish you all now a very Happy New Year, and thank you for this wonderful inspired year together giving me support through your comments and cheering along which makes all my time spent on blogging definitely worth while! Thanks to each and every one of you, Happy New Year once again and I'll be seeing you soon!
And, of course, before I leave, I give you this stunning house.
Nestled in the old village of Champagne Sézanne, this seventeenth century house belonged to the Marquise de Beauharnais, Marie-Francoise (whose brother married Josephine, the future empress), Pascale and her husband Oliver, bargain hunters and passionate decorators, created a family home that opens its doors to the public twice a year to display their items on sale. Every room has been lovingly staged creating a unique holiday atmoshphere.
A real feast for the eyes. Let's step in.
Hope you enjoyed our last house tour of the year. See you soon dears!!!
All images from here.
A checkerboard-painted floor and sisal runner mix with a rococo demilune.
Elegant simplicity reigns in the living room under a George Bruestle painting and a host of green-hued fabrics.
On the opposite end of the room, framed intaglios float on wires hanging from picture molding rods behind a grand piano. Two flame-stitch-covered chairs from the Netherlands flank an eighteenth-century Italian commode with a mirror of the same era above it.
Charles Spada designed the intricate fireplace and window moldings during his first encounter with this house.
The library in its original colour from twenty years ago.
The breakfast room sits just off the kitchen and, like the living room, forgoes window treatments.
The stone floor on the porch was added during the recent updates to the rest of the house.
The dining table extends in front of the faux-finished console to seat more than a dozen people.
During the home’s original renovation, Spada gutted the warren of upstairs rooms to create an under-the-eaves master bath.
In the guest room, twin beds wear new layers of quilts and linen-covered headboards, sheer curtains hang at the windows, and a grasscloth rug for the floor. Mmilking stools were placed at the end of each bed. A range of pinks brings a rosy glow to a guest room
Custom bedding is key to the master suite’s comfort.