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Celebrating the art of living well ~ as the French do, with such joy

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May 8, 2018October 24, 2018cestsibonlajoiedevivre

Our Master Bedroom

It’s impossible to choose a favorite room at Le Bijou, but I have to admit, I adore our bedroom. It is cozy, despite it’s massive stone walls, and a truly comfortable refuge to wake up in, as well as to come home to. Details – mixing fabric patterns: I have always been one to mix various patterns […]

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October 19, 2017October 24, 2018cestsibonlajoiedevivre

New life for an antique grandfather clock

We have been searching for a solution to our need of a small cabinet or shelves in our tiny master bathroom. The problem is, there’s not much space available in the room. The most logical spot for said storage unit is above the toilet, which is wedged into an acute angle in one corner of […]

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May 9, 2017October 19, 2017cestsibonlajoiedevivre

La panetière provençale

We just brought home a precious piece of furniture – a panetière provençale. I have dreamed of having one of these for so many years, and am thrilled to finally have one to call our own! Before we found this gem, we had looked at quite a few that were either in poor shape, or ridiculously expensive. This week, […]

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March 2, 2017October 24, 2018cestsibonlajoiedevivre

Transformation of the Guest Room

(Note: This story was first published on June 24, 2016.) The guest room at Le Bijou really needed new beds, more than anything else. The beds that we inherited were fine for a kid’s overnight camp and, well…enough said. The room also lacked any sense of personality. On a trip to one of our favorite […]

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Excerpt from my first very blog post

... Most memorable of those first French meals, though, was upstairs at a small and cozy restaurant in the 5th, called La Petite Hostellerie. I can still taste in my memory the French onion soup topped with thick, melted cheese, with its surprise slice of French bread floating in the soup beneath the cheese ...

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