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Elodie's Fun & Feminine Studio
House Call

Name: Elodie Location: Paris, France I'm a fashion blogger, designer and interior architect and I recently did took some pics of my very little home in Paris — it's a 26 square meter (280 squ...

Inside 10 Parisian Homes
House Tour Roundup

Paris in autumn is near perfect — here are 10 Parisian House Tours worth rediscovering......

Madelyn's Paris Renovation
House Call

Name: Madelyn Location: Paris, France We bought an apartment in Paris on the 7th floor in a building dating from the 1800's. Original features had been damaged or lost — oak parquet, molding...

Sun King Style: The Decorative Arts of Louis XIV
Retrospect

If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me the difference among the Louis styles, I could buy a few postcards of Versailles. So today, let’s do a quick survey of the style of Louis XIV, the...

Best Rattan Bistro Chairs 2009

I really like these chairs — traditional French bistro chairs. They're the sort of thing you fall in love with when visiting France and vow to yourself that you'll have them one day in your ki...

Eco-Friendly Renovation: Shelter House by Franklin Azzi

This vacation house in Normandy was built from a small cottage that was renovated for seasonal use — the shape of the original small home was extended out with wooden platforms/decks that can ...

Modern & Green: A Country House in France
ArchDaily

Check out this modern home in south western France by Meld Architecture — the timber and limestone exterior responds directly to the local terrain where it was sourced and the home has many gr...

Plywood in a Parisian Loft
LoftLife

We've sung the benefits of plywood before — it's low cost, can be purchased from almost any hardware store and there are options for sustainably harvested wood and low-chemical composition. Th...

Open Plan Apartment with Bedroom Cube

click thumbnails for larger pics This small apartment in France features a cube, suspended from the ceiling that divides the open plan and acts as a bedroom. The odd, bi-level studio space was re-des...

French Nature Posters

click thumbnails for larger pics One of our favorite design scouts, Abbey Nova found these amazing french posters. All the posters are "dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of nature." We'r...

Bodie & Fou Blog: The Adventurous French Kong Sisters

If you love European design and interiors like I do, then you'll like this find: a blog and an online store by the super cute sisters, Elodie & Karine Kong. Shooting apartments this week, I was ...

Phillip Williams Posters: PosterMuseum.com

This past week I stumbled upon a few art sources that I didn't know about. Two came from visiting Tina (Swiss Miss) as she has a really nice little collection......

Pierre Hermé's Book-Filled Paris Apartment

Fairytale Cottage in France
The New York Times 2.18.09

This leaning French home featured in The New York Times dates to the 12th-century — and it gives us the willies! Looking like a witch's chateau, the house is in Louviers, France (about 60 miles ...