“We therefore looked for a property to buy in an area close to Lyon while having a ‘countryside’ aspect and a little garden,” Caylet shares. “The first time we entered the apartment, what caught our attention was this large, bright, and spacious living room and its high ceilings.” 

The two-bedroom apartment is inside an “old bourgeois house” built in 1850, and the building’s charm convinced the couple that this was their future home. 

And while the sun-drenched interior is great for the pair and their pup, Ohana, the surrounding views aren’t half bad. Situated 20 minutes from Lyon (which makes for an easy commute for Jacob), Collonges au Mont d’Or is surrounded by forests and the Saône River. 

Since buying the home two-and-a-half years ago, Caylet has filled the space with a rainbow of colors. “I am a very happy person by nature. I love all colors and can never decide which one to choose for an object, clothing, or piece of furniture,” Caylet shares. “Choosing is giving up, and giving up is not in my temperament, so I put all the colors in our apartment.”

• Bathroom — Farrow and Ball “Middleton Pink”

• Togo Michel Ducaroy sofa — Vintage on Le Bon Coin
• Blue blanket — NOOMA 
• Blue blanket — Arket (sold out)
• Roly Poly Driade armchair — Made in Design
• Snoopy Flos lamp — Made in Design
• Kef LSX2 speakers — Retrofuture
• The Fritz Bed dog cushion — Approved by Fritz
• Magma colorfull rug — Charlen Studio
• Hay purple wall lamp — Made in Design
• Pao Hay red portable lamp — Lightonline 
• Ferm Living Mirror Pond — Made in Design
• Shelves String furniture — Scandinavia Design
• Panchina bench — Socialite Family 
• Mahaut marble coffee table — Ampm (sold out)

• Hay pendant light — The Cool Republic 
• Posters — My Poster Sucks
• Red table — Vintage and homemade.
• Make your own blue furniture — Tylko
• Muller Van Severen / Valerie Objects green hanging lamp — Made in Design

• Kartell bedside Componibili — Made in Design
• Red and pink Binic Be colour — Obbo Design
• Norman Copenhagen Puff pendant light — The Cool Republic
• MALM chest — IKEA 

• USM Haller desk — Arrivetz
• Pao Hay red portable — Lightonline 
• Blue vase — H&M Home
• Marie Chanteur Boobs pencil box — Le dada shop 
• Ögon one eye poster — Nordic Nest 
• Pink house cases — Bensimon (sold out / others are available)
• Blue blanket — NOOMA 

• Olympic Malabar mirror — Goodmoods
• Flos lo ball wall lights — Made In Design
• Pink sink — Livea
• Floor made from white hexagon plates from Hisbalit. I randomly removed a white hexagon and placed a black one — Made in mosaic (whites) Made in mosaic (blacks)
• Bloom wall tiles — Leroy Merlin
• GODMORGON furniture — IKEA

Thanks, Julie!

This tour’s responses and photos were edited for length/size and clarity.

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