Senin, 26 April 2010

A French guest house where authenticity and comfort come together

Isabelle and Alain Groult have opened their charming B&B LA LOUVIERE some 5 years ago. It is situated in the village of Saint Denis Sur Sarthon, in the North of France, just outside le Perche, 2 hours from Paris.

It is a small 18th century manor house and the 4 rooms have been refurnished in the local style and in an original decor.

La Louvière is a guest house where authenticity and comfort come together.

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The entrance of the B&B.

 

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The charming 18th century manor.

 

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  The owners love to spoil their guests! As you can see here below!!

And they have an eye for detail !

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La Louvière has a beautiful garden to enjoy and to relax in.

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And even a pool !

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And look at those beautiful rooms.

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Isn’t that gorgeous ?

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And so very French !

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Has anyone of you already stayed at this beautiful B&B ?

For further information, please visit the La Louvière website http://www.louviere.fr.

xx

Greet

All images of the La Louvière website http://www.louviere.fr

Senin, 19 April 2010

The outbuilding in our garden

Following my previous post about orangeries, and because some of my readers were interested in the evolution of the outbuilding we started to build the previous year, I decided to give you a glimpse into our garden. I have to say that we started to the garden landscaping in october the passed year, so we (especially my skilful husband!) had done a lot of work the previous weeks and we have to do a lot of work in the coming weeks!!

Honestly, I was planning to show you some pictures of the building within a few weeks, when I would have been ready with the finishing touch of the decoration, but because of the demand of my readers, I couldn’t resist to post a few pictures of how it looks at this moment.

I promise you to post more pictures within a few weeks where you also will see the evolution in our garden.

For those of you who haven’t read my earlier posts about our outbuilding, you can go to see it here, here and here.

Maybe you will remember these pictures of last summer.

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The start in July 2009 !

 

3  My husband is preparing the roof , ready to be thatched.

 

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The thatching is going on (September 2009).

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The outbuilding as it is today.

 

8 The planters will need a beautiful tree, maybe an old olive tree??

 

2Do you remember the oak table that Jan made for me?

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Here she is!!!

The oak is beautifuly weathered, because the table has wintered outside.

 

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Within a few weeks when the weather is better, I will put the cushions in the chairs (show you pictures of it later).

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For the lanterns I was inspired by…

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And for the wicker chairs I was inspired by…

this image in Veranda.

 

The following pictures are all of the gardening we did the passed weeks.

 

9 You see that everywhere we have to put flowers and plants now!!

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This very old boxwood plant was coming over last week from my mother’s garden! I hope this old lady (?) will enjoy living with us now!

 

19 The hydrangeas and the oleander are ready for summer!

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And this last picture I posted especially for my neighbours Marie-Jeanne and Serge, who are helping us wherever they can with some good advice to gardening! This is their horse, named Carol, and she is grazing in the grazing land next to our home!

She is my favorite!!!

 

Well my friends , if you are wondering why there maybe are lacking a few posts of me in the coming weeks… you will understand… I will be gardening!!!!

xx

Greet

Jumat, 16 April 2010

Daydreaming of an orangerie…

 

Aren’t you dreaming of an orangerie, a pavilion or a glasshouse  of your own?

Here are some exquisite examples which can make your day!!

When I visited the beautiful new website of the Belgian company Greensquare, I couldn’t withhold you from some of the images on their website!

This company is specialized in “first class” outbuildings and windows.

Greensquare is operating in Belgium and by way of partners, in a lot of European countries and even in the USA!!

 

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Isn’t that a gorgeous outbuilding?

 

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The inside of the building.

It would be so wonderful reading a book in this chair while sunshine is falling in!

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Can you imagine…?

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A pavilion for all your summer and winter parties !

 

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Here is obtained a more contemporary look by adding this glasshouse.

 

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Notice the mix : classic style of the house with the more comtemporary outbuilding.

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If you want to fulfill your dream, don’t hesitate to contact this Belgian company HERE.

For more information and examples of these exquisite outbuildings, please visit the GREENSQUARE website HERE.

 

Have a wonderful weekend my friends!

xx

Greet