It is the almost the end of the summer and the house is basically finished. With a few tweaks here and there, and the work on the laundry room scheduled for September, we now have this house for ourselves to live in and enjoy.

After nearly a year most of the spaces in our old house are finished, with the exception of some details. How can I describe the feeling of finally having a near "normal" life back, having the comfort and space?

I have been through some projects of home improvement, but never this big, and extensive one.

Where are we after five months of the house restoration project? I am sure many of you are waiting for the before and after pictures

It feels like it has been forever - living in one bedroom, waking up early before the workers arrive (because who wants to parade in front

As I am writing our first summer in Bourgogne is slowly fading. It is early September, we wake up to cold mornings, cobwebs in the garden,

I saw layers of old wall paper, covered in flowers, and the old plaster, in the prettiest pastel hues, pink and off white.

I was absent on Instagram and on this blog, my mind and time were occupied with planning, responding to emails, and making decisions

I can fall in love with moody and mysterious interiors, and the rooms full of pattern and saturated color, but I know that although

Over the months we've been here the house "told" us what it wants. It is over 200 years old, and evolved over the years, but retaining many

Summer of 2023 was a busy one. While the skies of Lyon were oozing heat at historic heights, I was arranging for movers estimates...

The same evening I told my husband "you have to see this house"