Monthly Archives: July 2014

Gallery- a few pieces more…..

Posted on July 31, 2014 by coteetcampagne

Posted in Galleries | Tagged antique, embroidery, Linen, painted, style, vintage, wood | 3 Comments

The Thursday Three- Mission impossible?

Posted on July 31, 2014 by coteetcampagne

The year we viewed the French village house, before we had even bought it, I went into a UK chain of shops called “The Pier”, now sadly defunct. I bought a wonderful long patchwork table runner made up of heavy … Continue reading →

Posted in Antique and Vintage finds, Renovation and restoration diary- France | Tagged antique, bedroom, chic, chinoiserie, colours, embroidery, french, house, pastel, renovation, restoration, style, terrace, village, vintage | 6 Comments

Episode 79- two weeks of life in France- a little bit of work

Posted on July 30, 2014 by coteetcampagne

Renovation, restoration, relaxation- As we need and must have a proper rest we didn’t do a lot on the French trip. I did finish the seven layered paint effect in the terrace bedroom and yes, it was worth it. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Renovation and restoration diary- France, What we did, how we did it and what we used | Tagged bedroom, paint, terrace | 3 Comments

The Thursday Three- from deepest France

Posted on July 26, 2014 by coteetcampagne

Sorry it’s a bit late today but yesterday I had other distractions. Today I am using my shiny new wordpress mobile app to bring you three more French chic gems. From … Continue reading →

Posted in Antique and Vintage finds | Tagged antique, chic, france, french, grenier, renovation, restoration, vide, vintage | Leave a comment

Newsflash- July 2014

Posted on July 21, 2014 by coteetcampagne

Renovation, restoration, certification! Two very positive developments this week Firstly, after squeezing in a distance-learning course on Interior Design on top of my demanding day job, renovations to village house in France, running the French holiday … Continue reading →

Posted in Renovation and restoration diary- France | Tagged design, france, french, house, interior, renovation, restoration, village | 4 Comments

The Thursday Three- Arts & Crafts Embroidery and Silkscreen printing

Posted on July 17, 2014 by coteetcampagne

Every now and then, my treasure trawling pulls up a knock-out piece If this very large hand embroidery in wools on a woven felted wool background isn’t an original , mid 19th century, Arts & Crafts piece from a disciple … Continue reading →

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Episode 78- “Always live in the ugliest house on the street”…

Posted on July 12, 2014 by coteetcampagne

….”then you don’t have to look at it”. Apparently the artist David Hockney said this. I can vouch for the veracity of this sentiment as our French village house is unspeakably ugly outside by anyone’s criteria. For the sake of … Continue reading →

Posted in Renovation and restoration diary- France | Tagged france, french, house, languedoc, renovation, restoration, Roussillon, South, village | 2 Comments

The Thursday Three- bluebells, shells and boats

Posted on July 10, 2014 by coteetcampagne

Two pictures today- Left- a 19th century watercolour painting with wonderfully evocative, glowing colours. I am fairly sure it was painted in Scotland evidenced partly by the drifts of bluebells, dark forests and distant mountains. It just has that Scottish … Continue reading →

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Bonus Post- Le Tour de France , traversée de la Manche!

Posted on July 7, 2014 by coteetcampagne

As the major logistical nightmare of getting a bunch of cyclists and their entourage across the channel kicks off, I thought I would share something from my treasured photo collection . This shows Le tour de France flying through the … Continue reading →

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Episode 77- The sunny side of the street- “en plein soleil”

Posted on July 4, 2014 by coteetcampagne

renovation, restoration, orientation A little advice for French house hunters…….. I like this photo, it shows a portion of the our French village house to the right- bathed in sunlight ( I can’t get it all into any shot, street … Continue reading →

Posted in Renovation and restoration diary- France | Tagged france, french, house, medieval, property, village | 2 Comments

The Thursday Three- Felt appliquée & Petit point embroidery

Posted on July 2, 2014 by coteetcampagne

Today’s gems are- Left- three small vintage (14cm square) petit-point tapestries in subtle colours and silver gilt frames Right- Felt appliqued cushion hand made in Hungary Below- the clocks are ticking.. toward what? and why 14:20 hours??????