New decorating ideas for Spring.

This morning I went shopping and found a new bedspread for the downstairs bedroom. I have done the painting and wallpaper decoration a few years ago and painted the furniture .

It’s time to use my dehydrator  for mint leaves pears and 🍓 strawberries. There is a good smell in the kitchen!

 Today, I received my magazine «  Marie Claire Idées » And found good decoration ideas in it!

( source new Marie Claire Idées Mai June 2022)

The fireplace in homes.

Hello Friends,

Today, we will see the typical Normand fireplace.

Mine is only 40 years old it is to say a new one, a copy of 

The existing fireplaces in our thatched houses.

At the end of the post I found some photos of antique ones.

They were mostly made with bricks. 

Ours is in between two smaller windows and takes most of one wall.

 The typical houses were dark, because of small windows and lots of wood decoration.

Beams on ceiling on fireplace mantel...

In my living room I have a big oak wooden stair.

In fact typical Normand house  were mostly «  longeres « 

It is to say long houses with no first floor and communicating rooms. Not very easy to live in. 

This is one of the typical house, this one is a thatched house with one first floor. On top of the thatched roof there are iris 

I hope you enjoyed the visit. Have a nice day.