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# e-magDECO : « Le Clos Bourdet »

On the heights of Honfleur,« Le Clos Bourdet »’ is a middle-class house dating from the 18th century, decorated colorfully and housing antique furniture both to welcome guests and to satisfy the...

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Olive Branches

I cannot resist coming back from my daily walks without branches, wild flowers or moss to decorate the house with. This morning, a few olive branches found their way into my bag. For lunch, a...

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Happiness for 2013

A few snow flakes have settled on our peaceful countryside. I’m sending you all my best wishes for this coming year, hoping that 2013 brings you happiness, joy and love! A big thank you for your...

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Star Light

Rediscovering a child’s heart by applying the stickers of Nath to antique glass jars. Filling them with golden stars to embellish them with magic...then placing a candle inside that flickers gently....

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# e-magDECO : A Parisian Loft enclosing a courtyard

Specialised in selling property and with a passion for decoration, Anouk Dossin invites us to her bright and welcoming Parisian loft conversion that she has just finished moving into. A retreat from...

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The "Percheronne" countryside

The arrival of autumn is the right moment to discover some beautiful regions of France. A few days in the department of Orne, enjoying travelling along the lush green country roads. Stopping for a...

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# e-magDECO : « The Bricourt Houses »

Overhanging the Mont-Saint Michel bay is the ‘Richeux castle’; a little further, in Cancale, the cottage "Les Rimains" with their "Gîtes Marins" (seaside guest-houses), the House of Spices and the...

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# e-magDECO : « The Monastery of Roses »

Bénédicte Patin enjoys the beauty and serenity that natures offers and delights in creating her own world using a former process to stabilize the flower leaves. Let us discover the interior she has...

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Eat a cake

Having admired for as long as I can remember and often hoped to retrieve during my search for antique objects, it is here on a Saturday at the flea market of Sommières that I discover a batch of...

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# e-magDECO : « Gustave »

With its refined patina-style decoration, furniture and quirky objects retrieved in the region, « Gustave » is a small sixteenth century house in a town near Bellême that has been transformed, on the...

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A warm and cosy after-noon

It’s been a long time since I’ve made the most of a warm and cosy afternoon at home. Placing in the lounge our new armchair as well as a lamp created from a former surveyor’s wooden tripod with a...

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# e-magDECO : « Marcelise »

Conceived through the passion of a textile designer, who welcomes us into her architect’s house with its many openings to the exterior, the trendy world of this young brand « Marcelise » decorates the...

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Happy Easter!

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# e-magDECO : « Sur 1 R de brocante »

A window with an espagnolette bolt has been transformed into the façade of a wardrobe, a zinc bowl transformed into a sink, the frame of a former greenhouse placed as a partition creating a glass...

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# e-magDECO : « The Sheepfold of Nano »

At the foot of the "Dentelles de Montmirail", a couple of professional renovators transform a former sheepfold into a charming guest house. Baptised « La Bergerie de Nano », (The Sheepfold of Nano),...

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New Year Resolutions

New Year resolutions are in order for the first part of the year! During the day, granting oneself more little "foodie" breaks. No sooner said than done. This weekend, I discovered the tea “étoile de...

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First Fruits of Spring

The days are getting longer, the sun warmer…a desire to decorate the house with flowers, to take out the paint brushes, to change the decoration! To rediscover in my archives some photos of a spring...

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# e-magDECO : « Hôtel de Suhard »

In the village of Bellême, in the heart of the Perche, the « Hôtel de Suhard » is a XVIth century mansion that the owners, Josiane and Jöel, have renovated with their hearts. This beautiful former...

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# e-magDECO : « Valdirose »

Irene and Paolo welcome you as their friends… Their simplicity, their warm welcome, their charming guesthouse « Valdirose » situated near Florence makes this stay in the country an unforgettable...

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# e-magDECO : « Metamorphoses »

In his shop in lower Normandy, Jean-Luc proposes lamps created from appropriated objects turned into joyful « Metamorphoses » as well as other original and thoughtful creations. This is a report of...

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# e-magDECO : « Hector's house »

With a reputation for its playful decoration full of creative ideas, « Hector's house » is a former earthenware factory in the Perche countryside which has been renovated and transformed into an...

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# e-magDECO : « Casa Cardinal »

A former dwelling for the Papal Palace’s cardinals has rediscovered its former glory and now houses a modern-day fairy tale. Transformed into a charming house available to rent, it has been baptised «...

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# e-magDECO : « Le Clos Saint Fiacre »

With the expected arrival of their third child, Stéphanie and Jacques-Olivier decided to leave the suburbs of Paris for the countryside to give themselves more space and a rural setting. After having...

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# e-magDECO : « Altapura »

In the heart of one of the biggest ski stations in the world, the « Altapura » boasts a Nordic style that marries the grandeur of wood with stone, playing with the contrasting atmospheres of...

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# e-magDECO : A simple, uncluttered nest

When a renovation consolidates a couple and transforms a small house in a picturesque village in the surrounding area of Uzès into a cozy, uncluttered nest. This is a report of the magazine e-magDECO....

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