#french provincial exterior design

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French Provincial + Cottagecore design fusion

2024 Best Home Designs

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Vaastu designers who specialize in French Provincial Exterior Design in Australia bring a touch of European elegance to the local architecture. The style is characterized by symmetrical and balanced designs, intricate details, and the use of natural materials. French Provincial architecture features steeply pitched roofs, arched windows, and decorative wrought ironwork. The exteriors are typically painted in earthy tones such as beige, cream, and brown. Vaastu designers who specialize in this style pay special attention to the orientation of the home, ensuring that it aligns with the principles of Vaastu Shastra. By blending the charm of French Provincial design with the principles of Vaastu Shastra, these designers create homes that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also promote positive energy flow and well-being for the occupants.

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Fashion, interior and exterior decor, makeup and hair that is fall themed without being covered in ghost and bat motifs

Black and white

Nightshades, violet blue purple and cobalt, midnight, onyx

And orange / earth fall tones deep

Black, iridescent

Oil slick, silk , red iridescence/duochrome sparkling like holo nail polish toppers. Red duo chrome eye glitter.

Crystal glass chandelier, candle holder

Pearls, 1920’s - gatsby… Rhode Island, Marilyn

Green sequins white sequins pearl beading crushed, purple sequins lavender and darker, midnight blue sequins , red sequins

White eye liner, blue mascara

Moths butterflies

Brown eye shadow , dark vampy matte lips

Dark eyes

Retro hair frames 60s w/ headbands and silk head scarfs

A-line 50’s velvet/wool dresses diamanté and beaded channel knee high socks white and thin, black flats like Wednesday adams

Sparkles

Braided hair

Black glossy leather pouch with gold enclosure

Gold mixed metals all over

Black and off white frill type textures

Large sunglasses, small see through sunglasses y2k esc.

60s mod, swan lake, Lana del Rey, ballerinas

Red and maroon, purple/violet undertones

Silk

Off white cotton

Orange citrus pomegranate, Swedish holiday (grey floors, wooden snow flakes, white walls)

French provincial int/exteriors

Mexican hotel interiors ‘ Mexican home inspirated,

Day of the dead treats

Pumpkins.

Yellow under glow (snake eye)

Black metal

Lime green and lighter pastel green stuff is seeming popular too, though I’m not a fan, this can be used as accent pieces in small details of decor or under glow/refract lighting

Smoke and mirrors,

Carnival theme (Elvis movie inspired)

Now we’re getting more into themed parties, rather than just ‘decor’ trends

I think everyone loves a haunted mansion…

The move ‘the cure’ comes to mind as well with all the dark water, and strange ethereal, ‘garden-like’ mansion-esc scenery, it’s…

Dark water, midnight blue is drawing me in, in a horrifying way like,

It adds the perfect element of discomfort and beauty is, a black pool surrounded by stone

And then lit from within with small… mermaid things

White flowers hanging from the trees, thistle, tall grass that is sage or lighter

Harvest farm nearby, with hay bails and scarecrows, pumpkins, honey jam, butter in a simple French provincial style open-air kitchen…

Lavender harvests

Cooking on grey countertops in, off white pots, black pots, simple white clay.

Dough.

Red flowers like pomegrenates, in a vase,

Crystal chandelier, and lighted fountains.

Wrap around lights in the trees like nightmare before christmas

Large bulbs, and smaller ones in the leafy branches, hanging messily about

Metal candle holders that look like paper bags, glass with burnt buttoms, black. To light the way.

Candle holders, with open glass doors, in all sizes

Accompany the picnic by the fire, roasting marshmallows

A photo area with a midnight sky backdrop, benches and yellow lighting, pumpkins stacked around and haybails

Holding in hand a candy covered apple, with a red satin ribbon, dark maroon tied to it.

Sparklers, champagne glasses, antique with decadent detail designs in them

And everyone smiles for the photos…

In their costumes?

Close the night with music, a show,

Disney land, and, Gaylord palms, and Las Vegas.

Just to see, fire works.

And then the day after, days at the spa.

Print your journals on dark paper, blue. With white ink, bind it with white string, and ribbons.

Keep tucked into the kiss marks she gave you on napkins,

The numbers of girls you never called on bar napkins

Mixed drinks all night, with fog coming off the tops,

Served at a bar that is pearlescent, and beaming light from it, in the dark…

Blurry, velvet seats

You listen to the ocean crashing and watch the fire works, capture a couple of Polaroids

Booking your flight to Hawaii…

A lonely flight, you find solace in the workings fo your mind which challenge you… expand and contract, with a nap

And process all your thoughts when you wake up crystal clear

I wish sparkling water taste as good as it looks…

There is nothing like a cleanse in a salt magnesium bath, laid with flowers, in a stone pot.

Boiling water, pouring in and steam escaping through the cracks

As winter sets in and snow fills the mountains, you watch from behind insulated glass

Slippers and a robe, brushing silky wet hair…

Chopping tomatoes by the sink… to make bruschetta.

A bike ride in the cold evenings downhill to the markets, just to look at the last of the flowers and fruits

Before winter solstice sets in….

And then its cranberries, and gold, and red ribbon all over again

White crystal lights in the tree, timei passes by slowly as snow collects on my porch balcony

Making, cappuccinos in the morning, in silk pajamas, topped with whipped warm, sugary cafe, oat,

Remembering the nutcracker and the ballet when u were a child,

Now i sit by the fire, and watch it on a 72’’ flat screen…

What i wouldn’t do to hear the orchestra in person, live under the trees,

Live in the caves in Italy, live- in the park, or in the performing arts center, i’ll take a balcony seat.

This isn’t football… season, i don’t need, to see.

Music all evening, all morning, and again and again. Falling deep into obsession, with every crevice, and rough circumferences that detail the edges, of your sound

I fall in love in every color.

Addicted,

Infinitely, as the record collection piles higher, and the vault, incessantly large.

All i ever really needed though was an empty room. To fill up, with my own muse.i wish it weren’t so lonely so i’ll share it with, whoever

It’s been a while since we’ve just talked over dinner,

I want to get home and read a book, in my cozy linen bed, framed with wood that smell like glue and, chalk paint.

Diffuse the essential oils of fall into the air, wipe my hands and my face with a warm cloth, and simple micellar water.

Drink a glass of ice water, close the lights out,

And close the shades to the midnight sky, swallowing me up with its beauty. Now, privacy and alone.

I curl into a comfortable position with my hair laid across the silk pillow behind me,

And drift, cast away my mind, to dreams

Of beautiful places, beautiful people, wonderful things

That e amour me

Silent until the morning…. And tomorrow, set out to walk along the tall grass, enjoying the wind whipping through, like Martha’s Vineyard, or, France, and England…

I love my quiet place by the sea, where i shower outside naked, and no body sees.

Dripping the water on my head, like a holy practice.

Once i have bathed, i lather myself in soft cream, dry to touch, smooth like babies skin… rub lanolin and rose, peppermint between my lips.

Drink tea, and bundle myself up, like a baby swaddled in cloth.

Watching the beautiful sea hit the dark rocks.

I don’t think anyone understands how much i love my earth, my planet, and all its glory…

I could spend ages, growing nonsense in my green house, misting them, and haulting to capture, photos of every lady bug, and butterfly that visits…

I hired a man to plant apple trees, among the white flowers, and large over hanging forestry… and i loved them, everyday.

The apples sat on my countertop, a childhood dream, come true… now making them into pies, for me and you.

The house of the scorpion…. Take me there, for a while…

And the house of Fridah Kahlo.

Walking the street markets of mexico, so perfectly amused. By the metal, and books, and paintings they sold.

Just like home in New Orleans.

I miss the big churches, so i went there. And enjoyed the street jazz, and the night life.

And then i went to San Francisco for similar reasons, just to see the city again and again, and again.

Riding the underground quietly alone, thumbing through Polaroids I’ve collected. Rocking swaying with the train cars bumps and lighting glitches, subtle warm, incandescent green light of the subway- with not much air to breath, something about it, you almost drift to sleep

Watching out the window, the scenery turn to dark brick tunnels.

And watching the cell signal on your phone, go missing.

Quiet at last in the tunnel, nothing but the train car noise, one smooth motion on the track.

In the darkness, and quietness there, i found myself drifting in and out of consciousness, holding my bag in my lap…

When i woke i wondered if anyone had stolen anything, how far had we gone, how long have i been in this tunnel,

It surely felt like two hours, i figure I’d get off anywhere and find my way around.

The white tile tunnels greeted me. Everyone walked much faster than i, as i stumbled up the stairs.

And then i caught onto a train trolly, for no reason, in particular. But just to feel the sun, as we rode down the street.

Once he let us off, i realized i was at the iconic park where the Beatles played, close by, the martin Luther king memorial grounds.

I laid in the park and looked up at the sky, watching the fog rolling in over the buildings tops, perfect white, clouds… moving so quick,

I looked around and, saw couples laying and picnicking in the beautiful park, i wondered what they did, where they come from, their college degrees, where they live.

Are they just here for the day, tourists. Or locals, a mix of both. How long had they been dating, are they dating at all, or are they just friends.

What is their life like…

I wondered while i walked to the bay, Hard Rock Cafe, always a favorite place. Striking up conversation here,

So many talkative, shop keepers, and such, around. Talking about soap, and chocolate, sea food, and fashion. Gay men, mainly.

I finished my dinner by the bay, in a crowded out door sea food restaraunt because ‘everyone loves it, you’ve gotta try it.’ … i stared at the wet brick floors as it rained, sitting beneath the white umbrellas.

My dinner cost more than a weeks worth of rent… and the waiters were young, young men with slick black hair, in white aprons. They looked skinnier than most boys I’d seen back home. Paler too.

Like something foreign to me, they were exhausted, but spoke quickly, running on, adder all or, something. So young, only 17, 18…

Serving hundreds, plates of crab cakes and lobster… and… sweating. Working, double, triple the pace i was used to back home.

I’m sure their life was much more interesting than mine, I’m sure they went out with their coworkers at night, and smoked and cranked, and were free

Their hearts and lungs damaged by cigarettes and alcohol but they didn’t care- it was speed and, hang overs and, wake up roll out of some shitty bed in some shit apartment do it all over again. Your best friends are line cooks, and bottles of alcohol…. The life of a server.

But you were free.

And i was not, though my clothes were nice, and perfect. My jewelry gold, my nails were clean. I was pale and empty, and thin. I put on my sunglasses, to cover the tears.

Another night alone in the hotel suite, decadent bed, marble bathroom, and i couldn’t of been more depressed…

San Francisco… the highlight of my night, were the pub personalities, and the street musicians.

Just watching. Though, just a tourist. I was so tired of standing on the sidelines of my life, i cried by the bay…. In my hard rock, sweatshirt.

And then someone snapped a photo of me, asked me to look more pleased. I asked to sea the seals, i don’t know why.

I was rather aimless, as i collected rocks from every beach we passed by… taking in the redwoods, and the rest that came with it.

And then back to Las Vegas, and then Chicago, New Orleans again.

I went home and met a girl, it didn’t work out, i figured out… not to waste time, falling for anyone… because they wont catch you if you do.

I got sick, and sought out solace,… and,,,, no one, really seemed to understand that place…. That i wanted to be in….

[luxuryhomebuilders]

Why People Prefer Recognised Custom Home Builders in Melbourne?

When it is about hiring recognized custom home builders in Melbourne to build customized regional homes, especially for specific architectural styles like traditional French, Georgian, European, and contemporary provincial homes. The importance of hiring such builders is underscored by their unique skills and expertise that go beyond conventional construction practices.

Well-established custom home builders apply the required style for appropriate home design in Melbourne to add a level of authenticity to the construction process essential for maintaining the regional essence of homes.

For instance, when creating traditional provincial homes, these builders possess the skills to accurately reproduce the feel of buildings in retro or modern Paris, including the use of regional colour schemes for both interior and exterior design. This attention to detail ensures that the final product resonates with the desired architectural style.

In addition to customised home design, rebuilding experts use a knock-down rebuilding process to create specialized provincial homes with distinct advantages. They are well-versed in the unique qualities and subtler details that define specific style residences, contributing to the authenticity of the restoration process.

Furthermore, this expertise is crucial for preserving the character of rural architecture while incorporating modern amenities and architectural features.

In contrast, these rebuilding experts use cladding tiles, natural stones, warm and cool colour combinations, and specific materials like wooden or wrought-iron balustrades to replicate the charm and aesthetics of real-life different-style regional homes.

Their skills extend beyond mere construction, encompassing the ability to design and decorate homes according to regional preferences.

In conclusion, when seeking a reliable and skilled team of rebuilders for custom-design contemporary or regional homes, homeowners should prioritize checking their projects, market reputation, reviews and feedback from their prior clients before hiring any building specialist.

Ask for a free quote on the required rebuilding style from them, and compare their estimated pricing, services, and customer care process. Choose the right building expert and get the best out of the investment.

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Tour this absolutely stunning French provincial home in South Dakota

Tour this absolutely stunning French provincial home in South Dakota

Murphy & Co. Design was commissioned for the design of this stunning French provincial home nestled on a 19-acre property in South Dakota. The home overlooks a golf course, thick forest, and cascading landscape featuring its own brook and small waterfalls. The owners requested an authentic French chateau, complete with interiors befitting a historic Parisian residence.

On the exterior facade,…

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20 Up-and-Comers to Watch in the Outdoor Landscape Lighting Boca Raton Industry

Whether you have a single-family home, townhouse or even residence, you should offer outdoor lighting the exact same consideration as your interior lighting. Exterior lighting possesses thus lots of advantages. It:

But these perks aren't givens just with the plain existence of outside illumination. To take advantage of all of them, your exterior illumination scheme requires to be actually carefully taken into consideration as well as executed.

Try for a Harmony of Protection and Appearance

A really good start is to just perambulate your residence during the night with a torch. Take keep in mind of darker locations that ought to be illuminated for protection as well as landscape, or landscape locations that might be lit up for additional passion or even elegance. Much like inside lights, deal with the forms of illumination-- background (standard lights), job (aids you carry out details tasks, including prepping and also preparing food), and emphasis (to add as well as highlight dramatization to building or even yard attributes).

Do not neglect details places that might gain from lighting, such as the front door, a swimming pool, measures, garages, garage doors, paths, outdoor patios or decks, deal with platters, landscape design, flagpoles and exterior cooking food places. While you are actually examining where you need light, likewise determine light beam slants. Straight lighting fixtures isn't consistently the very best, as you do not want it where it may glow in people's eyes; you might find background or even diffused lighting is actually the much better course.

There are a lot of classifications of available exterior illumination fittings that can be actually used in a selection of techniques. In addition to the lamp message, pendant, roof component and outdoor wall structure sconce, other types of outside lighting fixtures are becoming extra prominent, such as bollard lightings (which are actually upright posts, normally between 40" and also 44" high and also are actually used to boost presence along home roads, measures or even long garages), path lights (which possess a similar function to bollards, but they are actually smaller in state), and uplights (for highlighting plant, water attributes or flagpoles).

Determine Your Outdoor Lights Style

Perform you wish your outside lights to mimic the design of your interior lights in purchase to attach the pair of? Lighting fixtures styles, only Boca Raton Landscape Lighting like household furniture and modern outdoor design, are huge, from Modern and also Craft Deco to Cape Cod and French Provincial-- and also many more. The ultimate exterior lighting fixtures development throughout current years is actually that technology has accelerated it to be actually simply as aesthetic and also differed as lighting fixtures inside.

Always keep an Eye on Outdoor Lighting Fixtures Rankings

It is actually very significant to see to it all the exterior lighting fixtures you get is wet-rated (which shows the item may be utilized in areas straight left open to storm) or damp-rated (for usage in covered, yet potentially damp settings). Be actually conscious of what regional code requirements may apply, such as Dark Sky compliance, which needs your outside lighting fixtures to be actually guided downward to minimize light contamination in to the night heavens.

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A Textural Home Designed For A Family, By Family!

A Textural Home Designed For A Family, By Family!

Interiors

by Sasha Gattermayr

Spaces for Living by Tamsin Johnson is published by Rizzoli, and out now!

Light floods into the main space courtesy of the conservatory-style glazing. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The kitchen was previously poky, U-shaped and in a completely different part of the ground floor, blocking light from the rear windows and preventing flow between communal spaces. Now it is perfectly integrated into the new scheme. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The colour palette is understated but the marble is gregarious! Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The antique French cane table and banquette seating covered in Ralph Lauren fabric create the perfect breakfast nook! Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The home bar fits snugly into a nook. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The conservatory-style windows in the breakfast nook were part of the original house, and form a key part of the light tunnel that connects the front and back of the house. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

Looking down at the dining room  table from the staircase. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

A serene moment overlooking the courtyard. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The sunken lounge! Tamsin’s fresh new layout created an open plan, tiered floorplan that allowed the spaces to spill into one another. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

Cane furniture throughout the house knits the interior palette together cohesively. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The crazy paved fireplace flute is a striking centrepiece! Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The main bathroom contains some art-deco geometry. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

Crazy paving in the bathroom provides textural continuity throughout the house. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The main bedroom is more traditional. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The stoneware basin and chrome hardware gives the outdoor bathroom a provincial, classical feel. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The. quirky curved exterior was painted white which, when the cactus garden was put in, gives it Californian vibes! Photo – Sean Fennessy.

The rear courtyard was landscaped to include greenery, decking and a plunge pool. Photo – Sean Fennessy.

Before this home in South Yarra got the Tamsin Johnson treatment, it was an outdated mustard-coloured two-storey, with a poky 90s renovation. There were glass brick feature walls and partitions where there shouldn’t be – in the words of Tamsin, it was ‘actually comical!’. The whole place urgently required flow, continuity and cohesion as one space.

‘We looked to mid-century style to suit the house and accentuate the bones we fell in love with,’ says Tamsin of the approach she took to updating her sister’s home.

The block is long and narrow, meaning there was very little access to light. To remedy this classic problem, the threshold was located at the centre of the property, positioning the entrance hall in the belly of the house with wings unfolding towards the front and back. This layout created pockets for internal voids, and a small courtyard to siphon more light into the space; yet it still remained dark.

As her first port of call, Tamsin devised a new tiered, open-plan layout for the ground floor, opening up the living spaces so each communal zone could spill into its neighbour. She filled in the courtyard, repositioned the clunky U-shaped kitchen, and installed huge steel-framed windows on the ground floor to ensure light carried from the sunken living room at the front of the house to the original conservatory-style breakfast nook at the rear.

Essentially, the designer created a tunnel of light that draws the whole floorplan together.

Once this sense of spatial cohesion was achieved, Tamsin set about updating the finishes throughout the home, and sourcing unique design pieces to inject a sense of personality.

For example, banquette seating upholstered in red and white striped fabric was paired with an antique French dining table made from cane, lending an eclectic feel to the breakfast nook. Cane furniture throughout provides a connective thread to the house’s textural rhythm, uniting the offbeat interior scheme from room to room.

‘She’s my best friend and we have very similar taste so it was a very easy process,’ says Tamsin of working for her sister, Tess. ‘They gave me complete creative license.’

And the results speak for themselves! The finished project ‘has a real ebb and flow of life,’ says Tamsin. Hence its name: the ‘Sanctuary’ home.

See more projects from Tamsin Johnson here.

Tamsin’s new book ‘Spaces for Living‘ is out now, purchase one here. Copies will be available at all good bookstores and on Tamsin’s own website from September 15th.

[marjennings]

SUPER SUNDAY OPEN HOUSE: Welcome to Chateau Isle De France! Renovated, rebuilt, updated and to perfection in 2004.The distinctive allure of a French provincial home updated with classic luxury details and finishes. This romantic stately home captures your heart as you enter the property’s long, artfully sweeping driveway. The breathtaking exterior transports you without a passport, thanks to its rooflines, hand-split stone chimneys, cedar roof, charming windows and wide-planked country style shutters. This impeccable and architecturally significant design was meticulously planned around four beautifully landscaped areas punctuated by majestic trees. Altogether feels private and secluded while actually an easy walk to the Wilton Village and train station. You can have it all!This multi-generational estate offers a legacy of style and grace throughout while being relevant for today’s discerning buyers. A distinctly modern lifestyle home enhanced with large gathering spaces with perfectly appointed finishes. The living spaces include a home office, library, vaulted ceiling family room, mudroom, breakfast room, butlers pantry, formal living room, and playroom with a nearby bath, and more. The playroom is next to the updated state of the art professional kitchen that will inspire the gourmet in you. #forsale #marjenningsrealestateathigginsgroupprivatebrokerage #lifestylerealtor #martv #lifeonmars #forsale #ct #realtor #realtorlife #realtorsofinstagram #tvhost #soldfast #mar #marjennings #comingsoon #notonmls #newlisting #sellingfast #lifestylerealtor #professionalrealtor #thebest #nobodydoesitbetter #hireus #ilovect #higgins #wiltonct #villageliving (at Wilton, Connecticut) https://www.instagram.com/p/COFzNPzBLIT/?igshid=abi00ujp4jwx

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Step inside a beautifully designed French Provincial house in Minnesota

Step inside a beautifully designed French Provincial house in Minnesota

City Homes in collaboration with Studio M Interiors has created this stunning French Provincial house located in Edina, a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. A leafy forest serves as the perfect backdrop for this striking two-story dwelling. The warm white exterior is dressed up with a variety of shapes and textures, corbels, repeating window grids, copper accents, even an arch or two. The result…

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French Provincial House Exterior Doncaster - Vaastu Designers

Vaastu Designers is a leading architectural firm with expertise in French Provincial house design. Their Doncaster project boasts a stunning exterior that reflects their mastery in this style, with its classic features such as the steep roof, wrought iron accents, and charming windows. Vaastu Designers creates homes that exude timeless elegance and luxury.

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CHOOSING THE BEST EXTERIOR DOOR FOR YOUR HOME

Let's be honest, picking the correct exterior door design for your home can be somewhat overwhelming. Furthermore, with such countless alternatives to browse, it's not difficult to get overpowered before you even start. Try not to stress, it happens to potentially anyone… which is the reason I'm sharing a couple of key variables to consider before you make a plunge. Are you game? Here we go.

Think about the style of your home: Do you live in a Mid-Century present day home? Or on the other hand a beguiling tudor? The style of your home should the principal thing you consider while picking doors. What's more, in the event that you are renovating your home, you ought to consider the style you are wanting to make. When you build up that style, you can limit your alternatives. Mid-Century present day homes will in general have cleaner lines and edges, alongside insignificant glass sheets. Tudors will in general have angled doorways and windows with more many-sided glass designs. Since we are rebuilding a Texas farmhouse, we stayed with an exemplary look, picking swinging doors with clear glass sheets and a quieted wood tone. As far as we might be concerned, it coordinated with the FEEL of our home, which was the main thing.

Level of security: 

Level of protection is a HUGE factor while picking doors. Nobody needs an abnormal altercation (am I right?). Consider your environmental factors. Do you live in a metropolitan setting? Or on the other hand a provincial wide open home? Knowing how much protection you need/need is an incredible main consideration. For our situation, we live in the center of no place. Also, since protection isn't an issue, we decide to use however much glass as could be expected to expand our nation sees. In case you're searching for more protection, less glass is by and large better, in spite of the fact that there are constantly glazed windows or stained glass alternatives. The key is realizing exactly the amount you need to be seen; at that point, pick your glass alternatives likewise.

Door area: 

This may appear to be an easy decision, however knowing where your doors are going can likewise help slender your decisions down. Is it true that you are searching for a front door? Side door? Deck door? Inside door? Various styles loan themselves to various purposes. For example, French doors are for the most part more qualified for deck doors, while secondary passages or carport entrance doors are more practical when they are strong wood. Simply knowing the motivation behind the actual door can help lead you to the correct decision.

Initial feelings:

While the greater part of us might want each and every door to have some wow factor, it's typically best to choose which doors should order the most consideration. Focus closer on front and indirect accesses since they are the principle passageways and frequently… the initial feeling of your home. We realized our front passage expected to say something, so we pulled out all the stops with swinging doors. A decent general guideline is to begin with the doorways and afterward work your way inside. What's more, this functions admirably on the off chance that you are on a tight spending plan. You can spend the most where it is important most, and save the rest for some other time.

[luxuryhomebuilders]

Dreaming of French Provincial Home? – Look for Knock Down Rebuild in Melbourne

When you need to demolish the existing house and build a new one in its place, services for knock down rebuild in Melbourne can be helpful. Many renowned builders are offering great trending designs that are not only beautiful but also sustainable. If you a luxury lover, you should seek a reputable developer who can assist you from stone to iron.

They provide detailed assistance for many trending styles, including European and French provincial homes. If you have no budget issues, they can work wonders. They can deliver the exact masterpiece you have dreamt of. Many reputable custom home builders in Melbourne are making excellently elegant homes within client's budget and that too without compromising amenities.

What Should the Key Features of a French Provincial House Be?

Symmetry and proportions – The most important element of a French home is its symmetry. They look exactly the same from all sides, even windows and doors are installed on exactly the same proportions.

Brick exterior – Most of the houses show brick designs from the exterior; however, they can be different from the interior. The colour of the walls is usually a lighter version of that of the roof tiles.

Steep roofs – Height of the walls is generally higher than in normal homes, this may be because of the temperature in France.

Tall second-story windows – design of the doors and windows is crucial when developing such buildings, as these plays an important role in these tall homes.

Porches with Competent Balustrades – When it comes to developing balconies, patios, and porches, they are typically bordered with tall white balustrades. Builders with thorough information can let you know about all the details.

If you're seeking to make your home in French provincial style, you should hire custom home builders with extensive expertise. Builders who have in-depth knowledge of such provinces and experience building such properties can help you with such projects.

Find renowned builders and express your requirements for a healthy and satisfactory consultation.

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A Tuesday morning vignette: A large pair of late 18th Century boiserie panels flank a French giltwood fluted mirror from 19th century which is over a Louis XV provincial walnut bombé commode with an eight-arm carved giltwood chandelier, French 19th century, in the foreground. These panels feature decorative elements suggesting a bountiful harvest & hunt, a quiver of arrows, large French hunting horn, powder bag, birds, pheasant, basket with flowers, rosettes, laurel leaf, and ribbon.  The “hunting trophy” was a popular motif during the reign of Louis XVI in late 1700’s France. The origins of the “trophy” go back to Greek and Roman celebrations of military victories, where the military arms of the defeated enemy were hung from oak trees. Beginning in the 1700s, trophy motifs with such themes as music, hunting, theatre, or the seasons became very popular in France. These themes, originally intended for interior and exterior architectural decoration, eventually spread to textiles, embroidery, and marquetry These panels are part of a larger private collection we've introduced into the gallery. They were originally acquired by a prominent Bay Area family and represent a lifetime of world travel and connoisseurship. Both panels were purchased sometime in the 1960's from the exclusive Paris interior design firm of Maison Jensen, at their legendary 9 rue Royale headquarters. The panels are accompanied by some of the original correspondence with Maison Jansen pertaining to the sale; marketing materials, photographs, tear sheets along with extra photos of companion panels; all-in-all, a fascinating design & deocoration time-capsule. The panels are being sold as a pair. Each panel height: 97 in. 246 cm., width: 38 in. 96.5 cm. Pair of boiserie panels https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/pair-louis-xvi-boiserie-panels-french-circa-1780/ giltwood mirror: https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/antique-french-giltwood-fluted-mirror-mid-19th-century/ Louis XV bombé commode: https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/louis-xv-provincial-walnut-bombe-commode/ Giltwood 8-arm chandelier: https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/eight-arm-carved-giltwood-chandelier/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CLW-XHOMxzL/?igshid=3011r6edstq9

[southeastasianists]

For many people, the idea of Cambodian architecture begins and ends with the lotus-inspired sandstone towers of Angkor Wat—the medieval temple complex that is considered the largest religious monument in the world. Mid-century modernism, on the other hand? Perhaps not so much.

However, in the 15 years that followed Cambodia’s independence from France in 1953, the capital of Phnom Penh transformed into one of the foremost outposts of modernism—largely thanks to the vision of a single man, architect Vann Molyvann. On September 28, 2017, Molyvann passed away from natural causes in Siem Reap, the gateway to the ruins of Angkor Wat, which had inspired much of his work. But rapid construction and changes in the capital city now mean that Molyvann’s legacy—which already survived coups, purges, and wars, barely—is under threat.

“Before the term ‘green architecture’ was thought in anyone’s mind, he was already designing buildings really creatively to integrate natural light and airflow,” Canadian filmmaker Christopher Rompre, who directed The Man Who Built Cambodia, a 2014 documentary on Molyvann’s life, said in a recent interview with Cambodian magazine Voa Cambodia.

Rompre, who has been based in the Southeast Asian nation for several years, turned his attention to the architect’s work after spotting some “really interesting, unique buildings” that were slowly being enveloped by Phnom Penh’s construction boom. These encounters sparked his curiosity into the work of a lesser-known giant of modernism, a man whose career and vision were deeply entwined with the turbulent history of his country.

“I was trying to understand the origins of the Cambodian people,” Molyvann, then 87, said in the film. “Cambodians have a very spiritual understanding of the world.” After earning his degree from Paris’s École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, where he studied with famed French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier, he returned to his newly independent country during a cultural renaissance that is considered by many to be modern Cambodia’s “Golden Age.” Then-ruler Prince Norodom was eager to let go of the country’s colonial identity and project a modern face to the world. His plans included remaking the appearance of what had been a sleepy provincial capital. He picked 30-year-old Molyvann to do it. 

Molyvann served for 13 years as State Architect—1957 to 1970—during which time he worked on nearly 100 projects, including signature creations such as the National Olympic Stadium, the National Theatre, Chaktomuk Conference Hall‚ and the Institute for Foreign Languages. His works represent a unique combination of modernism and elements of the architecture typical of the Khmer Empire, which ruled the country from the eighth to 15th centuries. The style has became known as “New Khmer.” 

“This was not inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, not a European clone, but an authentic style that arose independently in Cambodia,” wrote urban planner Helen Grant Ross, coauthor with Darryl Leon Collins of Building Cambodia: “New Khmer Architecture” 1953–1970, in a recent interview with reporter Ron Gluckman.

As Molyvann himself explains in the film, he wanted to draw from the past to create something entirely new: “Why did I study Le Corbusier? Because he used to built his ‘unites des habitation’ on stilts. Houses on stilts had been existing since prehistoric times in Cambodia. So I only adapted his vocabulary to Khmer architecture.”

Much like Frank Lloyd Wright or Le Corbursier himself, Molyvann’s design process started with an attentive analysis of setting: cardinal position, prevailing winds, and the local rocks, earth, mud, and grass. “The most important is to find what the site suggests,” he says in the film, “what it provokes in the imagination.”

Phnom Penh’s National Olympic Stadium—an ellipitcal, 70,000-seat arena and associated sports complex designed in the early 1960s—is widely considered his signature creation. Moly, as his friends called him, was inspired by the way in which Khmer architects combined earth and water at Angkor Wat. Some 17 million cubic feet of earth were dug out from the site to shape the stadium’s grounds, while an elaborate system of inner canals allowed water to flow from its roof to pools, or barays, at the base—recalling the ancient temples, preventing floods, and keeping crowds cool at the same time. He intended the stadium to be an example of sustainable and accessible architecture that welcomes all for exercise, socializing, or relaxing in the cooled breezes.

The structure was supposed to host the 1963 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games but the competition was never held because of growing political turmoil. In the late 1960s, the kingdom of then-ruler Prince Sihanouk was challenged both by the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), informally known as “Khmer Rouge,” and by his own generals. In 1970, while he was on a state visit to Moscow, the prince was overthrown in a coup led by General Lon Noland. Molyvann, a long-time collaborator and friend of Sihanouk, fled with his wife and kids to Switzerland in the hopes that he could soon return.

But the situation worsened. Civil war broke out between United States–backed Noland and the Viet Cong–supported Khmer Rouge, which eventually seized power in 1975. The new state’s calendar was set to “year zero,” with authoritarian rule and mass executions to follow. For 15 years, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot set in motion his plan to “cleanse society from modern elements,” which included the forced displacement of people from cities to the country and the systematic killings of artists and intellectuals. An estimated 1.5 million lost their lives at the hands of his regime.

Pol Pot’s dedication to wiping out modernity and urbanism also took aim at Molyvann’s efforts. All of the materials documenting his works were destroyed, and his buildings were abandoned or converted to military use. The stadium he had so carefully designed as a public resource was used as a site for mass executions.

Molyvann only returned home after the Paris Peace Accords of 1991 ended the Cambodian-Vietnamese War. He found many of his buildings transfigured or deeply neglected. In 1994, during reconstruction efforts, a fire burned down his Preah Suramarit National Theatre, which had just been reestablished as a home for the artists who survived the Khmer Rouge years. It’s charred remains were demolished in 2008.

His creations that weathered those years are now facing an entirely new challenge—Cambodia’s turn back toward urbanism, and the construction craze it has created. Over the past 10 years, the nation’s GDP has doubled, and Phnom Pehn’s population grown nearly four percent a year. New residential blocks are sprouting like mushrooms. The White Building—a residential estate that Molyvann designed with Khmer architectural principles, such as exterior air vents and a partially raised floor to create a shaded social area in the basement—is now being replaced by a Japanese-designed, 21-story mixed-used building. The Council of Ministers building, with a pyramidal shape that recalls Angkor Wat, was replaced in 2008 by a Chinese-designed and -funded building that looks, well, like a contemporary Chinese government office.

The National Stadium remains intact as a place where locals can exercise, conduct business, and socialize day or night, but it had been sold to a Taiwanese developer. The Angkor-inspired drainage system was altered, so now the site frequently floods. This symbol of the New Khmer style also now sits among high-rises and construction cranes.

The problem of recognition and preservation of Molyvann’s creations centers around the fact that they are old enough to be in need of restoration—but not old enough to be considered cultural heritage in a country with such a recognized and significant ancient lineage. As Ross and Collins explain, even French colonial buildings get more international recognition as world heritage than the New Khmer places do. Further, the current government, which came to power in 1979 after defeating the Khmer Rouge, is keen to wipe out any legacy of pre-1979 history.

“The government doesn’t want to leave anything from before 1979, because it wasn’t their achievement. History is completely manipulated,” Molyvann said in a 2010 interview with the Los Angeles Times. Wiping out, by action or neglect, architecture to reshape the country’s identity is a recurrent historical theme—and one that’s not particular to Cambodia.

The father of New Khmer Architecture spent his final years trying to impart his vision to younger generations. “They [young people] should all get together and create New Khmer architecture,” he said with emotion, in one of the last scenes of the film. “No more Vann Molyvann, but a movement of the young.”

The Vann Molyvann Project, started in 2009 by Canadian architect Bill Greaves, is now working to prevent history from interfering with New Khmer architecture yet again. The project calls for Cambodian and international architects to catalog Molyvann’s legacy in paper and digital archives, and through physical models of his buildings. The team also organizes walking tours and records oral histories from people who still inhabit or use the structures.

“We took care of so many things at the Project” says Seng Chanraksmey, a recent architecture graduate from Phnom Penh’s Norton University, who took part in the Vann Molyvann Project in 2015. “I applied because I wanted to know more about his impressive design concept. We were surveying Molyvann’s buildings, making models, interviewing local people for our oral history records.”

Seng is just making her first steps as a professional architect in the booming—and mostly foreign-funded—Phnom Penh construction sector. When asked what is it about New Khmer that inspires her, she goes back to the wellspring of the style. “There are too many things that inspire me about it, but it is especially the will to combine Khmer and Western style to keep the Cambodian identity alive,” she says. “And the message Vann Molyvann left to younger generations: Learn from the past, but do not copy.”

[oliveratlanta]

Neel Reid-designed showstopper with ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ ties fancies $2.7M

The classic stucco-and-brick facade at 850 Oakdale Road NE. | Dorsey Alston Realtors

It’s marketed as a six-bedroom masterpiece in Druid Hills

This elegant example of French Provincial design by one of Atlanta’s most storied architects is brandishing another claim to fame—a connection to the city’s O.G. silver screen days, long before the current TV and film zeitgeist.

Designed by famed Atlanta classical architect Neel Reid and built in 1915, about a decade before Reid died young of a brain tumor, the six-bedroom “masterpiece” with a carriage house was originally the property of Alfred and Clementine Montag.

Per the listing, Driving Miss Daisy playwright Alfred Uhry has said the home once belonged to his beloved Aunt Clemmie and served as the play’s inspiration and setting in his mind. That echoes what Uhry once told the New York Times.

These days, it still stands pretty off Ponce de Leon Avenue, between Virginia-Highland and the Fernbank Museum, on tony Oakdale Road. It listed this week for $2.65 million with Dorsey Alston Realtors.

Occupying a 1.2-acre intown lot with a greenhouse and plentiful patios, the home has been restored with a buyer of today in mind, leaning toward modern restraint more than neoclassical pomp.

With its wide hall and formal living and dining rooms, the main level is described as a “master class in symmetry.”

The generous main hall, a Reid hallmark, upon entry.

Upstairs is a master suite with a sitting room and three more bedrooms. Over that is a media room (or huge office) for movie night.

All told, there are five and a half bathrooms among these 6,064 square feet.

Records indicate it last traded for $1.3 million in 2003 and had been listed for as high as $3.1 million in the spring of 2017. It was offered for a few months last year at $2.8 million.

Since last summer, other noteworthy examples of Reid homes have listed next door to Fernbank Museum and in Buckhead.

Formal dining, with the first of several fireplaces and so much handsome molding.

The classy dual-sink kitchen.

A living room with patio access and no dearth of windows.

High ceilings in the master bedroom.

The master bathroom could be the home’s most elegant room.

A secondary bedroom.

The third-level media room, or office.

Patio space and exterior detailing, as seen from behind the home.

The carriage house in back includes a full kitchen above and electric-car charging stations below.

source https://atlanta.curbed.com/2020/3/10/21173044/neel-reid-atlanta-house-for-sale-driving-miss-daisy

[disneybeautyandthebeast]

Before production began, Emma Watson worked closely with Bill Condon and Dan Stevens to polish the script, adding what she calls "detail and depth and fullness and wholeness to the scenes." She also focused on fine-tuning Belle's character, expanding beyond what little was established in the 1991 film. Says Watson: "There was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn't fit in, other than she liked books." Lots and lots of books, like the ones she's holding here as she takes direction from Condon in the library. Later in the movie we also learn where Belle and her father lived before moving to the "little town full of little people." It's a city that holds special meaning for Watson. "l sing a song called 'Paris of My Childhood,' which was odd for me to sing because I was born in Paris and my childhood was in Paris," she says. "It's a sweet melody, a really lovely song."

For the "poor provincial town" that Belle longs to escape, the crew built a real French village on the Shepperton back lot, providing a dramatic contrast between this cozy setting and the imposing castle nearby. Greenwood says her team combed French towns looking for a place to shoot, and though they found candidates in Conques and near Paris, when it came time to discuss bringing cast and crew to these actual villages, they realized it would be easier to create one from scratch. "As much as I thought it should be real, how could you say, 'No, I don't want to build a French village on the back lot'? So we built it," Greenwood explains. "That was great because we could then hybrid all the things we'd seen and put all the best elements into our village." Including a wandering French rooster. Cocorico!

Kevin Kline's wayward Maurice, Belle's father, finds himself lost in the woods near the Beast's castle on his way to sell his music boxes at the market. If he looks safe here, he won't be for long. "I spent so much time getting pushed around," Kline says with a laugh. "I noticed it after a couple of weeks, and I said to Bill, 'I'm on the floor again.' [Maurice] is sort of the fall guy, so I get roughed up a lot!" As fans of the fairy tale will remember, Belle's papa eventually reaches the Beast's castle, a majestic but creepy estate Kline describes as "disquieting" to see in person. "It wouldn't be my first choice if I weren't stuck in a snowstorm and being pursued by these ravenous wolves," he quips. Production designer Sarah Greenwood says she and her team emphasized the castle's magic and grandeur in the grounds and exteriors nearby: "The whole landscape became part of the enchantment."

It's easy to become blasé when you're an actor used to working on lavish productions. But the Beauty and the Beast cast never tired of their surroundings. "I remember the first time Emma Thompson and I saw the ballroom set and our jaws dropped because it's just so gorgeous," says Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who plays Plumette. The majestic ballroom was the perfect setting for the final number, when the Beast and all the household objects return to their human form. "Just breathing it in, from the costumes to the flowers to the music, and everybody dancing and swirling around in unison, there was a real magic to it." The room also evolves with the story. "In the prologue, before he gets transformed into the Beast, it's almost as opulent as Versailles," set decorator Katie Spencer says. "Then it's an echo of what happens to him, and then it comes back for the big celebration at the end."

Filming Beauty and the Beast can be, well, a beast — at least for Luke Evans and Josh Gad, whose extra-macho Gaston and less-than-macho Le Fou shared bombastic scenes that sometimes led to mildly painful accidents. "We slapped hands so hard, [Josh] burst a blood vessel in his thumb," Evans (right, with Gad and producer David Hoberman) recalls, laughing. "We had to stop rehearsals, get the medic in. He thought his finger was going to drop off, but I think he'll survive. We just slapped hands hard, but obviously we just caught our thumbs at some point, and he's a delicate flower." But if they're sounding too similar to their characters here, don't worry: At least Gad can confirm that his hair in the film is completely fake. "If I had hair this good, I would not be doing Beauty and the Beast right now," he deadpans. "I would be modeling."

In this scene, Audra McDonald's Madame de Garderobe sings for the prince just before he's transformed into a hairy horned creature. De Garderobe craves attention, but McDonald herself responded a bit more modestly when she learned she'd won the role. "I was just shocked I was asked to be involved, to the point that when I was flying over there, I was like, 'Do they really want me to play her?'" she says. "I was pretty much in disbelief until they put the costume on me and shoved me out on-set." Which then just made her even more speechless, of course. "When I walked on-set, it felt like I was walking into a dream." Stanley Tucci, who plays de Garderobe's maestro and husband, Cadenza, was also humbled by the splendor. "The scope of the set was enormous. They had these candelabras, these chandeliers coming from the ceiling with real candles. It was just stunning," he says.

Sir Ian McKellen couldn't wait to slip on that wig and mustache, especially since it meant working with a director he knows well. "I've done two films now with Bill Condon, and we're always looking for a third," the actor says. "It was absolutely typical of Bill that he wanted to have a few friends with him, so I was very, very thrilled to suddenly be in my first Disney movie." Though most of McKellen's work involved voicing his character Cogsworth, the actor says his favorite moment was finally meeting the cast in person for the final celebration. "There was one absolutely glorious day when went out and joined all the actors in doing the final scene, when all the characters in the castle come back to life and become real people," he says. "So I did feel I was in the thick of it for at least a day, and singing and dancing was an absolute joy."