Guy Degrenne New Century Cutlery

A masterpiece! Stunning! The wow factor! Lots of compliments! Gorgeous Guy Degrenne new century cutlery. And the food looks truly fabulous too!

I am not the best person when it come to choosing new cutlery. I search lots of shops and look at very different styles. It takes me a long long time to find what I like. 

For me this stainless steel cutlery ticks all the boxes. How can I resist?

Lothantique Luxury French Bath Products

There is something so pleasing when you go into a bathroom and find fluffy towels and gorgeous potions and lotions. I must admit that sometimes I buy for the look of the bottles as well as what's inside them. I love this range from Lothantique. Quality and  indulgent ingredients inside beautifully stylish bottles.

Lothantique was founded in Haute-Provence in France more than a century ago and offers fantastic bath, beauty and home fragrance products.

Is this a treat for your bathroom or a treat for you?  This luxurious 6 piece selection of bath products in a sweet ginger scent is amazing. Especially as it is now on offer at £36 instead of the usual £66!

 Exfoliating Soap 100g
Foam Bath 500ml
Bath and Shower Gel 200ml
Body Lotion 200ml
Bath Salts 300ml
Eau de Toilette 100ml

The French House French Provencal Basket

Back home from the market. Leaving behind the sights and smells of the beautiful fresh produce on offer there. The local cheeses and tasty cooked meats. The fragrant scent of the ripe peaches and melons. The crisp salads, colourful vegetables and herbs of every description. Now to unpack my basket. Lettuce, spring onions, parsley......

This French Provencal basket with leather handles and trim can be found at The French House

French Finds - Gorgeous Louis XVI Canape Sofa

I adore this antique French Louis XVI canape sofa. Ready to shake off its former life and now waiting to be re-upholstered before starting a new one. It doesn't know which colour it is going to be or where it will go to live. Perhaps a cool cream linen in a fabulously decorated living room or in a toile de jouy fabric to grace a gorgeous French style bedroom. Somehow you look at it and think that it has had a happy past and that the future will almost certainly be bright.It has carved detail, six fluted legs and original grey painted finish and can be found waiting for a new owner at French Finds. A lovely piece of antique French furniture.

Spring Growth Print By Nick Despres

"A walk in the woods through light and shade
Capture the moment or the light will fade.
See the beauty. Behold the treasure.
Remember the moment for lasting pleasure"

I adore this print Spring growth by Nick Despres  which depicts the forest in the French Pyrenees. I just keep looking at it!

THREE WAYS TO ADD FRENCH STYLE TO YOUR HOME

So you would like to add some French style to your home and are looking for some inspiration. Not sure where to start? Perhaps you could turn your bedroom into a boudoir! 

1. Out with the wardrobe and in with a French style armoire. Choose from antique or modern, mirrored or plain, single or double doors. There are lots of different styles widely available now including Parisian, Provencal or Rococo. In white, cream, black, plain or decorated there is something for everyone.

2. Changing your lampshade for a French chandelier can make a huge difference to a room. There are so many different types to chose from including crystal, antique, modern, shabby chic, French iron, Art Deco or enamel. My favourite would be a glass chandelier that would reflect the light all around the room.

3. Treat yourself to a beautiful French bed. Chateau style, Parisian, Versailles, sleigh bed, Rococo, rattan....... This is perhaps where you should have started in the first place because once you have chosen your style of bed it would then be easier to find the matching armoire and chandelier!

(All the above items are part of the Sassy Boo collection from The French Bedroom Company )

Gorgeous Anne De Solene Apparat Bedding

Some days you just feel so happy. Everything is going well. The sun is shining. The birds are singing. The world is full of nice people. At the end of the day?  Well with this beautiful bed linen you could go to sleep with rosy thoughts and wake up feeling in the pink. So so pretty!

Anne De Solene Apparat Bedlinen can be found at  dotmaison.com

Cote Bastide gorgeous soaps (chapelet de savons)

All the soft fruit has been picked. Plump ripe strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and blackcurrants. My home smells of fresh fruity goodness. Beautiful vibrant colours that nature has given to the fruit lift my mood. These gorgeous soaps from Cote Bastide. Mure cassis (blackcurrant) Mure myrtille (blueberry) or Thé de Chine (China tea) bring summer into the home all the year round.