Old Stone Barn Renovation

Not long ago this house was a stone barn. On one side of it there was agricultural machinery and on the other, cows and hay. Dirt floor, no water, no electricity. Owner Lidwine Ruwio took up the challenge and this is what it looks like now.<br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/exercices-de-style-dans-le-berry/fausse-cheminee/376232-1-fre-FR/Fausse-cheminee.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.904508;" /><br />Hard to believe but this fake chimney was made in a few hours. And on December 24th! The fire you see comes from three containers filled with ethanol.<br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/exercices-de-style-dans-le-berry/guirlandes-lumineuses/376216-1-fre-FR/Guirlandes-lumineuses.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/exercices-de-style-dans-le-berry/la-table-basse/376212-1-fre-FR/La-table-basse.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/exercices-de-style-dans-le-berry/les-cache-radiateur/376188-1-fre-FR/Les-cache-radiateur.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br />Reclaimed wood hides a radiator.<br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/exercices-de-style-dans-le-berry/dans-la-chambre/376224-1-fre-FR/Dans-la-chambre.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.991144;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/exercices-de-style-dans-le-berry/salle-de-bains/376192-1-fre-FR/salle-de-bains.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.991144;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/exercices-de-style-dans-le-berry/porte-ustensiles/376208-1-fre-FR/Porte-ustensiles.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/exercices-de-style-dans-le-berry/la-cuisine/376220-1-fre-FR/La-cuisine.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.999938;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/exercices-de-style-dans-le-berry/bonbonnieres-anciennes/376196-1-fre-FR/Bonbonnieres-anciennes.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/exercices-de-style-dans-le-berry/le-chat-uplala/376228-1-fre-FR/Le-chat-Uplala.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br />Uplala lounging on the kitchen windowsill.<br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/exercices-de-style-dans-le-berry/table-a-manger/376200-1-fre-FR/table-a-manger.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br />Hope you are having a wonderful weekend, my friends! Come back tomorrow for more!<br /><br />Photography by Michel Pernin<br />All images from <a href="http://jardin-maison.dekio.fr/">here</a>.

Old Stone Barn Renovation

Not long ago this house was a stone barn. On one side of it there was agricultural machinery and on the other, cows and hay. Dirt floor, no ...

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So Nice to See You Again! And a Guesthouse in France

Hello once again, dear readers! Thanks so much for all your comments while I was away. I promise I will shortly be visiting you! I had a superb, lengthy, awesome holiday at home, Argentina, together with my eight kids. Thanks for asking!<br /><br />And a very warm welcome to my new followers. Hope to see you around every day!<br /><br />Back to our home tours, then! Maison-Travaux takes us to visit La Bergerie de Fontbonne, a guesthouse in France built against a hill, at the bottom of a valley. The period of construction is difficult to date as traditional building techniques have remained unchanged through the decades and even centuries. <span>None of these buildings have foundations, but all are based on a double wall buried 25 cm deep. </span>Architect Emmanuelle Stevenoot was in charge of renovating these four ancient barns which cover a floor area of 265 square metres. As the buildings stand on different heights, steps were used to connect one with another.<br /><br />If you'd like to visit La Bergerie de Fontbonne's website just click <a href="www.bergeriedefontbonne.com">here</a>.<br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/bergerie-de-fontbonne/433621-1-fre-FR/Bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/escalier-en-beton-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433605-1-fre-FR/escalier-en-beton-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/vue-plongeante-sur-l-escalier-en-beton-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433565-1-fre-FR/Vue-plongeante-sur-l-escalier-en-beton-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/escalier-de-pierre-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433593-1-fre-FR/Escalier-de-pierre-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.980147;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/ouverture-cintree-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433553-1-fre-FR/ouverture-cintree-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.9888;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/salon-de-la-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433617-1-fre-FR/Salon-de-la-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/arcades-de-peirre-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433581-1-fre-FR/Arcades-de-peirre-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/evier-en-marbre-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433577-1-fre-FR/Evier-en-marbre-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.997781;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/cloison-vitree-entre-cuisine-et-salle-a-manger-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433613-1-fre-FR/Cloison-vitree-entre-cuisine-et-salle-a-manger-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.999445;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/mobilier-sobre-de-la-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433573-1-fre-FR/Mobilier-sobre-de-la-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/ferme-intermediaire-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433601-1-fre-FR/Ferme-intermediaire-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/salle-de-bains-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433561-1-fre-FR/Salle-de-bains-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.967722;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/chambre-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433569-1-fre-FR/Chambre-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/douche-a-l-italienne-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433589-1-fre-FR/Douche-a-l-italienne-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.958877;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/baignoire-retro-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433557-1-fre-FR/Baignoire-retro-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/cloison-entre-la-chambre-et-la-salle-de-bains-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433609-1-fre-FR/Cloison-entre-la-chambre-et-la-salle-de-bains-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.992555;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/maison_travaux/reportage/charme/une-bergerie-entre-vignes-et-garrigues/chambre-de-la-bergerie-de-fontbonne/433597-1-fre-FR/Chambre-de-la-bergerie-de-Fontbonne.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br />Photography by Antonio Duarte<br />All images from <a href="http://maison-travaux.dekio.fr/">Maison-Travaux</a>

So Nice to See You Again! And a Guesthouse in France

Hello once again, dear readers! Thanks so much for all your comments while I was away. I promise I will shortly be visiting you! I had a sup...

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Renovated Victorian Barn

A mix of French and Gustavian styles throughout this renovated mid-Victorian barn, which was a working farm building until it was converted in the 1980s. Recently, new owners Christina and Nigel Dickinson gave it a complete internal makeover.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0310dickinson_01.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0310dickinson_01.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; width: 651px; height: 325px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0310dickinson_02.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0310dickinson_02.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; width: 649px; height: 324px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0310dickinson_03.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0310dickinson_03.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; width: 653px; height: 326px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0310dickinson_04.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0310dickinson_04.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; width: 650px; height: 325px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0310dickinson_05.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0310dickinson_05.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; width: 649px; height: 324px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0310dickinson_06.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0310dickinson_06.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; width: 650px; height: 324px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0310dickinson_07.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0310dickinson_07.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; width: 650px; height: 325px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0310dickinson_09.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0310dickinson_09.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; width: 649px; height: 324px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0310dickinson_08.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0310dickinson_08.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt; width: 651px; height: 325px;" /></a><br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/">Period Living</a>.

Renovated Victorian Barn

A mix of French and Gustavian styles throughout this renovated mid-Victorian barn, which was a working farm building until it was converted...

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