Old Mill Guesthouse

My messege yesterday might have been a bit confusing so I'll explain my comings and goings again: I'll be posting every day until this Friday, then there will be a couple of posts next week before Christmas. After Christmas and until January 24th I don't think I'll be able to post. C'est tout!<br /><br />And today we are visiting a restored mill in France. It has been turned into a guesthouse by Annie and Francois who also have a restaurant just steps away.Although some of the rooms have a modern edge which I really don't fancy, the rest of the house, the exterior and gardens are beautiful.<br />It is located in Alsace, close to Strasbourg, on the edge of the Vosges Natural Park.<br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/le-moulin-du-xixe-siecle/310247-1-fre-FR/Le-moulin-du-XIXe-siecle.jpg" style="display: inline; width: 666px; height: 497px;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/le-canal-alimentant-le-moulin/310227-1-fre-FR/Le-canal-alimentant-le-moulin.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/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/felix-le-chat/310223-1-fre-FR/Felix-Le-chat.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.998459;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/le-jardin/310191-1-fre-FR/Le-jardin.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/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/le-petit-salon/310235-1-fre-FR/Le-petit-salon.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/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/les-plafonds-peints/310195-1-fre-FR/Les-plafonds-peints.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/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/la-salle-a-manger/310219-1-fre-FR/La-salle-a-manger.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.897472;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/la-grande-salle-a-manger/310203-1-fre-FR/La-grande-salle-a-manger.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.991864;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/table-de-repas-dressee/310215-1-fre-FR/Table-de-repas-dressee.jpg" style="display: inline; opacity: 0.9888;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/la-chambre/310231-1-fre-FR/La-chambre.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/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/la-salle-de-bains/310199-1-fre-FR/La-salle-de-bains.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/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/fenetre/310243-1-fre-FR/Fenetre.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/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/les-soubassements/310207-1-fre-FR/Les-soubassements.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/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/le-canal/310211-1-fre-FR/Le-canal.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">Francis and</span> <span class="hps">Annie</span> <span class="hps">pose on the bridge while</span> <span class="hps">Napoleon and Cythare</span></span> couldn't care less.<br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/mon_jardin_ma_maison/reportages/maison/en-alsace-un-moulin-a-vivre/le-preau/310239-1-fre-FR/Le-preau.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br />Hope you enjoyed! See you tomorrow, my friends!<br /><br />Photography by Dozel Bernard.<br />All images from <a href="http://jardin-maison.dekio.fr/">here</a>.

Old Mill Guesthouse

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Renovated Mill in France

Good morning my friends! I will be taking a short holiday today and I'll be back on Wednesday next week. I might post once or twice but, you know, as I'll be in Rio de Janeiro I'll have to go to the beach (poor me!).<br /><br />It took Noël et Rozenn Bernasconi four years to renovate this seventeenth century mill, located in the south of France. It was quite a challenge as it had been vacant for several years and was in a sorry state. Let's enjoy the tour together!<br /><br /><img alt="Moulinprovence" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/campagne/visite-privee-d-un-moulin-hors-du-temps/moulinprovence/721158-1-fre-FR/Moulinprovence_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulinprovence" /><br /><br /><img alt="Moulinprovence047" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/campagne/visite-privee-d-un-moulin-hors-du-temps/moulinprovence047/721174-1-fre-FR/Moulinprovence047_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulinprovence047" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Moulinprovence049" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/campagne/visite-privee-d-un-moulin-hors-du-temps/moulinprovence049/721126-1-fre-FR/Moulinprovence049_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulinprovence049" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Moulinprovence017" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/campagne/visite-privee-d-un-moulin-hors-du-temps/moulinprovence017/721142-1-fre-FR/Moulinprovence017_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulinprovence017" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Moulinprovence024" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/campagne/visite-privee-d-un-moulin-hors-du-temps/moulinprovence024/721150-1-fre-FR/Moulinprovence024_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulinprovence024" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Moulinprovence06" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/campagne/visite-privee-d-un-moulin-hors-du-temps/moulinprovence06/721198-1-fre-FR/Moulinprovence06_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulinprovence06" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Moulinprovence015" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/campagne/visite-privee-d-un-moulin-hors-du-temps/moulinprovence015/721182-1-fre-FR/Moulinprovence015_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulinprovence015" width="669" /><br /><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">To preserve</span> <span class="hps">the history</span> <span class="hps">of the mill</span><span>, </span></span>Noël<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span></span> <span class="hps">has retained</span> <span class="hps">and enhanced</span> <span class="hps">the original features</span><span class="">, such as the</span> <span class="hps">grinding wheel</span><span class="">, which is the</span> <span class="hps">starting point for the</span> <span class="hps">new staircase</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">A glass pane covers</span><span class="hps"></span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">the mechanism</span><span>, preserved</span> <span class="hps">below</span><span>.</span></span><br /><br /><img alt="Moulinprovence037" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/campagne/visite-privee-d-un-moulin-hors-du-temps/moulinprovence037/721206-1-fre-FR/Moulinprovence037_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulinprovence037" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Moulinprovence019" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/campagne/visite-privee-d-un-moulin-hors-du-temps/moulinprovence019/721190-1-fre-FR/Moulinprovence019_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulinprovence019" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Moulinprovence036" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/campagne/visite-privee-d-un-moulin-hors-du-temps/moulinprovence036/721166-1-fre-FR/Moulinprovence036_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulinprovence036" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Moulinprovence038" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/campagne/visite-privee-d-un-moulin-hors-du-temps/moulinprovence038/721134-1-fre-FR/Moulinprovence038_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulinprovence038" width="669" /><br /><br />Photography by Christophe Rouffio.<br />All images from <a href="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/">here</a>.

Renovated Mill in France

Good morning my friends! I will be taking a short holiday today and I'll be back on Wednesday next week. I might post once or twice but,...

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Restored Victorian Mill

<a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_01.jpg" target="_new"> </a><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_02.jpg" target="_new"> </a>Linda Cobbett transformed an old mill and stables into a family home. For it she was awarded Best Period Renovation 2010 by Period Living Magazine. There is a very interesting article <a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/readers-homes/readers-homes/converting-former-mill">here</a> on the story of the restoration of this old Victorian Mill. <strong></strong><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_02.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_02.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out; width: 650px; height: 866px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_01.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_01.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out; width: 649px; height: 865px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_03.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_03.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out; width: 650px; height: 866px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_05.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_05.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 434px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_06.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_06.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out; width: 650px; height: 681px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_04.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_04.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out; width: 650px; height: 832px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_07.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_07.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 596px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_08.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_08.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out; width: 650px; height: 778px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_09.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_09.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out; width: 650px; height: 866px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_10.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_10.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out; width: 650px; height: 866px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_11.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_11.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out; width: 650px; height: 866px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_13.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_13.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out; width: 650px; height: 866px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_12.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1110cobbett_12.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out; width: 650px; height: 866px;" /><br /><br />Hope you are all having a great week! See you tomorrow my friends!<br />All images from <a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/readers-homes/readers-homes/converting-former-mill">here</a>.

Restored Victorian Mill

Linda Cobbett transformed an old mill and stables into a family home. For it she was awarded Best Period Renovation 2010 by Period Living ...

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