endroits à boire

Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé

Very important you know to pick the proper place
in which to drink the bottle!
So, I went scouting for us :), in the South of France
of course!




Think the owners would mind if we hung out on
the grounds of their quaint chateau?
Probably not, since it is for sale.


We could just go from room to room.
Don't you love those windows?
A perfect place for an aperitif with all the
fold up garden furniture pieces.

The barrel stone ceiling in this Tuscan style kitchen is
fabulous and the baskets over the cupboard, soooo
European.

Maybe they would let us stay through Thanksgiving.

I could eat turkey at this table! I hate to watch myself

eat, but if its in a Baroque, gilt mirror, I guess I could

force myself.

This would be a nice place for our after dinner drink.

I'd love to have those bamboo chairs, think they would

sell them? Like the sconce too. Those are

tres chic in France. I see these more and more on my

buying trips. I have a supplier in France that takes

antique sconces and attaches them to reclaimed

wooden frames. He does fabulous work!

Nice kitchen, but if you ask me the two things that make

it are the French iron chandelier and the marble top,

patisserie table. Chandeliers can sure set the mood.

Like purple? Looks gorgeous in this huge room

doesn't it?

Don't have to worry about wine spills either.

I think it would blend right in.

Like the over sized candle covers on the chandelier too!

The boiserie still remains here and how lovely it is.

The linen upholstered Louis XV chairs add the

element of freshness. Careful with that glass though!

Another one of those French signatures here.

Drapes in unexpected places!

Terraces covered with natural materials are also

common practice. The French are simply masters

at using the sun for ambiance.

More fabric, but it's the knots that add the detail.

Hubby was a Boy Scout, but he never dreamed he

would use that training for decorating. More than

once it has come in handy.

We should all be so lucky to have a farm table

on the terrace, but if not, a marble top bistro table

and wood slat chairs will do the trick!

Of course, if not outside, we at least need one inside.

Farm table that is. It has to be the most important

piece of Country French furniture.

If you want to learn more about French farm tables see my

post here.

We could sit in here and watch the sunset as we kiss the

bottom of the bottle.

Photos via Sotheby's Real Estate

Come to think of it, I might be one glass short.
Soaking in a tub here would be the perfect way to

end a day.

I hope you have a wonderful

Beaujolais Nouveau!

Lets drink to santé, amitié et amour !

(Health, Friendship and Love)

Bisou mes ami's