~~ How I Found My Style -- French Country ~~

It happened all at once and quite unexpectedly. 

I found it.

My style.

French Country.

So, how did I find it?
Was it in a quaint French market?

No. But I want that basket!

Did I find it in a rocky vineyard in Provence?

Nope but I do love French wine.

Maybe I found it riding a vintage bicycle through the French countryside.

No, but that would have been so much fun.

Here's where I did find it. 

I was staying in a lovely 19th century stone mas (a traditional Provencal farmhouse)
in the little village of Saint Remy-de-Provence. 

Even the mas's name sounded beautiful: Le Mas des Carassins.

After a day of touring the historical sites of Avignon . . .

 and shopping in the antique mecca of L'Isle-Sur-la-Sorque . . .

and visiting the Saint Paul Asylum where Van Gogh was treated
and where he painted many of his masterpieces,

 I returned to the mas to get ready for dinner.

And then, it happened.

I wandered into the spacious dining room and it smacked me right in the face.

Everything in the room was white. 

And soft. 

And warm.

Relaxed and elegant at the same time.

How did they do that?

White tablecloths on round tables, sheer white curtains lifting up in the breeze of the 

open French doors, creamy white dishes, white candles in crystal candelabras and, 

oh my, the old wooden buffet, the curvy chairs, the massive stone fireplace, the waiters' aprons. 

Everything. White.

Love.
It was as if moonlight had been captured in a room. 

Like French angels had descended on this room and bathed it in their luminous white light. 

I know, I know. Sounds like a flowery exaggeration, but that's how it felt.

I'd always loved antiques and things with patina. Crusty, chippy things with a history. 

But I'd never realized there was a name for that style.

Then, in that magical room in the South of France, I knew.
I'd found my style. 

French Country.

Simple. Comfortable. Elegant. 

Suddenly, I felt like I'd come home.

Here's my version of French Country in my own dining room.
Can you tell the source of my inspiration?

I brought French Country home with me to the foot of the Rockies.
Turns out, I knew my style all along and now I know its name.

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