French la Vie https://www.frenchlavie.com French la Vie Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:12:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.frenchlavie.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/poppy-1-150x150.png French la Vie https://www.frenchlavie.com 32 32 https://www.frenchlavie.com/2026/08/17/brocante-home/ Brocante Home https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/967932266/0/tongueincheek~Brocante-Home/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/967932266/0/tongueincheek~Brocante-Home/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:00:18 +0000 https://www.frenchlavie.com/?p=79779 Collected over the years, piece by piece, found at Brocantes mainly around Provence. It allows a stage to dream. Textures, muted tones, torn, worn, cracked aged pieces that belonged to many different people over time. Brocante tabletop dishes, silverware, glasses, table linens, platters- in a land the reveres gathering around a table- tabletop pieces are […]
               

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Collected over the years, piece by piece, found at Brocantes mainly around Provence. It allows a stage to dream.

Textures, muted tones, torn, worn, cracked aged pieces that belonged to many different people over time.

Brocante tabletop dishes, silverware, glasses, table linens, platters- in a land the reveres gathering around a table- tabletop pieces are plentiful, and used.

The brocante home doesn’t stop at one room it expands to every knock and cranny, bookshelf and table. Layered as it comes.

A brocante home embraces patina, layered textures, faded everything, curated desire, natural materials, redefined beauty, individuality, authenticity… dust, especially, dust.

It is a home created to be shared. Living in an brocante home, and well-loved objects is not as effortless as filling rooms with flawless new things. Living with brocante pieces means you need to give thought before haste. Or added cracks and breaks will occur. The value isn’t in practicality but in presence.

A brocante home resists barren surfaces and convenience. It appreciates craftsmanship, imperfection, and feels intentionally crowded.

               

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The true riches we often realize too late:

Still having your parents.

Having a healthy body.

Having genuine friends.

Having time for yourself.

Being able to sleep without worry.

Laughing for no reason.

Feeling like you truly belong.

What would you add? In French or English.

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The way the sunlight came through the trees, the scent of figs, grapevines, and earth swirling around me, the crispness of the air filling my lungs, the hoot of the night owl calling in the distance, reminding me summer is a holiday to be taken in. Giving me me the feeling of well-being and gratitude for the generosity of being able to soak it in.

               

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Lounged in the pool.

Read by the pool.

Had lunch.

Took naps.

Played game in the pool.

Napped again, read again.

Had dinner.

                

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Gabriel’s food books- His biggest concern is « will I Have enough books to read? » He packed bags full.

Claire Sparkle has long braids!

These two being good balls for my photo.

This evening’s cooks.

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Laundry. Don’t do it. Or risk your whites coming out another color.

After 40 years of flying between France California I should know what not to do when jet lag.

I made a ding dong mistake at 3 am  I decided to do laundry.

Something dark blue found its way into the wash, and my whites came out.. pale blue. Not the chic French kind of pale blue. Just the “jet-lagged laundry” kind.

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