My friend Lisa, another California who lives in France, invited me to her pied-à-terre for lunch. I had not been to her bird's nest apartment and I knew I was in for a treat. Lisa is full of surprises… she is an interior designer, living in France… Lisa buys old apartments fixes them up and they rents them as vacation rentals. Each of her pied-a-terres that I have seen I have wanted to leave my home and move in.
Her kitchen. God I love her kitchen! But I especially love the view out her kitchen window…
But this one, oh this one tops the cake, or I should say it is the bird's nest I could fly too.
The kitchen window has a view that over looks the clay tile roof tops of Aix en Provence.
Lisa loves the brocante too. Her fave thing to collect is dishes. She is the master or mix and match. Old with new. Black with white. Bold and understated. She gets the prize for keeping it fresh and having her friends mouths drop each and every she invites them over for a meal time.
She also is a good cook.
If I were a guy I think I would fall in love with her.
Ah this view, out her window over Aix en Provence
I could just stay at her kitchen counter all day licking bowls.
Lisa told me we were going to eat outside, "Follow me the garden terrace is upstairs."
"I am so jealous…" I started, but before I could complete my sentence she said, "Hey Corey can you grab the forks and knives under the kitchen lamp on the counter."
I turned around, went downstairs to get the silverware.
Kitchen lamp, a pair, one on each side of the stove. Clever. The kitchen vanity. I love it. The lamps she later told me she found at the brocante and had them refitted.
The French have the best silverware. I love opening their silverware drawer. Always a feast for the eyes. French silverware is larger than the American pieces. Lisa had the French touch down pat. I drooled over these beauties.
Later she told me she collects them too at the brocante. I should have guessed. I am going to have to tie her up in the broom closet this Sunday…. "No more brocanting for you!"
After lunch we had ice cream in the living room.
Look how cute this is! Simply feast.
…and while she sat the table I snapped a photo of her looking into her bedroom mirror.
Isn't she clever? The bold colors, the mixing of old and new!
I think I am going to paint my white walls red!
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