The rooms

Upstairs to sleep. Downstairs to live.

The bedrooms

les chambres

Upstairs, the rooms carry the quiet charm of the house. Each one with its own atmosphere and a view that changes with the seasons — the pond on one side, the vines on the other.

The Ruby room: red walls, a quilted floral bedspread and a tall window open onto the trees The Ruby room’s bed under a quilted floral bedspread, grasscloth walls and a chest of drawers The garden seen from the Ruby room, shutters open, tall trees beyond the lawn

The Ruby room

  • Queen bed
  • Washbasin in the room

Warm red walls, a quilted floral bedspread, a chandelier, and a tall window that opens straight onto the garden.

Photographs to come

One and only

  • Single bed
  • Its own bathroom

The smallest room in the house, and the only one with a single bed — hence the name.

Manoue’s bathroom: white marble, a bathtub, a rush-seated chair and a tall window open onto the trees

Manoue

  • Queen bed
  • Its own bathroom

The master bedroom, with a white marble bathroom of its own — a bathtub, a rush-seated chair, and a tall window that opens onto the treetops.

Henri’s room: a gold bedspread, blue floral curtains, a tufted blue chair and a single bed by the wall

Henri’s

  • Queen bed
  • Single bed
  • Small washroom with a basin

Blue curtains, a gold bedspread, and a window full of leaves. The single bed makes it a room for three.

Photographs to come

Les drôles

  • Two single beds
  • Small washroom with a basin
  • Top floor

The children’s room, up on the top floor beside the attic that is becoming their hideaway — and a refuge for any grown-up who needs one. In the Charente, les drôles are the kids.

The bathrooms

les salles de bain

Two marble bathrooms — Manoue’s, with the bathtub, and another with a walk-in shower — and a half bath downstairs in green tile. As in most old French houses, the toilets are kept apart from the bathrooms.

The downstairs half bath: green tiles, a flowered basin, brass lamps, an oval mirror and a window onto the garden
Photograph to come
Photograph to come
Photograph to come

The half bath

Downstairs, in green tile to shoulder height, with a flowered basin and a window onto the garden.

The living rooms

les pièces à vivre

Downstairs is where the life of the house unfolds — from morning coffee in the kitchen to long dinners, quiet afternoons in the living room, and gatherings in the reception hall.

The dining room by day: patterned wallpaper, a round table, the long-case clock, a wooden fireplace and an open window onto the garden The dining room at night: a round table set for dinner under a candle chandelier, the long-case clock behind Flowered plates, a baguette and a glass of wine on a patterned tablecloth

The dining room

la salle à manger

Between the old fireplace, the clock and the walls, everything here feels timeless.

The living room: rose armchairs, a stone fireplace with a gilt mirror, and the old desk by the tall windows The living room from the fireplace: rose armchairs, the old desk under the tall windows and a wall of books Three friends stretched out on the sofa by the fireplace

The living room

le salon

Where everyone goes after lunch and after dinner. A great many stories have been told here, card games played, and work done at the same desk our great-grandfather, grandfather and grandmother used before us.

Friends in suits sharing a glass around the sofa in the reception hall

The reception hall

la salle de réception

Built for gathering, and it has never stopped. When there is something to celebrate, this is where it happens.

Being redone

The kitchen

la cuisine

Being redone. We’ll show it to you once it’s finished.

Coming to stay le séjour

Tell us who is coming and when, and we build the days around it.

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