For those of you who were following the 5 Days of Christmas, I apologise; instead of advocating another potential purchase, I spent my Christmas Eve rambling around the bones of an old French townhouse, guzzling bière de Noël and generally being a sub-par blogger…
As an appeasement I offer a photo-diary of sorts including shots of what – come July 2012 – is to be my Nord-Pas-de-Calais-based sister’s new home. It’s semi-ruinous at the moment but still undeniably impressive, equipped with at least five bedrooms, a host of marble fireplaces, three floors, two gardens and a two-floored outhouse. For those of you vaguely familiar with French geography, you’ll know the sleepy town of Fruges is a (very) far cry from the chic distinction of Paris so don’t go getting too jealous. Still, provincialism only slightly mars the brilliance of property like this peanuts…
The town itself…
And the house…
^ Urs & I
^ We counted at least five layers of wallpaper plastered onto this wall, one was crafted from newspaper cuttings circa late 19th century.
^ This junk-room reminded me of The Others a bit…
^ Back garden the first…
^ And back garden the second…
^ The excitement for house-sitting grows…
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If this isn’t the year’s oddest Christmas-themed post, I really don’t know what is. Love to you all and keep tuned for a special New Year’s series from some of Male-Mode.com’s favourite men.
great photos! the house looks dreamy AND i have a crush on your coat
this is crazy! this is going to be one exciting time. a nice nod to urban exploration this post too