A beautiful rustic cottage near Paris could be all yours - and has gone on the market for £50,000. Bearing in mind only a two-bedroom cottage in France sells for around £52,000 - this entire cottage ...

Revival styles, especially the picturesque styles like Tudor, English Cottage and French Eclectic, permitted Americans to experience central Europe without a passport. Identified as another ...

At first, the north shore second home and weekend escape for Susan Kierr and her husband, T. Windle Dyer, took the form of a houseboat. The Dragon Fly was anchored on Bayou de Zaire in Madisonville, a ...

Julia Child liked to immerse herself in the culture and atmosphere of French rural life when she wrote her groundbreaking cookery books. Her home, La Pitchoune in Provence, became both a refuge for ...

What is French country decor? According to Joyce, French country decor is “a relaxed take on Provence style, with a mix of rustic and refined elements.” As she points out—and as the name implies—the ...

You couldn't get much more rustic than the Old Cottage in Peper Harow, whose mighty timbers must have sorely tested some poor lumberjack’s chainsaw. This beautiful period home has had beam upon beam ...