index

antiqued cherub 53

armoires 38, 72, 74, 75

with cicada fabric 56–9

renovation as wardrobe 110–13

with stenciled doors 86–9

artifacts 24, 26, 41

baskets 74, 75

bathrooms

country style 100

Parisian 104–5

bedlinen 99, 100–1

quilts 16, 101, 103

bedrooms and bathrooms 97–123

château 98–9

country 100–1

Parisian 104

Provençal 103

beds and bedheads 98, 99, 100, 101

four-poster 103

Provençal coronet 117

braid 12, 18, 44

bureau, painted 65–7

chairs

bergère 31, 32–3

chaise longue 36

kitchen dining 75

pigment painted 138

rococo 34–5

chandeliers 12, 16, 26, 71, 79

Chanel, ‘Coco’ 41, 43, 65

château styles 11, 12, 14

bedrooms 98–9

garden room 126–7

kitchens and dining rooms 70–1

living rooms 32–7

cicada motif 20, 56–9

colors

manoir style 16

neo-classical 14, 36, 98

paint 142

Parisian 24, 26

Provençal 20, 22, 77

rococo 98

rural style 18, 38

console tables 34, 36

crackle varnish 47–9

garden 125

country and farmhouse style 18, 38

bedrooms and bathrooms 100–1

garden rooms 128

kitchens 72–5

crackle varnish 47–9

cupboards see armoire

curtain pole, painted 107

curtains

light 99, 101

softly tailored 60–3

unlined linen with braid 44

vintage linen 108–9

cushion cover, frilled slip-over 80

cushions, country style 137

cutlery and silverware 70, 78

dining rooms and kitchens 18, 69–95

Directoire style 100, 101

fabrics 12, 14, 24, 103

cotton 20, 26, 103

linen 12, 18, 22, 44, 97

wall-coverings 35–6, 50, 104

see also ginghams; toile de Jouy; voiles

floors

stone 18, 20, 77

terra cotta 18, 20

three-color printed 91

flowers, garden 128, 133

French style

elements of 11

essence of 6–7

furniture

country washed wood 115

freehand painted chest 141

painted 36, 38, 65–7, 70, 77, 79, 101

pine 18

rattan painting 134

stained and varnished 92

garden rooms 124–41

gilding 12, 55, 70, 83–5

ginghams 18, 79, 128

kitchen garden 128

kitchens and dining rooms 18, 69–95

lampshade, gathered skirt 120–3

Lanvin, Jeanne 41, 104

lavender 20, 103

Provençal heart 118–19

linen 12, 44

Provençal 22

white 18, 97

living rooms 31–43

manoir style 16, 38, 100–1, 128

metals

gold-colored 14

wrought-ironwork 103

mirrors 12, 14

painted gilded frame 55

Monet, Claude 131

mosaics 22

napkins, buttoned 95

neo-classical style 11, 14

bedrooms 99

living rooms 36

paintwork 12

colors and materials 142

distressing 36, 39, 50

Parisian 24, 26

Provençal 20, 22

Paris, Château de Malmaison 11, 99

Parisian style 11

Bohemian 24, 43, 133

Coco haute couture 26, 40–3

garden rooms 133

kitchens and dining rooms 78–9

photographs 26, 78–9

pictures, Bohemian 24, 78

Pompadour, Madame de 98

porcelain 14, 16

pottery 20, 22, 24

Provençal style 11, 20, 22

bedrooms 103

garden rooms 131, 133

kitchens 77

Riviera style 22, 131

rococo style 11, 12

bedrooms 98–9

living room 32–6

rural style 18, 38, 72–5

shutters 101, 103

silks 12, 14

stone floors 18, 20, 77

storage, in kitchens 72–5, 77

tables

kitchen 74, 75, 77

neo-classical gilded 83–5

toile de Jouy 12, 16, 50, 104

voiles 14, 20, 26, 56

wall-coverings, fabrics 35–6, 50, 104