Exploring Provence PRETTY feels like a delicious escape in any season. Le Mas des Poiriers (see it HERE) is celebrated on the pages of Shauna Varvel’s amazing PROVENCE STYLE Decorating With French Country Flair (Vendome, 2021). If this 18th century French property Le Mas des Poiriers is new to you, prepare for a deep Versailles sigh! A reimagined South of France fantasy home was authentically restored with traditional country French style interiors, exquisite finishes, traditional color stories and breathtaking gardens.
Provence Pretty: Rhône Valley Farmhouse
Images: @provencepoiriers and Provence Style (photos, courtesy of @VendomePress)
The scale of these beautiful pots! Aren’t the topiaries delightful?
I was surprised by the navy in here…how about you? Do you suppose the navy is more of a nod to the American family who lovingly took ownership?
I am wowed by the luxe details in here. Aren’t the drawers on the vanity top darling and oh so useful?
The guesthouse on this property is my favorite element of the whole caboodle. Would love to call this stunning structure home!
The pretty factor in bedrooms such as the one above is hard to beat. I adore the scale of the wee settee and table!
It’s pure pleasure to get peeks of this stunning home inside the book by Shauna Varvel (with Alexandra Black and photography from Luke White).
A Rhône Valley Farmhouse Set Apart
Shauna Varvel painstakingly restored the expansive (13k sf main house alone) Provence mas, Le Mas des Poiriers.
There is much more on the property beyond the magnificent farmhouse. 65 lovely acres on this pear farm feature gardens and auxiliary buildings.
While you cannot miss this home’s traditional style and nuanced French country aesthetic, it also feels fresh and forward thinking.
How in the world did the owners succeed with the reimagining and re-awakening of Le Mas des Poiriers? There was a reliance on both boldness and patience along with a village of architects, landscape designers, and interior decorators.
Does a country French aesthetic work for our modern lifestyles?
This amazing kitchen at Le Mas des Poiriers for me reflects perfectly a timelessness lending itself to everyday modern sensibilities.
To accommodate contemporary needs for generations of family and guests, it was essential for the farmhouse kitchen to expand.
Three smaller rooms made this expansion possible.
“Now, decorating style is more varied and less literal. Stereotypical conventions have been replaced with a more polished approach.” -SHAUNA VARVEL
If you admire this varied, less literal, and more polished approach to Provençal style, note the walls within this Rhône Valley farmhouse.
They were finished with a mixture of plaster and paint, a modern option not possible centuries ago with a more limited range of pigment and wall finishes.
Built-ins (aren’t the beautiful examples below stunning with their sumptuous fabrics?) also add modern utility.
Is this property Le Mas des Poiriers a family home?
The 18th century farmhouse is located on an island in the Rhône River near the Medieval city of Avignon.
It is an American family’s home made available for weddings and vacationers.
Well-stocked shelves such as these are what fantasy laundries are made of!
Soft blue checks create timeless magique with coppery warmth from hex tile floors, oui?
Just in case you need a tonal textural moment…
BOOM! Here’s one for the French farmhouse books!
Provençal timeless takeaways?
Rustic romantic elegance is a golden thread running through this stunning property. PROVENCE STYLE is a testament to what dreams may come with the proper curation of stone, wood, fabrics, color, metal, and furnishings.
“In many ways, Provençal aesthetic transfers easily to other locations: romantic, faded colors inspired by nature, plaster walls finished with lime or mixed with paint, floors tiled in terracotta or pale stone, and a relaxed approach to furnishing that combines rustic and rare, with liberal use of toile de Provence, toile de Jouy, and other charming patterned cottons.” – SHAUNA VARVEL
But what about peasants like us? How do we manage an escape to a sunny South of France pear farm?
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-michele
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