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Terence Conran's France

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Gorgeous book of photographs that just encapsulate what France is all about. Unlike most travel books that take you through a country region by region, Conran has sections on 'rural life', 'the French home' and 'the food of France' among others, and you get a glorious range of pictures from all over

Nashville is the town where french decorator Amélie de Gaulle decided to settle down with her family. She brought for clients, friends and herself many books from her masters in decoration, including her former boss, Sir Terence Conran. This is where we discovered the picture of our country house's gate in Bourbonnais! With this comment: "The French are maniacs about security. They even build such gates to protect their intimacy". When Meaulne village blacksmith built the gate described by Sir Terence Conran he did not think his work would be famous in Nashville (and everywhere in the world thanks to Sir Conran ... and Amazon.com). Just to tell you that even if your country house is not in France you might be surprised by many pictures from this book. Sir Terence Conran is the master of good taste in London and in Provence. If you plan a trip to France, buy this book first. Your projects might never be the same. You might change your mind and prefer to walk or bike through tiny villages instead of driving tthrough the standards of Paris by night and other old fashioned ways of travelling. You might want to adopt a new life-style. You might want to get inspiration from real France with Conran as a guide. Maybe, you will discover that any standard gate can become a source for inspiration for those who know how to look at the world with the eyes of a brand new Lord.