{"id":124046,"date":"2022-01-01T23:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-french-retreat-brought-into-sharp-focus\/"},"modified":"2022-01-01T23:07:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T16:07:07","slug":"a-french-retreat-brought-into-sharp-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-french-retreat-brought-into-sharp-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"A French retreat brought into sharp focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nPhotographer Serge Anton has updated his great-grandfather\u2019s home and made it his ownHaving spent three decades travelling the world, enjoying a nomadic lifestyle, French-Belgian photographer Serge Anton finally felt the need to settle down. And he found his personal oasis of quiet in a house he inherited, a retreat called Mon Desir. Built by his great-grandfather about a century ago in Sedan, in the heart of the French Ardennes, the house sits in a landscape full of calm \u2013 a million miles from any stress, with trees and green views wherever you look.\u201cAt first the name [which translates as \u201cmy desire\u201d] did not particularly inspire me and it was only later I discovered how appropriate it was for me. After 30 years of travelling, I realised the house embodied a pure and strong desire: that of settling down and returning to my roots,\u201d says Anton. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2022\/jan\/01\/a-photographers-home-in-the-french-ardennes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A French retreat brought into sharp focus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Photographer Serge Anton has updated his great-grandfather\u2019s home and made it his ownHaving spent three&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-wgK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29355,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-barbican-laid-bare\/","url_meta":{"origin":124046,"position":0},"title":"The Barbican laid bare","date":"October 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The interiors of London\u2019s most famous Brutalist housing estate are captured in a new book of photographs by Anton RodriguezWhen photographer Anton Rodriguez started his blog \u201cBarbican Residents\u201d, a through-the-keyhole tour of London\u2019s celebrated Brutalist housing estate, it was as much to satisfy his curiosity about who his neighbours\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17674,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-story-of-serge-pun-myanmars-2016-real-estate-personality\/","url_meta":{"origin":124046,"position":1},"title":"The story of Serge Pun: Myanmar\u2019s 2016 Real Estate Personality","date":"June 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r One of Myanmar\u2019s most recognised businessmen will be honoured by Property Report at the country\u2019s biggest industry event Born in Yangon, this future mogul spent his formative years in China during the great Cultural Revolution and arrived in Hong Kong at the age of 21. 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