{"id":137422,"date":"2023-06-18T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/unpicking-the-past-an-ancient-silk-farm-gets-a-smooth-new-look\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T17:28:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T10:28:15","slug":"unpicking-the-past-an-ancient-silk-farm-gets-a-smooth-new-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/unpicking-the-past-an-ancient-silk-farm-gets-a-smooth-new-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Unpicking the past: an ancient silk farm gets a smooth new look"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAn 18th-century French farmhouse that once harvested silkworms has been given the glossiest of makeoversThe baby-blue shutters are the first thing that strike you about this historic stone dwelling in the village of La Brugui\u00e8re in southern France. They look like cerulean eyes, inviting you in. \u201cI love this colour, it is the typical shade of the windows of houses in this part of the C\u00e9vennes,\u201d explains Sophie Zieleskiewicz, an interior decorator originally from Lyon.When she and her husband, Ian, first saw the property \u2013 an 18th-century farm, where silkworms were once raised \u2013 they immediately knew they had found what they were looking for. The beautiful town of Uz\u00e8s is just a few kilometres away and Provence is on the other side of the Rhone. It\u2019s a much-loved tourist destination, yet untainted by mass tourism. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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