Provence!
From “French Kiss” (who doesn’t want to spend a few hours with Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline and Jean Reno) to “A Good Year” (a learning-to-slow-down Russell Crowe, an ebullient Alberto Finney, a prickly Marion Cotillard), Provence onscreen is a seductive sell for grabbing a little movie glam for your own home.
We watched a lot of movies during Covid times the last few years so consider us inspired. Here are our top picks for right now for you to bring the sights, sounds, textures, textiles, and scent of the French region right into your own home.
This vintage linen hand towel from Couleur Nature is an easy and practical add to your kitchen right now.
This towel hook from Anthropologie is like a small bundle of lavender flowers that will beautify your bathroom wall.
Lavender dots the fields of Southern France - love this tablecloth from Couleur Nature that brings the lavender look right into your home. Hand-printed, machine washable. Every tablecloth we’ve used from Couleur Nature we have been happy with - longlasting and keeps their shape and look.
Peter Mayle spent years chronicling life in Provence ending with his last book “My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now” which starts at the oldest brasserie in Aix, Les Deux Garcons.
“An American in Provence” is an immersive read about photographer Jamie Beck’s life-changing move to Provence.