French blogs speak my language...

I love the visual inspiration of French blogs.  

They give me my daily "kick" along with my morning latte.  Some of my favorites are Chez Loulou, My French Country Home and French Basketeer.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then these creative women are speaking the language that would inspire anybody.  Their perspective through their lens takes in the French countryside, Paris shops, freshly prepared food and stunning architecture.  They whisk me away to a mini vacation in Paris, Normandy or the south of France...in my mind's eye, of course.  I want to be there with them drinking wine in a French cafe or buying smelly cheese from the open air markets.  I am starting to feel like I know them as close friends.  That is the beauty of it all.
So, in like manner, I decided to cut short my words today and post some pictures of Le Farm

 to enjoy, be inspired, get whisked away to the south of carolina!
Enjoy!

Built in c. 1869...turquoise was my choice!

Morning light streaming across huge live oaks...

These are just some of my beautiful Rabbiteye variety of blueberries.

Adjoining cotton fields in the sunrise.

Delicious, huge and very sweet muscadine grapes. Some are the size of a plum!

Zinnias growing in the back field.

A great porch when it is pouring down rain.

I just love the louvered doors.

The center dressing room.  What a cool old transomed doorway.  Nothing is level and everything sort of rolls east!

Dining country french style.  (Yes, I painted the fireplace and my table...I am dangerous with a paintbrush in my hand!)

Huge windows provide a view of beautiful camellias just outside.

Very long and wide center hall in the "Little River style" architecture where all the rooms come off the center hallway.  I would have loved this as a kid...I'll race ya!

Guest room...blueberry blue! Come and stay a while.

Master bedroom. Almost all the rooms have fireplaces but none are operational.

In the foreground is a table made from old door I found in the barn.

Can you tell I love pale blues? So calming and peaceful.

The other end of the center hall.  It's a room in itself with original wide plank flooring.

My "French" foyer.

Living room in pale blue and chocolate brown with my Craigslist find of an ivory colored leather sofa.  I painted and distressed my old brown coffee tables and end tables ivory, too.

A full view of the master bedroom.  I had to custom make all my drapes over 100 inches long.

French roosters are a must in my country french kitchen.

As close to Paris as I can get...