French Design

How do the French create the elusive and alluring sanctuaries they call home? This question long intrigued Danielle Postel-Vinay. Thanks to a chance encounter with a French expat in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and years of immersive research, she embarked on a quest to discover the secrets of the French home aesthetic. Experiencing first-hand la belle vie - the beautiful life - Postel-Vinay now shows everyone how to create their own French sanctuary, a home sweet maison, no matter where they live.

Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarceration and forced incestuous marriage during the worst violence of the French Revolution of 1789, they dared sartorial revolt.

Everybody wants a clutter-free home. Who doesn't want to come home to a clean, fresh, and organized house? It relaxes you, puts you at ease, gives you a clear perspective on things. Nobody wants clutter, and yet we all seem to come to a point where there's just too much of it that you don't know where and how to start cleaning. If too much clutter bothers you - you are not alone.

The way a person's house looks and feels like is a huge reflection of his or her personality. However, most of the time, there isn't enough leeway to find the schedule, energy, and motivation to keep our homes clean and organized. As a result, a cluttered, messy, and disorganized space invades our lives day in and day out.

The era of the great trans-Atlantic liners has come and gone. Most of these grand ships--proudly turning away from the reality of jet travel--kept on churning in the Atlantic for much longer than economics should have allowed. The French were particularly fond of theirs, and one, the Ile de France found the reprieve as a floating set for the reality of Andrew and Virginia Stone's docu-thriller, The Last Voyage in 1960. Author John McCall offers up a novel--based on careful research--of the ship's tragic end, from M-G-M's cameras documenting explosions and flooding of her art moderne ...

Amsterdam, années cinquante. Koko grandit sans père, au côté d'une mère couturière abonnée aux amants violents, et se réfugie dans la confection de vêtements de poupée. Encore adolescente, elle se lance dans la vente de fripes, qu'elle restaure avec talent. La jeune fille, dotée d'un sacré caractère et d'un bagout indéniable, se fait rapidement un nom dans l'univers de la mode d'occasion et ouvre sa propre boutique à 21 ans seulement.

Fun Day Mimi raconte la journée passionnante que Mimi passe avec sa famille et ses amis comme elle apprend les couleurs et les formes. Pages drôles à colorier sont inclus ainsi.