Heads upward (or noses in?!), there's a novel interior mass on the shelves! Curator of 1 of my favourite blogs French By Design (if y'all don't follow her already, it's a must!) Siham Mazouz launched her debut tome How the French Live lastly calendar month - in addition to it's a beauty! Si moved from the South of French Republic to the USA nine years ago. The mass features 14 French homes each amongst their ain relaxed, yet chic fashion in addition to every chapter closes amongst a solid unit of measurement recipe to prolong the warmth of the hospitality they've shared. I caught upward amongst Si to honour out more.
I know only how much travel goes into a mass in addition to was so impressed y'all wrote it, did the styling in addition to took all the photography - what a feat!!
What are your fondest memories from the project?
"My fondest retentiveness is past times far the human connections I made acre visiting these 14 families. Because I was a one-woman show, I was recording all conversations on a pocket-size recorder acre shooting the infinite in addition to chatting amongst the homeowner. It led to deeper exchanges in addition to a whole novel approach to décor: the human floor behind the infinite I was photographing. This was amazing."
It must experience so personal to y'all - what was it similar finally getting the mass inward your hands?
Thank y'all so much for telling us close your lovely mass Si! I know I'll live dipping inward in addition to out for inspiration (and the strange recipe similar the grilled fig in addition to burrata salad!).
If you'd similar to alternative upward a re-create it's available here:
How the French Live: Modern French Style
Have a lovely day!
All Photography (except the comprehend shot in addition to spreads which I photographed on my kitchen tabular array before today!) are past times Siham Mazouz for How the French Live, reprinted past times permission of Gibbs Smith.
"Modern French families tend to mix in addition to check décor elements from dissimilar eras in addition to styles to create unique interiors that stand upward for them."
"I wrote all the content in addition to shot all the pictures but the styling credits instruct the homeowners. They did an amazing task preparing their abode for my visit; I actually wanted this mass to live an authentic window into the French civilisation in addition to these families' lifestyles, so you'll consider electrical cables in addition to hidden objects of 'real' life, because this is how an interior actually looks."
"(In France) meals are a means to connect, to exchange, to create memories. I hence asked each solid unit of measurement to part their signature recipe".
What would y'all similar people to accept away from your book?
"I’d dear for people to approach their décor inward a simpler, to a greater extent than intuitive in addition to authentic way; allow instruct of rules in addition to pressures to fit decor standards (less house) in addition to focus on what actually matters (more home). In the end, our abode is where the magic happens in addition to where nosotros create memories amongst people who thing to us; Have fun decorating your nest in addition to allow your abode say your personal story!"What are your fondest memories from the project?
"My fondest retentiveness is past times far the human connections I made acre visiting these 14 families. Because I was a one-woman show, I was recording all conversations on a pocket-size recorder acre shooting the infinite in addition to chatting amongst the homeowner. It led to deeper exchanges in addition to a whole novel approach to décor: the human floor behind the infinite I was photographing. This was amazing."
It was a surreal moment; I was an emotional mess, bursting of joy in addition to vehement upward amongst emotion at the same time, when I finally held my start physical re-create of How The French live. It was so foreign to consider all my work, edited through months in addition to months of work, copywriting while listening to hours of vice recordings, caption writing, all gathered inward 1 book. I felt proud in addition to really humbled at the same time, I however create when I plough the pages of the mass in addition to I oftentimes receive got a grin on my human face upward because I yell upward my come across amongst each of these lovely families.
Thank y'all so much for telling us close your lovely mass Si! I know I'll live dipping inward in addition to out for inspiration (and the strange recipe similar the grilled fig in addition to burrata salad!).
If you'd similar to alternative upward a re-create it's available here:
How the French Live: Modern French Style
Have a lovely day!
All Photography (except the comprehend shot in addition to spreads which I photographed on my kitchen tabular array before today!) are past times Siham Mazouz for How the French Live, reprinted past times permission of Gibbs Smith.
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