"One must adapt to, even re-create,
an art de vivre for our times.
By that I mean that one prepares dinner
and serves it by oneself,
but on beautiful objects"
an art de vivre for our times.
By that I mean that one prepares dinner
and serves it by oneself,
but on beautiful objects"
muriel grateau
if only I had
a glorious "built in" for all good things. I certainly have the goods for it. Overflowing is Aunt Bettie's cupboard, along with the Kitchen cabinets and corner built in.
I have a pattern I never tire of- Marie Antoinette by Raynaud. I also bought another old white and gold pattern very similar to this one by Haviland to mix in. Remus-The cat- loves the little dessert plates.
One of the prettiest pieces of Marie Antoinette is the rimmed soup.
Wouldn't it be Good to have a built in FULL of white china?
The glorious concealed closet in this Living Room is the inspired design of MURIEL GRATEAU, fashion designer and owner of a boutique of the same name in Paris.
The shop stocks linens, glass, porcelains and her extraordinary jewelry.
Her house is perfection.
I would settle for the closet.
Grateau photograph from HG '97, by Alexandre Bailhache
