tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post1288223501218616115..comments2023-10-16T12:59:06.745+01:00Comments on Janice in Caunes: C'est pas grave.Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-62467518617155502014-06-30T18:53:08.886+01:002014-06-30T18:53:08.886+01:00I've always dreamed of owning a house in the q...I've always dreamed of owning a house in the quintessential French style and you're very much living that dream. I've heard of the harsh regulations when it comes to styling houses there. I guess that's a way for the town to preserve its traditional beauty and style integrity. Anyway, I just love French shutters. I do hope everything's sorted out by this time. All the best! <br /><br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/+WindowProGilbert/about?hl=en" rel="nofollow">Alan Sullivan @ Window Pro</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08655071044571801452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-62521244002795588392013-10-18T19:57:36.416+01:002013-10-18T19:57:36.416+01:00I have been planning a 'shutters' post. Sh...I have been planning a 'shutters' post. Shutters are something so quintessentially French: they don't even think about them but we do. We have heard of other places where the Maire has been very authoritarian about what colour is acceptable. I think you have chosen well. Yours should last for years. Ours, which are painted, have to be done every 2 years. I'm starting to feel that I'm getting too old for this...!Vanessahttp://vanessafrance.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-70938056709521354402013-10-18T08:52:55.581+01:002013-10-18T08:52:55.581+01:00Friends have told us that our brown shutters are a...Friends have told us that our brown shutters are actually really good quality. They aren't tatty at all, which might not be quite so picturesque, but means they are efficient and they don't need painting ! This sounds good to me. The olive green would have to be repainted every couple of years.....these very solid brown ones have been treated in such a way as they should last for years, just as they are....now that was good planning I think. I think you might be right about the Maire. There has been a new one recently....a woman, perhaps someone with a bit of common sense ! Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-17418553237219316552013-10-18T08:49:31.761+01:002013-10-18T08:49:31.761+01:00Looking around our town has had the opposite effec...Looking around our town has had the opposite effect on us Penny. We have decided that the brown shutters actually suit our house...so, brown they will stay, until of course, I fancy a change.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-35800328948729845462013-10-18T08:47:58.188+01:002013-10-18T08:47:58.188+01:00Must admit to not looking forward to returning to ...Must admit to not looking forward to returning to a Yorkshire winter...except that the kids will be there, so the weather doesn't really matter. A shame to leave the glorious blue skies here though. Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-728051198579989352013-10-18T08:47:00.484+01:002013-10-18T08:47:00.484+01:00They are really practical....perfect for deflectin...They are really practical....perfect for deflecting that strong summer sun and keeping the insides cool.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-48112068049026979682013-10-18T08:46:02.915+01:002013-10-18T08:46:02.915+01:00I just think that attitudes to conformity have mel...I just think that attitudes to conformity have mellowed a little, and as the woman in the mairie told us...the sun bleaches everything anyway. Some of the metalwork on windows can be lovely too, you're right.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-54339750464507942702013-10-17T15:12:42.763+01:002013-10-17T15:12:42.763+01:00If it's tatty french shutters you want, you ca...If it's tatty french shutters you want, you can have ours, Janice. Faded, peeling brown, which is the usual colour up here in Normandy, along with white and the occasional bright blue. No sea-green or raspberry or even olive green here. :-)<br /><br />I wonder whether there's been a change of Maire or Maire's secretary (sometimes the most important person in the place) and the new person is more laidback or sensible. Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-13351039468437363962013-10-15T21:31:01.660+01:002013-10-15T21:31:01.660+01:00Thank you JaniceThank you JaniceLinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406333686298786963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-14475486146671303352013-10-15T01:40:58.914+01:002013-10-15T01:40:58.914+01:00I love your photos, Janice; the shutters, the iron...I love your photos, Janice; the shutters, the ironwork, the historical elements, and the head in the last one - and now I know what a Mairie is. Our town isn't old enough to have restrictions, but, there are areas that do. <br />We have been wanting to paint the doors, frames, and rails here. You've given me incentive to proceed. Penny O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665025558373015362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-91204739939901051982013-10-14T23:43:45.644+01:002013-10-14T23:43:45.644+01:00Perfect photos Janice.They made me think of sunshi...Perfect photos Janice.They made me think of sunshine as i viewed them---especially as today we have had heavy downpours.We went up to Bolster Moor and got a real soaking.x MariaHazel Maria Blakeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09720712737417796993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-55638480296771582842013-10-14T17:10:29.919+01:002013-10-14T17:10:29.919+01:00It is a problem I would love to have ... I'd p...It is a problem I would love to have ... I'd put shutters on my very English house, except they's look silly here ... such practical things, shutters.Annie Cholewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608057589525908147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-12909998368744171832013-10-14T14:59:46.711+01:002013-10-14T14:59:46.711+01:00Haha, this is so typical! I\d have thought your ho...Haha, this is so typical! I\d have thought your house is so far from the centre of the village that it wouldn't matter what colour you painted them. In general, I don't like brown shutters -- but on some houses they just look right.<br /><br />I love the window with the twirly, leafy metalwork. That's one of my favourite shutter colours too, it looks so nice when it weathers (no coincidence that our shutters are that colour, and we didn't ask anyone's permission).Veronicahttp://www.larecettedujour.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-22266487435690885642013-10-14T07:52:34.933+01:002013-10-14T07:52:34.933+01:00You are right, perhaps we are just critical of thi...You are right, perhaps we are just critical of things in our own country and hopelessly romantic about things foreign ! Most of the French people I know prefer to live in modern houses with electric metal shutters. Its just the daft ex pats that want picturesque tatty shutters ! Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-2860054312496041892013-10-14T07:49:54.700+01:002013-10-14T07:49:54.700+01:00Although hotel de ville is the dictionary definiti...Although hotel de ville is the dictionary definition of town hall.....most people use "mairie" as the name for the local centre of a commune's administration.....many small town halls have "Mairie" written above the main entrance... it is where the mayor is based....le maire. My spelling doesn't help of course, in that in my post I called it le marie and it is le mairie ! Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-20585956587647861132013-10-14T07:36:09.705+01:002013-10-14T07:36:09.705+01:00Thanks Maria.Thanks Maria.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-91697890745390105952013-10-14T07:35:50.701+01:002013-10-14T07:35:50.701+01:00I'd hate not to have ours now....they really d...I'd hate not to have ours now....they really do work at keeping the heat out in the middle of summer. I never thought I'd want to block out the sunshine....but that comes from living in Yorkshire for all those years. Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-14753454959217884862013-10-13T23:29:59.240+01:002013-10-13T23:29:59.240+01:00Beautiful shutters! I always wonder why faded, fla...Beautiful shutters! I always wonder why faded, flaking paint looks so wonderful in France and just tatty in the UK - a mystery!nillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733433402466612700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-56676233958506416592013-10-13T11:50:15.668+01:002013-10-13T11:50:15.668+01:00My good old French dictionary is letting me down, ...My good old French dictionary is letting me down, and the only meaning for Marie I find is about marriage. I am guessing it is the local government, Janice? They are very particular, but the muted colours are very attractive, though I must admit my favourite is that delicious raspberry colour. Very chic.Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685403215601517267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-952850494154220842013-10-13T05:36:11.695+01:002013-10-13T05:36:11.695+01:00Love all your photos Janice!Love all your photos Janice!Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594244181463706442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-84086783291555613022013-10-12T20:59:38.701+01:002013-10-12T20:59:38.701+01:00Strangely, shutters are quite rare now in Bodrum. ...Strangely, shutters are quite rare now in Bodrum. I still want some though. BacktoBodrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627125508442009313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-47336745474513735082013-10-12T18:34:14.144+01:002013-10-12T18:34:14.144+01:00I was pretty sure you would have some experience o...I was pretty sure you would have some experience of this issue ! What amazes me is how helpful the Marie was....no problem at all. Pink and grey sounds good. Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-89683824244631987952013-10-12T18:33:09.852+01:002013-10-12T18:33:09.852+01:00It's just so funny that we were expecting the ...It's just so funny that we were expecting the Marie to be difficult....they couldn't have been more help...or more laid back. The woman we spoke to actually said that it was crazy to insist on particular colours as the sun faded all the colours anyway ! No.....the magic man has not been required ! Jxxx Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-89025302676769743402013-10-12T18:31:02.017+01:002013-10-12T18:31:02.017+01:00No problem Lin, you are welcome to use the photo.No problem Lin, you are welcome to use the photo.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449652020751269674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926851391080970240.post-3997687084642180542013-10-12T18:28:36.841+01:002013-10-12T18:28:36.841+01:00Love your pictures of volets - an amazing collecti...Love your pictures of volets - an amazing collection.However I am particularly taken by the ironwork in picture no 6 which would make an amazing quilting pattern. Would you mind if I used your photograph please?Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406333686298786963noreply@blogger.com