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• Renew your madonna figures.• Use your things in new ways.• Cook a delicious hunt menu.• Make beautiful flower arrangements

with sweet chestnuts.• Prayer beads – for a great many things.• Throw a magical Halloween party.

Fall– Charm and Decay

This month's homes:– Remote cabin in Sweden– Love for brocante– An aesthet ic del ight– Atel ier de Campagne– Tremendously French 

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By John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman

Dear ReaderDear ReaderCreative Time � ings sure are happening at a rapid pace outside right now. � ings sure are happening at a rapid pace outside right now. Fall is here and it won't be long before winter sets in around Fall is here and it won't be long before winter sets in around these latitudes. Some � nd it sad and, granted, some days are these latitudes. Some � nd it sad and, granted, some days are a bit too windy and rainy for our taste but there's something a bit too windy and rainy for our taste but there's something beautiful and really cozy about this time of year as well. beautiful and really cozy about this time of year as well. We feel the urge to head inside and cozy up with candles, We feel the urge to head inside and cozy up with candles, warm blankets and family time and to plan out our creative warm blankets and family time and to plan out our creative DIY projects for the upcoming winter season – for which DIY projects for the upcoming winter season – for which we hope that this magazine will provide inspiration. We've we hope that this magazine will provide inspiration. We've got wonderful, creative fall homes, delicious fall foods and got wonderful, creative fall homes, delicious fall foods and plenty of ideas for indoor pastimes, easy ones as well as more plenty of ideas for indoor pastimes, easy ones as well as more advanced projects.

One article that we particularly enjoyed working on was the One article that we particularly enjoyed working on was the one about painting madonna � gures. It happens from time to one about painting madonna � gures. It happens from time to time that a special sense of serenity presents itself when we're time that a special sense of serenity presents itself when we're settled in working on a creative project and experimenting. settled in working on a creative project and experimenting. We'll chat about which colors might go together to create We'll chat about which colors might go together to create the look that we're going for, try our way a bit, repaint and the look that we're going for, try our way a bit, repaint and start over. We help each other out, o� ering each our own start over. We help each other out, o� ering each our own competencies. One person is especially good at combining competencies. One person is especially good at combining colors, someone else has a special knack for patinating and colors, someone else has a special knack for patinating and yet another person is the expert at painting natural-looking yet another person is the expert at painting natural-looking faces. It's a really nice feeling when everything � nally seems faces. It's a really nice feeling when everything � nally seems to form a synthesis and we achieve a result that we all feel is to form a synthesis and we achieve a result that we all feel is better than if we'd been working on our own. So we encourage better than if we'd been working on our own. So we encourage you to share your hobbies and interests with others – either you to share your hobbies and interests with others – either family or friends who share the same interests or sign up family or friends who share the same interests or sign up for a class or join groups online if you don't already know for a class or join groups online if you don't already know someone. Take inspiration from each other and help each someone. Take inspiration from each other and help each other – it's one of the great joys in life. other – it's one of the great joys in life.

Have fun!All the best,

Lonnie & Vivian

Helle Routhe

Lonnie Würtz Jensen Vivian Christensen

Dorte Palsgaard

Rikke Vinter Dorthe Hviid

Rikke Daugaard Thiel

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No. 10 · 2015Published by Jeanne d’Arc Living

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Page 4. Love for Brocante

Page 14. Sweet Chestnut

Page 18. Beautiful Decay

Page 30. New Life for your Madonna Figures

Page 35. Vintage Paint

Page 36. Remote Cabin in Sweden

Page 46. The Column

Page 48. Atelier de Campagne

Page 56. Prayer Beads – for a great many things

Page 60. An Aesthetic Delight

Page 80. Create the Style

Page 82. Delicious Hunt Menu

Page 90. Tremendously French

Page 116. New life for Wonderful, Old Things

Page 122. Magical Halloween Party

Page 132. JDL Living

Page 134. Dorte's Top 10 Finds

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Love for Brocante

As a young girl, Gerda spend many school vacations with her mother,

who worked in a castle. You might think that a school girl would

be bored in a place like that with the company of only dusty, old

things but that wasn't the case for Gerda. She loved every single day

of it. She would wander around for hours imagining the days back

when and the rise and fall of days gone by. To her it was amazing.

So her interest in beautiful, old antiques goes all the way back to her

childhood and her passion has never faded, rather the reverse. Gerda

is still very passionate about beautiful, old items, preferable of the

somewhat grandiose variety – lavish yet simple. Pretty, old dress

forms, beautiful mirrors and wonderful candlesticks are essential to

the decor at Gerda's house. She's always coming up with new ideas

so for the most part she's always working on a couple of projects.

Designing and decorating has become a lifestyle. Gerda mostly

looks for original items, and in her decorating she tries to get back

to the warm and cozy atmosphere that she recalls from the castle.

Ideas: Pull the couch out from the wall to make room for a piece of

furniture behind it. This opens up more options for making displays

and creates a cozier space than if all the furniture is placed along the

wall. Here Gerda has put together a beautiful and elegant still life

with a large, old, French church candlestick, a pair of old, patinated,

French mirrors flanked by the adorable porcelain lady-in-waiting

with a skirt made from pure silk and lovely, little silk flowers. You

can always find room for old dress forms. Gerda decorates them

with various antique flowers wreaths, corsets and angel wings,

which adds a bit of life and humor to the decor.

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Gerda most often decorates with tone-on-tone colors. She loves the

harmony that's achieved when the colors go together really well

and don't stick out from one another. Gerda usually works with the

more neutral colors such as brown, beige and cream.

Ideas: In several places around the house Gerda has combined the somewhat

lavish and palatial furniture with pieces of rustic and very simple

peasant furniture. This creates a very personal style. She often tries

to do the same with her vintage accessories. Lavish candle holders

create a beautiful interplay with a lovely, little child's portrait placed

for display on a small farmhouse stool. Old paintings and portraits

bring a slightly palatial atmosphere into the decor but the frames are

frequently a bit over the top. You'll achieve a more contemporary

simplicity by removing the frames.

The beautiful decoration on the throw pillow is a very special

detail. It's also one of the things that makes authentic, old items

more interesting than new things. Newer items rarely have the same

wealth of details. The beautiful, old antiques bear evidence of a time

with room for more embellishment. You should always keep an eye

out for these exquisite, old textiles as they can really enhance your

decor.

As a wall decoration, several different pairs of vintage angel wings

are hung side by side. Their colors and shapes are quite rare, almost

like butterfly wings. If you feel up to it, you could try to make your

own replicas out of thick wire, nylon stockings and lace.

Love for Brocante

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