these fine patterned tiles are concrete tiles of late 1800's and are typical for the southern french village homes of the period-âpparently the previous owners,being antique dealers,appreciated their monetary value and striped our home of virtually all of them,except for one room,the salon which we use as our bedroom! Our former village house sported 10 rooms all in different yet related patterns! I would love to retrieve photos of more examples of these patterns. Note that the tiles are said to be cool on the bare feet of the hot southern French summers!a kind of airconditoning for the feet,sort of reverse theory for floor heat,I would say!
Oh, these are lovely and I think it is wonderful that you use this room as a bedroom. Coming from a rather mild climate, the idea of cool tiles to help reduce the heat of hot French summers is very alien to me. But one I wouldn't mind experiencing first-hand! The thought of cool tiles on bare feet on a hot Southern France day?! Sounds rather blissful!
ReplyDeleteI love all these photos you are sharing! Thank you for the never ending inspiration!
Cheers!
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