Monday, January 16, 2017

What a great street!


I have no idea where in France this picture was taken. It sure felt familiar, owing to the fact it reminded me so much of one of  Rik Pierce's dollhouses. I sure would love to make it. Though not for my collection, it would be too small. I just think it would be a lot of fun. I even like the color of the green trim. Surely there can't be two doors side by side... Can there? Don't you wonder what is around that bend. I want to see the rest of it!

Thank you to Jean-Claude for providing a link in the comments section. It is always nice to give photographers credit for their work. Plus there are more wonderful photos.
 https://michaelevansphotographerblog.com/2013/07/29/delightful-dinan/ 




21 comments:

  1. Bonjour Catherine,
    cette photo a été prise à Dinan, voici le lien du photographe qui a pris la photo ainsi que d'autres de cette jolie petite ville française:
    https://michaelevansphotographerblog.com/2013/07/29/delightful-dinan/

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    1. Tu m'as devancée, Jean-Claude, je recherchais dans mes propres photos :) une bien jolie ville !

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    2. Bonjour Jean-Claude,

      Merci beaucoup de m'avoir donné le lien. Je dois visiter Dinan si je peux seulement aller via Google Earth.

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    3. Bonjour Claude,

      C'est un bel endroit. J'ai visité le lien affiché par Jean-Claude. Je pourrais y aller demain!

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  2. I have no idea why Blogger won't post my reply in the right place. It is always something with blogger. ;-(

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  3. I too love your photo.....yes, what a great project it would be. I suspect there are two doors as one would be for the shop and the other would go to the residence. That green is such a delightful shade.
    Now that you know what town it is you can go for a 'Google maps' walk about the town and really see what is around the corner.
    Linda X

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    1. I have watched several video tours of Dinan now. I saw that house in one of them. Someone was sitting on that stone ledge in front of the windows. I hope it is a shop front. I can't imagine having the nerve to sit on someones property, if it was just a home.
      They have a medieval festival there. Oooooh that sounds like great fun to me too. :-)

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  4. I'm guessing the door to the left leads to the back or upstairs. My house is exactly the same - a front door and another door to the left that hides a passageway to the rear of the property. I just love natural materials on show in a building. Look at that gorgeous weathered wood and stone!

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    1. How interesting. That is why you almost have to see the building you are trying to reproduce in miniature. Not that I am opposed to taking some licence with a design out of necessity.

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    1. Yo tambien pienso lo mismo. Lo que es realmente fantástico es la ciudad entera! Que tiene tantos edificios como éste, sería difícil elegir cuál quería hacer en miniatura.

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  6. Ah Brittany! What a lovely house and what a wonderful project this would make! I visited Dinan 17 years ago and although I can't remember this specific house, I do remember the feel of the town. I agree with Pepper and Linda that the two doors must be separate entrances to a shop and a residence.

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    1. WOW I am envious. I would love to have the chance to visit there. There seem to be several towns in Brittany bursting with charm.
      I wonder what the door arrangement was at the time that house was built? Adding a second door might have happened long afterwards.

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  7. How wonderful, it reminds me of Lacock in England where quite a few period dramas was shot like the BBC version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I was lucky enough to go there in 2006. One of the buildings there is an inn with great photos on their website and a link to Google maps that takes you right into the house and have a walk through. In this case the door takes you right through to the garden, in some cases it would have been big enough to take a small carriage or your horse through to the back as the houses were often touching each other on the street side. This inn was also recreated in miniature, I think I have seen more than one version of it.
    http://www.signoftheangel.co.uk/
    PDF to one of the miniature versions
    http://www.theminitimemachine.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Minis-Magnified-Issue-no-28-Load-of-Mischief.pdf

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  8. I have seen lots of photos of Lacock. It is a very picturesque village. I would like to see it in person someday.

    Sadly your link must be incorrect. I have tried it several times. ;-(

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  9. Possibly. Although it is not an uncommon feature in buildings with shops on the ground floor.
    I am more curious what the window sill/seat was for. I see it with the other houses too. For displaying goods perhaps?

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  10. Yes, that window sill/ledge-seat purpose is interesting. If the house was built to be a shop. Then the ledge would have been used to display wares and the owner would have lived up stairs. It would be interesting to know the history.

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  11. The photo is very reminiscent of Rik Pierces style of work.
    The atmosphere feels like something out of a story book.

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    1. Yes it does. I would love to live in that story book. ;-)

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  12. Oh my I just love this post and I realized I forgot to comment! I just stared, the picture has so much atmosphere. So jealous of Josje! And I got Elga's links to work. Thanks for posting---

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  13. OK Linda... Let's go there and see it for ourselves then. :-)

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