It can't just be me who presumes that every house in rural France is owned by a hippy artist? Hippy artists wearing beige linen, painting in their rustic, fully glazed studios with vines growing on the inside and cats lazing around soaking up the sunshine...taking short breaks for a cigarette and a strong, black, freshly brewed coffee or a lunch of crusty bread with tomatoes with basil picked from the garden... it's just geography...surely?via home-designing.com