Le Shack

(via NYTimes.com)

It's sort of ironical to talk about indian summers right now but I came across this article from 2011 a while ago and I could not not share it with you. Aside from the aggravating title (I can't help but roll my eyes when people add le before any random noun as if it makes the word très chic, major pet peeve), it did stick in my head for days.

First off, Jérome Dreyfuss, designer of my dream handbag, and Isabel Marant, designer of just about my dream anything, are apparently married! Obviously they are a match made by the gods from above. Secondly, they have the most adorable kid together named Tal! Awesome people tend to have awesome children as a rule. What does that make my Mom? 

But the most wonderful thing that resulted from their very fortunate union is perhaps this little summer house they share somewhere in the countryside near Paris. I could muse on about the wonders of the simple life but basically what it comes down to is this: if you could think of any place where you'd love to spend your summer, a place like this probably comes to mind. I am lucky enough to have a place like this of my own right outside of Ghent city. I wrote about it a long time ago here.  In these pictures, you can see Griet and Luc's garden, two of my favourite people in the world, but ours is next to theirs and the atmosphere is very similar. Only a couple of years ago, I was always very relucant to join my parents there for some improv barbeque but now I can't wait for it to be summer and spend my evenings round the fire under the stars. - x