Recently, reader Nicola Fabens (whose house was featured in A Brooklyn Brownstone Transformed, with Respect) wrote to us from a trip through France to let us know about Maison Collongue, a guesthouse where she was staying, on a 10-acre property with lime trees in the Luberon region of France. The property’s three buildings—a 17th-century farmhouse, an 18th-century silkworm house, and a 19th-century house—span three generations of Provençal architecture. But transformed by owner Guillaume Toutain, a former art director (who once also studied architecture), the interiors are distinctly modern eclectic: “20th-century vintage Scandinavian furniture and 21st-century comfort.” “There is nothing kitschy about it,” Fabens reports. Here’s a look inside.
![the rooms in the farmhouse are connected by stone archways. here, a curved ston 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-interior-staircase-733x486.png)
![framed and lit contemporary art gives the dining room the feel of an eclectic g 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-dining-room-733x488.png)
![mix and match vintage chairs and a midcentury sideboard in the dining room. 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-dining-room-school-chairs.png)
![the living room has mixes utilitarian reading lamps with soaring ceilings 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-living-room-733x484.png)
![well worn steps lead to a narrow hallway with a vintage french school chair. (f 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-school-chair-in-hallway-e1568500689243.png)
![each of the five guest rooms is outfitted in all white linens, walls, floors, a 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-chambre-du-milieu-full-733x486.png)
![the bold chambre bastine, with lofty ceilings, a black and white rug, and a vig 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-chambre-bastide-full-733x484.png)
![design and architecture books, stacked artfully on built in shelves. 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-chambre-bastide-books.png)
![in the grande chambre, two multicolor rag rugs ground the otherwise all white b 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-grande-chambre-with-rug-733x482.png)
![each guest room is outfitted with \2\20;linen sheets, natural feather pi 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-grande-chambre-full-733x488.png)
![the expansive gardens. 31](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-exterior-walkway-733x485.png)
![breakfast is served in the garden every morning. \2\20;everything is org 32](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-breakfastoutdoors-733x473.png)
![\2\20;the property is surrounded by fields, vineyards and olive groves s 33](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maison-collongue-provence-pool-733x484.png)
Headed to France? See our favorite places to stay:
- Hotel Les Roches Rouges: Vintage Seaside Glamour on the Côte d’Azur
- Fontevraud Abbey in France: A Loire Valley Landmark Revived
- Above the Shop: An Antiques-Filled Apartment at Maison Empereur (and It’s for Rent)
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