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Thank you, DaytimeFan, and I did mean it when you go back home again. In a year or so or whatever. You'll be reminded. :P

Never seen the shutters like that? And didn't know that the south of France was dry? Maquis shrublands and garrigues?

I love the roof and the shutters.

The pool is horrendous and the façade colour too.

It needs a landscape architect to improve on the surroundings.

And by the way... I have a gorgeous photo of Maria Arena's house... ... ... But I can't share.

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No, I didn't realize it was quite that dry... but considering the amount of wine they produce... it should have dawned on me. I wonder why these dry climates like that and southern california are so popular with the rich and famous? Theyr'e murder on your skin, and frankly... theyr'e ugly as hell. Once you get past the irrigated lawn area of your home, it just looks like someone dropped a nuclear warhead on the countryside. Physchologically, I couldn't deal with that.. I must have GREEN. I know winter isn't green, but somehow, since I know it's temporary, I can deal (but you wouldn't catch me living in Minneapolis or someplace where winter lasts a LONG time). And no.. I've never seen shutters that extend downward past the bottom of the windows. I don't think I care for them. It makes it look strange to have shrubbery under the window in that situation, and her windows need something underneath to tie the house into the surrounding landscape. Her landscape could use some more color, though. In a dry climate, roses would make an excellent addition.

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Awesome, thanks for the additional info and pics, you too Sylph. I want her real estate, shoot, I want her life (no psycho). ^_^ That's intereting about the flat spanning three townhouses, I imagined it was like Joan Rivers' penthouse which was once the two-story ballroom of an Upper East Side mansion:

http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2009/05/joan-rivers-puts-big-number-on-her.html

I got a glimpse of JC's upcoming guest spot. She's playing David Spade's mom, wearing her Dynasty power white. ;)

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The shutters are a MUST in the South of France. For one thing, when the weather gets stormy, it shields the windows. Another thing is that it allows Joan to literally lock her house up when she leaves in the autumn.

The colour of the house is rather different, I think the photo I've posted is a number of years old. In the HELLO! spread the house is a rich peach on the facade and a robin's egg blue on the shutters, the garden had been redone with a number of tropical coloured plants and flowers and the pool had a new tiled deck.

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It must be a European thing, because we certainly have shutters around here, but I have yet to see them extend all the way down, around here they always stop at the bottom of the window. I'm glad to hear she's redone some of the landscape, it certainly needed it. More color would certainly be a big plus.

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Alphan, you are hysterical. As usual! laugh.gif I mean, why the rich chose Côte d'Azur & similar places as their favourite ones? And then you go on to say that the main reason you don't get it is the lack of vegetation or whatever. Why don't you go and live in the Democratic Republic of Congo or the Amazonian forests?! :P Or Indonesia?

You obviously haven't heard that the Mediterranean people are famous for their long lifespan and very good eating habits (the Mediterranean diet).

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