First of al I want to thank you my readers for the nice comments on my garden post! I am so pleased with your interest in the evolution of our garden. So nice to read your thoughts about it! Thank you! I so appreciate it!
We really enjoyed spending this long weekend in our garden and Jan has created the steps I loved to have since a long time, he added more gravel on the paths and started to prepare our future vegetable garden. Here are some pictures I took yesterday.
Now we have to plant some more of the hedges on both sides of the steps.
Adding gravel.
Preparing our future vegetable garden.
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And now over to the “placard” post.
A “placard” is a cupboard or wardrobe attached to the wall, or even built in in the masonry. I have always loved to see a placard in a room, especially the French provencal style placard.
New-made or antique placards, both can be beautiful and can be used in different rooms.
Love the way of displaying the china here in both sitting areas. Notice the led lighting inside!
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Cupboard placard in this dining room.
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Even used as a bookcase. Love that!!
source : Magazine Riant Wonen, issue 2002, Renoveren in Stijl. Renovation company Renoplan.
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Love the old patina of the placard doors here in both pictures.
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This placard is placed in one of my favorite Belgian restaurants “Onder de Toren”. They serve very delicious food and it is a very charming and cosy place to be! (check their website : here).
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A placard is not only used in dining or living rooms! It is a wonderful piece of furniture brought into the kitchen!
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A corner cupboard placard!
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I love the mix of wooden and painted placard doors in this kitchen.
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Oak placards in this very Belgian styled kitchen.
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One of my favorite pictures! If I had to redo my kitchen, I definitely would go for this kind of kitchen by Pamela Pierce. 
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Placards used as wardrobe in a bedroom.
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So very French and romantic!
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Shutter doors used here!
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A placard with mirrored doors in an entry hall.
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Placard de vestiaire in the entry hall of my home. Photo credit Efie De Grande
I found an interesting address in the south of France where you will discover gorgeous antique placards and all kinds of beautiful doors :
PORTES ANCIENNES
These (images of website Portes Anciennes) are a few of the range of antique placards they offer.
Beautiful walnut armoire de chasse placard.
Bow-fronted walnut placard.
Placard in pine.
Placard of shutters.
Click on logo to visit the Portes Anciennes website.
So for those who travel to the Provence this summer, this company is definitely worth a visit!
I wish you all a fresh start of this new week.
xx
Hello my dear friend Greet!
ReplyDeleteWow... I love the steps that Jan made! They're looking so beautiful. You both are so talented.
Shame on me, but I never really paid much attention to placards. I know! Bad, eh? But I felt in love with them through this post. I want to know more. Thank you for bringing a new inspiration for my day!
Wishing you a very blessed week!
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
oh no, now i need a placard!
ReplyDeletetonight i will sit with a glass of wine and absorb these amazing images, my is reeling. and to think of all the antique doors i passed up over the years.
greet, may i ask; what kind of gravel do you use? it appears to be very fine almost sand-like plus the color is warm and pleasing
best
xx
debra
Hello Greet,
ReplyDeletenow all of us are going to be rushing out and installing placards in our homes!!..so many lovely examples of this most beautiful feature..
I have always been drawn to these built-ins but never knew they had a name..
fabulous post...
maureen
Dearest Greet...we have been out of town for a few days and are just now catching up on our blog reading. We are drooling over your garden!!! So beautiful and gave us so much inspiration. We have several rooms that we would love to have placards! Going to be on the lookout for the perfect ones!
ReplyDeleteYour garden is looking amazing Greet! I can only imagine how beautiful it is in person. You are so fortunate to have that slice of heaven to call home. Thank you for sharing it with us. :-)
ReplyDeleteGreet,
ReplyDeleteAnother beautiful post! So many designs.
Have a great week!
Teresa
xoxo
Your garden is truly a labor of love. I'm looking forward to seeing your finished vegetable garden! Sally makes an awesome tomato and basil sauce, so I make sure there fresh is basil and several tomato plants in ours...
ReplyDeleteIn the midst of the gorgeous and inspirational placards (I find myself pressing my nose to the computer screen to take in the deatils!), I noticed two of my favorite chairs, the bergiere and the fauteuil.
Greet,
ReplyDeleteI love the beautiful steps that Jan made. They are gorgeous and I hope your vegetable garden is plentiful this year. It is a lot of work to put in but always worth it. As a child we always had a garden and my parents and grandparents always canned the vegetables so we would have fresh garden vegetables in the cold winter months.
Kris
Wat kan ik zeggen... LOVE, LOVE, Love! Your yard...And the lesson on placards! Mooi!
ReplyDeleteI love the steps and that door behind it - gorgeous progress! These placards are amazing - they personalize a space so beautifully!
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Oh,now I have a name for those wonderful bits! Thank you, Greet xxpeggybrawelldesign.
ReplyDeleteHi Greet!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Post! I love the mix of the brick and stone in the first image and also the Pamela Pierce and Peter Vitale.....Yummy!!!!!!!!!Those chairs look so scrumyous I would never get out of them!!!!!!!!!Maryanne xo
Buongiorno Greet MMMM yes that was all very lovely and i agree the 2 breakfast rooms are perfect and \i could move into your hall way any time ! the floor is wonderful too
ReplyDeleteps Jan s steps are REALLY nice fay xxx
Hallo Greet,
ReplyDeleteNu krijg ik wel zin om ook een "placard" the hebben thuis. U heeft ook een prachtige tuin, echt waar.
Groeten
Jérôme
Enchanting! all of them....smiles.
ReplyDeleteYou have a totally amazing husband, Greet. And an amazing garden! OK, now onto the placards, the 1st photo is just calling to me, as well as the rounded one in the corner. Fabulous post, my friend.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely that you can have a vegetable garden, Greet! I've tried twice but it is so much work, and I was the only one pulling out weeds and tending to it that I finally gave up. Maybe when I retire I'll have more time and will give it a go once again.
ReplyDeleteAnd all those placards! Hard to decide which one I like best!
Have a great week, dear!
Dearest Greet,
ReplyDeleteYour yard is so lovely! A vegetable garden is a wonderful addition to a property. I was just talking to my son on the phone about his, he put his in today and he was wondering how to plant potatoes. Years ago I gardened a lot, but not much anymore.
Those placards are all so beautiful, the first one you showed is my favorite, the brick and plaster mix is so charming, I love it.
Hugs, Cindy
Love seeing your new steps...just gorgeous. I know you've been having stunning weather, what a joy that must be when you have such a beautiful garden, Greet. Ik hoop dat je er volop van geniet.
ReplyDeleteLovely post, I've always adored the use of the antique doors in homes.
xo Lidy
Dearest Greet, I'm just dying right now. Really just dying. These are some of the most amazing images I've ever seen. Each one lovelier than the next. I have always loved this look, but stupid me didn't know it was called a placard. I just would have said recessed into the wall. Between your fabulous garden and these to die for placards (my new word now)this is one of my favorite posts. XOXO Mona
ReplyDeleteOh Greet what a wonderful post! Your garden is just sumptuous and has the most elegant veg' patch I've ever seen! Those gorgeous steps look like they have been there for centuries, so clever!!! Oh I have placards in my home and didn't know it! I absolutely adore the examples you have shown and yours in the hall looks sooooo elegant! Each time I scroll down to another picture I thought it was my favourite until the next is revealed!!!! Brilliant, thank you so much for such an interesting, informative and beautiful post! Hugs from a beautiful morning in England - Glenda xxx
ReplyDeleteYour Post are outstanding!Love those placards,I adore the examples you have shown,Your garden is a good example of a definite-labor of love! How much More your home would be!I'm looking forward to seeing your finished vegetable garden!
ReplyDeleteThis shed is to die for! i am building a storage shed for tractor etc...nothing as grand and perfectly integrated in the landscape as yours...am green with envy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a post!!!! Love it, your gardens are dreamy like a fairytale....you must be enjoying them so much and you can so see its a true labor of love.
ReplyDeleteThen the placards....how incredible! You have shown so many fabulously beautiful examples...I am bookmarking this post to come back again and again. So many wonderful and beautiful ideas and examples. It has me dreaming!
This is a perfect post. Something for everyone for sure. Your garden and landscape are really a treasure. The placards and really really something and you've given us such an array...love it!
ReplyDeleteI'm now dying for a placard...trying to think where I could put one, and dreaming of your gardens!!
ReplyDeleteOh no I missed your post about your garden and now that I’ve seen your updated photos I’m going to have to go find that post. I like your word “placard” we just call ours a hutch or cupboard but I think I’ll use your word. I have to admit a placard is very useful for storing a lot of china I know I couldn’t live without our antique one. Wonderful post as always now I have got to go find your garden post!
ReplyDeleteHugs Debra,
Wow! Got my daily those of inspiration with those photos. Wood really standout as furniture specially with those sleek red chair and a beautiful portrait in the middle. Lovely. buyaionaccounts
ReplyDeleteHe descubierto tu blog y me ha encantado. Es una fuente de inspiracion.
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Do you think Jan would mind flying to Ojai to help with our new garden :)
ReplyDeleteYou two are amazing!
Thank you for the link to Portes Anciennes. I hoping to be able to visit their warehouse during our trip! What a fantastic resource.
xo
Brooke
I think you are enjoying this spring in your wonderful garden. Thank you for this awesome collection of images to illustrate your lesson on placard.
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Cecilia
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ReplyDeleteThat place looks wonderful. Your garden is still a work in progress, but everything is looking fine so far! Good job and keep on working on it to make it bloom!
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