Chickadee Home Nest: Le Suquet

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

At the Beach ~ in Cannes

When my husband and I spent three weeks in France and Spain several years ago, we were in Cannes a good part of the time. We were traveling solo—no tour guide—and we literally stumbled into Le Suquet, the old part of Cannes. What a loss it would’ve been if we’d missed it! The streets there were laid out 400 years ago! The main streets are now pedestrianed, and feature lovely, tiny restaurants and shop after shop after shop of beautiful, colorful French linens and dishes. I was in heaven! Because the streets climb up to the clock tower (where the view of the Bay of Cannes is incredible), the restaurants build tiny platforms, where they manage to squeeze in as many tables as possible~it’s so charming!

Unfortunately, theft is a “bit” of a problem in Cannes, and our cameras were stolen while we were there, so we have no pictures of that leg of the trip. :( Local Nomad Blog has this picture of Le Suquet’s restaurants and the ingenious “wedge” platforms~

Le Croisette is the famous beach in Cannes, seen in its full glory in many, many movies. So recently I did a tablescape using the tablecloth we bought at one of the sweet little shops in Le Suquet, and let it be my inspiration. What a wonderful souvenir it has been!

I decided to keep the additions to the table at a minimum, so as to not detract from the design.

The early-morning sun casts lovely shadows on our screened porch. The yellow and blue dishes are Big Lots finds—and a perfect match for the tablecloth! The fish dishes are by mudpie.

And the lavender—after all, this is a table of the south of France—is from our garden.

The wine/lemonade goblets and the Mexican on-the-rocks are from Pottery Barn.

I’ve had the gold tablecloth and napkins for years—a happy match to the Le Suquet tablecloth!

A simple jar with lavender and Stella d’Oros, also from our garden, for the centerpiece.

The service table, with the candles at the ready for evening dining.

The beach motif continues…

Sunflowers add to the French beach decor. Oh, the fields and fields and fields of sunflowers we saw, all with their big and little faces turned to the sun, and the pictures we took of them…

Did you know, that in French and Spanish sunflowers are called “tournesol” and “girasol” respectively, which literally translate to “turn to the sun”? What a perfect name for them!

As dusk arrives, time to light the candles and enjoy the shadow play. The Chocolat window piece is quite befitting the event, yes? It was a Mother’s Day gift from my husband, because the movie
Chocolat, and the music from it, are favorites of mine. He somehow snuck it out of the French Hen Barn Sale without my seeing it! Love it!

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…and enjoy a glass of icy-cold lemonade with me.

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