I heart Air b'n'b and fenetres

Another beautiful weekend away with the girls. This time in a gorgeous rustic French country house in the Southern Highlands. Our jaws dropped when the host opened the doors to a toasty house with a fire burning, exposed ceiling beams, timber framed French country house. 

The intrigue of the French doors, fenetres and the locking mechanism. My google search skills fails me as I wasn't able to find instructions on how to build them. 

The deep frame designed so that the shutters can sit flush against the wall when closed, 

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The ability of a window to frame the view. I hate the floor to ceiling windows you see everywhere in Australia. Most of the time the sun's too bright, or we're too exposed to even have the full view and so they're covered most of the time.
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The small touches, jam in tiny jars, bike trail guides makes for a relaxing weekend away.