“SANDING THE WALLS REVEALED THE SHADES I HAD CHOSEN WERE ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINALS.”—Yvonne Tenninge When interior designer Yvonne Tenninge first visited France on holiday at the age of twelve, she knew she wanted to live in this heritage-steeped country one day. Her dream became reality a half-dozen years ago when she traded her design business in Sweden for an idyllic bed-and-breakfast in Neffiès, a small, multicultural town near the Mediterranean Sea.
Yvonne and her husband, Mikael Sköldmark, knew the area well, as they had often visited the Languedoc region with their three children. They came across a circa 1854 stone-and-plaster house, complete with faded shutters, traditional details, and a gorgeous view to vineyards, olive groves, rolling hills, and the Pyrenees in the far distance. The only issue? The…
