About Us & Our Life in France

Bonjour, my name is Annette and I’m the creator of the French lifestyle blog A French Collection and the My Beautiful French Collection Box subscription and gift boxes.

I live between my homes in Newcastle, Australia and Brittany, France with my husband and three children. We have been fortunate enough to experience life in both these countries for the last ten years.

Being true Francophiles and loving all things French, in 2009 we made our dream come true and bought a family holiday home in a farming village deep in Brittany.  Everyone we told thought we were crazy as I had never even visited France at this stage, but I just knew I would love living there so we looked at properties on the internet, researched and then bought flights to France to go check out the properties.  We took one of our children with us and after a week had purchased our holiday home. This is the short version of it all but if you want more details read our article It Has To Be France.

Since then, we have returned to spend school holidays in France, getting to know our rich and colourful neighbours, our local region and beyond. We often visit Paris and I think there will always be more to explore in this amazing city than we have time for.

Our children have experienced such a different culture living part time in France over the last 10 years and somehow we have made living and working between our homes in Australia and France work well for us. Our life and the things we’ve experienced are shared on my French lifestyle blog A French Collection together with articles by guest writers who live, work, travel and love France also. 

Spending time in France has enhanced our love of the stylish way the French decorate their homes and gardens, dress, display their food and generally enjoy their way of life. Wanting to bring this style ‘down under’ for Australian women who also want to surround themselves with beauty was the idea behind our My Beautiful French Collection Gift Boxes. Receiving authentic French branded, quality French inspired and original market and brocante finds, all sourced by us and delivered straight to your doorstep on a regular basis, is the easy way to bring a bit of French joie de vie into your life.

We all deserve a little luxury so whether you gift yourself, or a friend or family member a subscription or single gift box, France will seem just that little bit closer with each delivery.

Enjoy and a bientôt

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