TÉPHANE OLIVIER, A NOTED Parisbased antiques dealer and interior designer, had been looking for a refuge in Normandy for a long time. As if it had been waiting for him, he found a house in the heart of the region’s Pays d’Auge, near the town of Lisieux. The five-hectare (12-acre) estate was surrounded by meadows and apple trees. He discovered presses in the property’s outbuildings that could be revved up to produce cider. It was a house dedicated to its site and the countryside
