Homes & Gardens

JOIE DE VIVRE

Once the home of a French film star, this grand art deco villa with its striking pink facade in the south of France was the epitome of faded glory when bought by the present owners.

They commissioned Cave Interiors, who had worked on their London project, to restore it to its previous splendour. ‘It was very much about renovating and bringing it back to what it would’ve been in its

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