| Home and Garden Furniture | | | | wood. Local adverts will help you to find some furniture |
| Tastes differ and this is the main reason why people | | | | pieces that might be ideal for you. If you are buying |
| try to search for unfurnished accommodations. | | | | second hand furniture in France be provident and |
| Especially when you have already made up your mind | | | | check carefully for woodworm and other termites. |
| to purchase a house in France, to be more exact, in | | | | If you make plans not to grant it on lease you might |
| Brittany or in the mid Pyrenees one stands a better | | | | have an idea to fill your home with beautiful modern, |
| chance to find new houses unfurnished. No matter | | | | light, furniture there are plenty of shops to choose |
| what is the finite chain of your purchase is; either the | | | | from. You can visit local French furniture stores or |
| house is going to become your home or it will be a | | | | worldwide ones which are available in Brittany. You |
| holiday house it is a good idea to keep it looking | | | | can buy beautiful French dressers here, and usually |
| ‘French’ rather than ‘English’. If you | | | | people have one of these in their maison commonly in |
| decided to make a holiday home and grant it on lease | | | | their kitchen. They are just ideal for storing everything |
| when you are not in France as a holiday Gite | | | | and in addition, if they are in the old Breton style, they |
| (furnished holiday house in France, typically in a rural | | | | have a lot of carving in their design often telling a story. |
| district), you should think about the local colour. Tourists | | | | A lot of the shops also offer a made to measure |
| expect from their holiday home a friendly French | | | | service so take your measurements into them and let |
| atmosphere. Living there they would like to plunge into | | | | them do the hard work for you. If your French isn’t |
| the country’s culture and traditions. They won’t | | | | great it might be a good idea to take along a French |
| want to come to France and rent a French Gite fitted | | | | friend with you as you won’t have any come back |
| out in English MFI, will they? | | | | if you translate something wrong. |
| Ease of access | | | | Some more advice |
| It is very convenient that there is no need to go far in | | | | If you are selling your house in the UK to move to your |
| order to find something appropriate for your new | | | | new home in France then you will probably want to |
| house. Visiting your local Brocantes can make it | | | | bring your furniture to France with you. In this case you |
| possible for you to settle a bargain and purchase | | | | will have to shop around to find a reputable removal |
| plenty of old nice French things including furniture and | | | | company who offers overseas services to its clients. |
| other necessary items. | | | | If you don’t have any French friends and nobody is |
| Moreover many brocante owners can turn out to be | | | | to help you to get the things right, you can always hire |
| Englishmen so you won’t have to worry about the | | | | someone to take with you. There are many services |
| language if you are new to France. As for French | | | | that offer translation and will go with you to sort out |
| furniture it is important to mention that it is rather dark | | | | situations like this. |
| so you might want to mix it a little with some lighter | | | | |