The classic half-timbered house in Normandy that interior designer Pierre-Marie Couturier calls home conceals behind its traditional exterior an extraordinary and eclectic collection of objects and furniture. Obsessed with the writing and the persona of the Danish novelist Karen Blixen, Couturier's home is a homage to her life in Africa with the stuffed heads of zebra and antelope staring down from the walls, ostrich eggs used as newels on the staircase and floors covered in animal skinsmore »

The classic half-timbered house in Normandy that interior designer Pierre-Marie Couturier calls home conceals behind its traditional exterior an extraordinary and eclectic collection of objects and furniture. Obsessed with the writing and the persona of the Danish novelist Karen Blixen, Couturier's home is a homage to her life in Africa with the stuffed heads of zebra and antelope staring down from the walls, ostrich eggs used as newels on the staircase and floors covered in animal skins

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