Holidays could be really transformative, as Anouck Leclercq and Jean-Baptiste Oger each properly know. In 2021, the French couple booked a visit to Lanzarote within the Canary Islands that absolutely modified their lives. After 10 days of dwelling outdoor, in tune with nature, and visiting ceramic workshops and homes designed by the Spanish artist, architect, sculptor and activist César Manrique, whose ecological imaginative and prescient resonated with their very own, they felt as if that they had had a “full reset.” They needed to reinvent themselves, and on their flight residence hatched an concept that quickly grew to become actuality. “Anouck rapidly left her job,” explains Jean-Baptiste. “In November of the identical 12 months, we signed Maison Légère, and in December we created Superchinerie. The reset of our life had begun.”
Sitting atop a hill within the Perche Sarthois area of France, Maison Légère enjoys views of the rolling countryside. “It was love at first sight,” the couple says. And as an “added further, there have been already two donkeys dwelling right here, which we needed to undertake, so we took that as an indication.”
On the time, the couple have been searching for an escape inside two hours of Paris. As we speak, they divide their time between fast-paced life within the Haut Marais district and the gradual seclusion of their Perche Sarthois residence: “It’s the mixture that provides us stability,” they are saying. After three years’ self-renovation, alongside the event of their secondhand tableware enterprise, the couple really feel lighter and happier.
Earlier this 12 months, Maison Légère opened its doorways as a quiet, eco-conscious trip rental, sleeping seven, to permit others to modify off, to decelerate and to reconnect to nature—to the important issues in life, in truth.
Let’s take a look at their re-imagined residence and vacation lodging in additional element.
Pictures by Elodie Gutbrod, Leger Saint Mahr and Nathalie Mohadjer, courtesy of Maison Légère.
