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French website The Socialite Family chronicles how the \u201csmart and cool\u201d\u2014and privileged\u2014live in Europe. This is not the realm of inherited chateaus but of modernist taste applied to old Paris apartments and hipster vacation huts. One fave TSL fixation falls in the latter camp: British kids\u2019-wear designer Louisa Rowland\u2019s vacation cabane<\/em> in Cap Ferret.<\/p>\n

Not to be confused with glam Cap Ferrat on the Riviera, Cap Ferret due west of Bordeaux, is known as the Cape Cod of France. Situated on a piney 11-mile-long spit that runs between the Atlantic and Arcachon Bay, the beach enclave is a stylishly laid-back nature escape that attracts creative types. Join us for a glimpse inside one of its down-home-luxe cabins.<\/p>\n

Photography by Constance Gennari, courtesy of The Socialite Family.<\/p>\n


Above: Rowland and family\u2014her husband is a cameraman and they have twins, Hardy and Elodie\u2014live in London, where she runs her unisex kids\u2019 clothing line ABC123me. But every vacation in the warm months, they head to Cap Ferret. Home for them there is one of the area\u2019s coveted Bartherotte cabins, which the Socialite Family describes as \u201ca sort of hut with a grandiloquent frame.\u201d <\/p>\n

The interior is all about wood. Rowland furnished the living area with inviting upholstered pieces, Welsh throws, and midcentury designs. \u201cMy style is eclectic, textured, rich and colorful with very strong influences from my travel, my childhood in Mexico, and my husband\u2019s Indian heritage,\u201d she told the Socialite Family. Rowland grew up mostly in London but attended a lyc\u00e9e, and she and her children speak French at home. Fashion runs in her genes: Her sister Anda runs the family\u2019s Savile Row tailor shop, Anderson & Sheppard.<\/p>\n


Above: A midcentury credenza is topped by a vintage lamp.,<\/p>\n

Inspired by the area\u2019s oystermen\u2019s shacks, the first of these Craftsman houses was built in the early 1980s by French businessman and local activist Benoit Bartherotte for his own family. He went on to create an enclave, and his sons Hadrien and Martin now run Cabanes Bartherotte & Fr\u00e8res, specializing in what they call \u201cmade-to-measure, ecological\u201d cabins. Working with a crew of local specialists, they build no more than four to five houses a year and say, \u201cWe are close to haute couture.\u201d See the Socialite Family\u2019s post Hadrien Bartherotte, a Force of Nature.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n


Above: As in all Bartherotte cabins, just about everything is made of the area\u2019s pine and other woods. The kitchen appliances include a Miele Pureline Series Wall Oven.
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Above: The twins\u2019 beds have Mexican embroidered bedspreads. L\u2019Aviva Home offers similar Mexican Otomi Coverlets and Duvets starting at $615. <\/p>\n


Above: There are three baths; this one has an industrial-style sink unit and exposed piping. (For more faucets like this one, see Trend Alert: 10 DIY Faucets Made from Plumbing Parts.),

Above: The wood construction extends to the Japanese-style family bathtub. Note the simple square tiles with dark grout applied to both the floor and the partial wall that divides the bathroom from the sink area.
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Above: Bartherotte cabins are all about terrace living. <\/p>\n

Louisa says she surfs in the mornings and caps off each day with a swim: \u201cWhile the house is in the forest, the beach is at the end of our lane and the village is a two-minute walk away.\u201d<\/p>\n


Above: The house has a small pool and an outdoor sofa\/daybed layered with cushions that Rowland made from vintage fabrics sourced online. <\/p>\n

Go to The Socialite Family to see more and to read about Rowland\u2019s favorite hangouts in Cap Ferret. The cabin is available to rent from local real estate agency Jane.<\/p>\n

N.B.: This post is an update; the original ran February 14, 2018.<\/p>\n

Here are three more standout rustic-luxe houses:<\/p>\n