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Les Vieilles Cles

• 02 July 2009

It's been an adjustment getting used to a set of keys that look hundreds of years old. I took a step back the first time I had to lock up La Maisonette with these antiques. But, the real turning point was for me was pulling up to a modern mini-Home-Depot-type store and seeing the key maker's sizable wall of similar-looking keys. It was one of those "yes, I am truly in France" kind of moments. This is not anything like the little key-making kiosk I visit in the parking lot of my local Sears!


9 comments:

  1. love the keys—and so many of them that look alike! it's fun as always to hear of your adventures with the house in france...

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  2. I remember those yellow and green plastic tag things. Ah, France.

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  3. I LOVE skeleton keys! My grandparents' house keys looked like that and the interior doors in my house require them, but I'm sure they were lost somewhere along the house's 100+ year history (a mere babe next to yours!). It would be fun to find replacement keys!

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  4. OK, that's about one of the coolest things I have ever seen!

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  5. love the keys, but really love the pictures from your daughter. How can a school look so picturesque?!

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  6. that's my kind of key kiosk! I just adore skeleton keys. They actually were the inspiration for the escort tags at our wedding. How fun that you have skeleton keys to your door, Stephanie!

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  7. Hi. I've peeked in on your life ever since you posted on Design Mom.

    When I first moved to England I had the same reaction to the keys the letting agent gave us. When I traveled back to the States, I made sure to take my key ring along to show my parents. . .life in an old country has a precious charm.

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  8. It is amazing how many little things are different....the same purpose as at home, but different in every other way!

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