The term French provincial originates from Provence in the south of France and relates to the lifestyle, furniture, design, gastronomy, agriculture, and people of this region.

Nowadays French provincial has become recognised as a lifestyle and is being accepted and adapted the world over, through embracing local produce, hand crafted workmanship and a community lifestyle. What is so magical, and what has enthralled so many people about the French Provincial style of life is best explained by describing the south of France. Romantics claim that there is a point when entering Provence when the light visibly changes, the air becomes warmer, and your senses are enveloped by the scents of lavender, rosemary and pine. The French provincial is not just a lifestyle or type of furniture, rather a state of mind, a place where one can escape the daily grind, and relax surrounded by the passing aromas.

This lifestyle can be recognized by its embracing and welcoming nature, as its roots are so multicultural, with French, Italian, Spanish, Moorish and Islamic influences found.

The style of hand crafted furniture and colours inspired by the landscape has captured the minds of so many people, from the Palaces of Louis XV and XVI in the 18th Century, to the easels of the 19th Century painters, subsequently inspiring the Impressionist era.