168: French Everyday Living with Author & Blogger Sharon Santoni

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #168

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A returning guest to the podcast, author and blogger Sharon Santoni joins me to talk about her new book My French Country Home: Entertaining Through the Seasons. Her book offers a beautiful glimpse into her everyday life as readers will discover inspiration for each season as they go about hosting formal and casual gatherings, using what the yard and market give them, all the while being present and savoring the everyday. From ideas for the hostess/host to shifting into appreciating the everyday simple luxuries rather than brushing them aside, we had a lovely conversation that is full of ideas and inspiration as well as a a more intimate understanding of the life so many readers have come to love and appreciate that is Sharon Santoni's. In the above photos, meet Gibson and Ghetto (on her lap) on her property in the country as well as the front yard and entry to her French country home. Sharon Santoni's new book My French Country Home: Entertaining Through the Seasons (released August 8, 2017) Visit Sharon's blog My French Country Home Learn more about subscribing to receive seasonal French artisan goods with My Stylish French Box here (view some pictures below as well) Follow Sharon and discover her everyday life in the countryside of France:

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~Listen to my first interview with Sharon Santoni in 2015, Episode #96 - Everyday Living in France: My Interview with Sharon Santoni

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0:00.0	Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.
0:16.2	I'm your host, Shannon Ables.
0:18.8	And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a
0:25.0	cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 168th episode of a simple
0:47.7	Sophisticate and we are in the heart of this year's French week here on the podcast and on the blog and I am so excited to
0:56.8	welcome back to the podcast Sharon Santoni. She is as many of you know, an author and blogger who resides in France.
1:06.8	And today she's joining me to talk about her new book.
1:10.1	I had such a wonderful time talking with her and I think you will thoroughly enjoy what she has to share.
1:15.2	Let's get right to the interview. My guest today is returning to the Simple Sophistica
1:20.7	podcast and joins us from her country home in Northern France.
1:24.8	Blogger and author of my French country home, Sharon Santoni's new book, takes readers into
1:30.1	the home readers have come to enjoy seeing on both her blog as well as
1:34.5	Instagram. Welcome back Sharon. Thank you so much for having me back. Thank you Shannon
1:40.0	I'm thrilled. I enjoyed it first time and I'm looking forward to this one.
1:43.4	Well I'm happy to have you back and your new book of the same name as your blog
1:48.8	my French country home with the subtitle Entertaining Through the Seasons was just released this past week and one of the things that I love about it
1:57.6	is while your first book my stylish French girlfriends took us into the lives and homes of your girlfriends, this book takes
2:04.6	readers into your life and your home. What inspired you to open your doors to your
2:09.5	readers and let us see a more intimate glimpse into how you live.
2:13.7	Well, I won't hide from you that wasn't a very easy step for me because since I started the
2:19.2	blog seven years ago, I have been fairly private about our house, about the inside of our house at least.
2:28.7	And that was because when I started the blog the children were still living at home and it was actually
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