Touring the House

Time to continue with our tour of Monet's home and garden. These pictures were taken the last week of June 2002. That summer was unusually hot in Europe. We were told that the flowers in the garden were in bloom ahead of their usual schedule.

There is a large bed of geraniums in front of the house.

Flowering vines and climbing roses cover much of the facade of the house.

Oriental porcelain jars, overflowing with hydrangeas, sit on the porch.

While the gardens are a riot of color, the inside of Monet's home was quite surprising. The interior spaces were colorful, but each room was decorated in what could be called almost monochromatic. Rather than try to explain I will let you see for yourselves.

Oops, I forgot what this room is. Sorry.

Monet's bedroom

Looking out the bedroom windows onto the gardens.

This is the living room. If you look you will notice paintings on all the walls.
Monet was a collector of Japanese woodcuts. They hang all over his home.

The library, I think.

His yellow dining room.

The kitchen with its famous blue Delft tiles.

No photography is allowed inside the home. They do sell postcards of the interiors. Unfortunately, I only bought two. I have spent the last week or so scouring the internet for interior shots. Take my word...there aren't any. I found a few pictures which I used for the tour, but they are also from postcards. I have done a little research trying to learn more about the unusual way the inside of the home is decorated. No luck.

If you care to read more about Monet's Japanese prints, then you will enjoy this website.

Tomorrow we will tour the Japanese garden and see the famous green bridge that is featured in so many of the artist's paintings.