Innholdsfortegnelse for 2nd issue 2025 i Jeanne d'Arc Living English Edition

We’d love to welcome you! We offer you lots of inspiration, tips and tricks from the wonderful world of flowers. Both indoor and outdoor. Follow us on Insta We share our ideas on DIY projects, including anything from fantastic interior design solutions to cozy, small projects that you can easily try out at home.…

In Jyderup on Zealand in Denmark, the old vicarage has been turned into the coziest farm restaurant and lifestyle store. Pia and Lasse run this place. Surrounded by historical buildings with timber framing and a charming thatched roof, the couple has created an intimate place to gather, offering homemade food made from scratch with lots of love and only the best local ingredients. Both Lasse and Pia used to work as teachers. The vicarage wasn’t new to them. Lasse spent his childhood here because his father was the last priest to live here. This beautiful four-winged farm from 1808 was used as a vicarage until 2016 when the couple and their four children moved in. Slowly but surely, they renovated and turned the old, neglected buildings into this wonderful place.…

As an adult, Cécile lived a more traditional life. For 11 years, she worked with elderly people during their last months of life, and with their families. This experience influenced Cécile a lot at a personal level, teaching her about life and about herself. Her life was full of surprises, and one day, the illness fibromyalgia knocked on her door. It forced her to stop working. Following a difficult period in her life, Cécile decided to consider her illness a new beginning and a chance to follow her passion for drawing, and that’s how Kassilya Art was established – her creative alter ego, inspired by her name, Cécile (Caecilia). She offered to draw personal animal portraits to immortalize pets and celebrate them in a unique way. Cécile loves animals and…

Beet carpaccio with pear and roasted chickpeas Spoil yourself with this delicious salad composition! It’s a great taste experience full of sweet, crunchy and earthy aromas. 1 big beet1 pear2 tbsp olive oil2 tbsp lemon juiceSalt and pepper3.5 oz (100 g) pre-cooked chickpeasGarnish: a couple of corn salat leaves Peel the beet and finely slice it using a vegetable slicer. Arrange the slices on a big plate. Cut the pear in half, remove the core and finely slice it. Push the pear slices in between the beet slices. Prepare a marinade with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper, and pour it on top of the carpaccio. Roast the chickpeas until they turn nice and crisp in a pre-heated oven at 392°F (200°C) (fan-assisted oven) for approx. 10 minutes, then…

In her former store, Ramona has this big flower room. It was a dream come true. A room for her flowers – all year round. "Here I’ve lived out a dream, just as I had always imagined it", she says. In spring, she uses the room to sow her small "flower babies" and this is where her flower bulbs pre-sprout. This is a place for contemplation, creativity and dreams. From this room, you can walk straight into the garden where you might meet the ducks or the cat, Chanel, who follows Ramona everywhere she goes. This room is Chanel’s favorite place to be. The room also offers plenty of space for Ramona’s collections, including all her terracotta pots. She got them from an old garden center and all the other…

At this time of the year, the last cold winter wind slowly turns into spring, and it’s a time of joyful anticipation. This is when nature wakes up again. Many of us start longing for more light and higher temperatures, following too many months of darkness and cold – at least in our part of the world. I can hardly wait for spring to finally arrive. Until it does, I spend time planning and dreaming of spring in this edition of the magazine which we have filled with plenty of inspiration for spring. By this time, many of us have established some nice Easter traditions involving get-togethers with friends and family. For this reason, we’ve collected some simple and beautiful ideas on how to bring nature into your home and…

This time of the year has a special feel to it. Lay the table for the first outdoor lunch beneath a blossoming cherry plum tree. If you don’t have such a tree in your garden, prepare a picnic and go on a day trip. Tine did that, and she found lots of evocative blossoming trees along the way. Tine has recreated the beauty of spring in some simple but very beautiful arrangements, using a selection of blooming twigs and branches in old French clay jugs and wonderful boxes. These items add a rustic and simple backdrop for the blossoming twigs. Small decorations with pansies, fritillaries and snowdrops supplement the other decoration items to create an atmosphere which is both natural and slightly "wild" – we love it!…

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE 2 tbsp honey1.7 oz (50 g) dark chocolate10.5 oz (300 g) silken tofu (find out what to do on page 78)Roasted almonds to garnish (optional) Melt the chocolate in a water bath or in the microwave oven. Blend melted chocolate, honey and silken tofu until the mixture turns nice and smooth. Arrange the mousse in small bowls and leave them in the fridge until you’re ready to serve them. You might want to garnish your mousse with roasted almonds right before serving it. SILKEN TOFU 7 oz (2½ dl) dried soy beans15 fl oz (5 dl) water for soaking overnight30 fl oz (10 dl) water for soy milk1½ tsp calcium sulphate Pour the dried soy beans into a bowl full of water and leave them to soak overnight…

Classic filled chocolate Easter eggs add a sense of festivity and indulgence at Easter. Making them is a cozy and easy activity. Make some for yourself or as a small present for one of your dear ones. Scan the QR code to watch a video and find out how to make these treats. Lemon cake with Easter eggs Cake:5.2 oz (150 g) sugar3 eggs5.2 oz (150 g) grated marzipan5.2 oz (150 g) melted butter3 fl oz (1 dl) lemon juice + zest (go for an organic lemon)3.5 oz (100 g) wheat flour1 tsp baking powder¼ tsp salt Lemon syrup:1.5 fl oz (½ dl) lemon juice1.7 oz (50 g) sugar Lemon icing:1.5 fl oz (½ dl) lemon juice5.2-7 oz (150-200 g)confectioner’s sugar Garnish:3.5 oz (100 g) small sugarcoatedchocolate Easter eggs Whisk…

Finally, we can enjoy ourselves on the glass veranda at the torp again, and I decorate the windowsills with yellow daffodils and twigs. This is such a wonderful place to be and whenever I’m lucky enough to be here, I often enjoy a cup of hot chocolate with Swedish cinnamon buns and Easter candy. I’ve found some old vintage Easter cards and I use them as decoration items because they’re just so simple and beautiful. Make a small nest out of dried grass. Use a glue gun to glue small quail eggs onto the bottom of the nest and adorn it with spring twigs and small fresh flowers. You can remove the flowers when they wither and add new ones. You don’t always need much to create a nice Easter…

Eleonore Dohmen has been living in this house from 1943 for 26 years along with her husband, Michel Hendriks. Their two children have already flown the nest. Eleonore has two big passions: flowers and antiques, and that’s why the couple has set up a store on the lower floor of their house where she sells these items. "We immediately fell in love with the house, particularly with the store. We’ve done a bit of renovation work, including electricity, the bathroom and the kitchen, but we also wanted to preserve the former atmosphere – especially because I sell antiques and flowers." Eleonore grew up living with her parents in a small castle. She has still got a glass cupboard from her childhood which has a special meaning to her. The cupboard…

Sharing a meal is one of Eglantine’s favorite pastimes. When the food is presented with love, the meal turns into so much more than just food – it becomes an experience that tickles your senses and creates a sense of intimacy. When Eglantine was a child, she used to visit her grandmother, Mamie Jeanne, in her house in La Chatre in France, and her grandmother would spoil her with plenty of good food. During these visits, Eglantine had two favorite pastimes: one of them was watching her grandmother cook wonderful food, the other was to go explore in the big loft in her grandparents’ house. Looking at all those old things from former times and listening to the stories being told about those items, involving her father and his seven…

Marly and Wiel Geurts run a big antiques store based on an interesting and alternative concept: everything is up for sale – including the items in their private home. Obviously, there are a few exceptions, but their approach is that when something is sold, they’ve got space for something else. The couple lives on a farm from 1863 in Broekhuizenvorst, a small village in southern Holland, along with their two labradors, ZAZ and Merlot. They bought this four-winged farm with a big garden, courtyard, stables and a cowbarn back in 1997, wanting to extend. Their business started out as a hobby next to their full-time jobs, but soon the antiques began to take up more and more time. Marly wanted a job with challenges and a new concept where people…

The symbols of Easter Birds symbolize spring and tell us that nature is about to wake up after the winter. Along with the innocence of the lamb and the fertility and vitality of the hare, they create a sense of hope, renewal and new life at Easter. Tip If you don’t have any straw, you can often buy straw wreaths at the florist’s or in a DIY store, and then you just cut it. You can also use rabbit straw from the pet store. A simple trick for the table A couple of quail eggs, a bit of straw and a nice, old coffee cup from your cabinet is all you need to lay a nice table. Making small arrangements that’ll add new life to your windowsill or a sideboard…