Maison des Fleurs
On the approach, the house has the appearance of a centuries-old French chateau, complete with a steep cedar-shingled roof, buckets of blooming flowers, and a pebble drive flanked by stonework bearing a plaque that’s engraved with its name.
But in the back of the property, Maison des Fleurs—the House of Flowers—shows another international influence: the homeowners’ childhoods in South Africa, where the moderate climate translates to little use of air conditioning and windows and doors that
