Friday, 21 January 2011

A Quick Peek At My Humble Flat.

Given its Friday I thought I'd switch things up a bit and add a few photos of my own flat.  We found this place in early June of last year and moved in mid July. Situated in a picturesque little market village, our flat is the first floor of a converted Georgian Terrace built between 1819 and 1831. I know its a little sparse in terms of furnishings and decor, but these things take time. Introducing ones self to a place, finding a style that reflects not only you but your partner, getting to know the personality of the flat, its quirks and hidden gems, is like an on going conversation.  I still love coming home, and every time we find an item for the flat, be it an old glass bottle, a vintage postcard, or a porcelain rhino head, the place becomes more and more a reflection of us. We are still on the hunt for a coffee table, an arm chair and some shelving for all our books but as my mother often says "it is the hunt that makes it fun!". Hope you enjoy!

Rhino and some hat moulds on our bedroom window sill 

A collection of chotskies on my bedroom dresser

Vintage leather suitcases given to me by my mother for Christmas,
 made the journey back to the UK safe and sound!

Spare room fireplace mantel, cloggs in the hearth from my childhood,
 poppy print from famed Paris museum Deyrolle

Old dark room enamel mixing tray now used as fruit bowl
 and a bread box that was lovingly sent in two care packages from Canada

Vintage totem pole salt and pepper shakers from Vancouver,
 along side our ever growing cork collection....

View from our terrace, a meadow with two ponies and a donkey,
 my first friends in town.

Living room marble mantel

Living room mantel

Wooden carved animals from India, Shell casing from Brancaster Beach,
 cloggs from Volendam

Our new, much loved sofa! Perfect in every way!

Ostrich eggs in wooden bowl

Bedside table found second hand, paid £15,
 it is a before and after project in the making


Our new bed!
Our hallway with Percy the Rhino, and our expanding photo gallery

built in kitchen cabinet with hideous polka dot pink wall paper-
 currently on the hunt for a simple Japanese cherry blossom print

Ed's table and chairs shipped all the way from Canada.....

3 comments:

  1. Nice to see your place Becca - looks great!

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  2. Wow becca
    looks fantastic!!
    i can't WAIT to see it in person :D
    p.s after my visit you'll need a bigger vase to put your corks in
    ah hah ah hah
    shall we say...your vaseth will over-floweth??

    p.s.s that pillow on your bed is FENOM

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  3. ooo! and i really love all the yellow flowers, but especially those cute little bally ones ontop of the mantel piece in the blue jar

    what are those??

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