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!
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| Rhino and some hat moulds on our bedroom window sill |
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| A collection of chotskies on my bedroom dresser |
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Vintage leather suitcases given to me by my mother for Christmas,
made the journey back to the UK safe and sound! |
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Spare room fireplace mantel, cloggs in the hearth from my childhood,
poppy print from famed Paris museum Deyrolle |
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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 |
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Vintage totem pole salt and pepper shakers from Vancouver,
along side our ever growing cork collection.... |
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View from our terrace, a meadow with two ponies and a donkey,
my first friends in town. |
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| Living room marble mantel |
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| Living room mantel |
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Wooden carved animals from India, Shell casing from Brancaster Beach,
cloggs from Volendam |
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| Our new, much loved sofa! Perfect in every way! |
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| Ostrich eggs in wooden bowl |
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Bedside table found second hand, paid £15,
it is a before and after project in the making |
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| Our new bed! |
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| Our hallway with Percy the Rhino, and our expanding photo gallery |
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built in kitchen cabinet with hideous polka dot pink wall paper-
currently on the hunt for a simple Japanese cherry blossom print |
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| Ed's table and chairs shipped all the way from Canada..... |
Nice to see your place Becca - looks great!
ReplyDeleteWow becca
ReplyDeletelooks 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
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
ReplyDeletewhat are those??