Powder room with dog theme just got its final touch (from France!)
Beagles and I were working on dog theme rooms at the same time without knowing it. My three 'kids' are very special to me, so I wanted to bring in a variety of dog items, starting with the beautiful Spode plates that a wonderful friend gave me for Christmas.
You've seen some of these before, but here is the crowning glory, from Perriers-en-Beauficel, France, a commune in the Manche ‘department’ in
Normandy. That’s from Wiki, where it says the population was 227 in 2006,
and it’s 3.59 sq. miles.
This is what it
says, if you’re not able to read it from the pics -
Content to lie at quiet ease
In fireside glow or sunny spot
Or scamper round
With joyous sound
To join the fun of those around
He’ll scratch the door
And whine for me
And go with me he cares not where.
Close-up - the small antique book is titled 'Naughty Puppies'. :-) The brass letter holder next to it is from from England. The brass bell on the leather strap was used by my late dad when he hunted with his Brittanys.
I bought my house in 1986, and 2 of my dogs are Brittanys, so this vintage mug was a huge find for me. Note also the brass dog with the duck in its mouth from Etsy.
Top of medicine cabinet
Spode plates, antique painting of a Brittany, brass dog bookends and antique porcelain lined humidor, engraved 'PRESENTED TO MR. & MRS. SIMPSON, BY HIS FELLOW WORKERS ON HIS RETIREMENT, DEC. 1921.'
Antique Terrier iron door stop that I've had for ages.
Needlepoint Brittany head that I have also had for a long time. So happy that my dogs are together!
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7 years agotorrykm, I would LOVE to have a Boykin Spaniel.
I have admired Babar, a Boykin mix on Petfinder
for ages, but he's in WA and I'm 3k miles away in Maine and they require a home visit. They rarely appear on Petfinder, but I keep looking!
Beagles - Isn't that plaque great? I swooned when I saw it. It is an antique, and the only one I have ever seen. There is no manufacturer info anywhere on it, just an old pressed wood back. When it arrived yesterday, I Googled the saying on it, and found 2 occurrences, but they have both been sold. This one on WorthPoint is a bit different, but very nice. It sold in the UK on eBay in 2013.
The other one was on One Kings Lane and it was also from the UK.
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7 years agoThanks so much, fellow animal lovers! You MAY think I've gone around the bend when you see the wallpaper that I will probably use for the upstairs bathroom - Thibaut 'Pedigree'
I ordered some samples and taped them to the closet in that bathroom - top left is green on tan, then red on cream, blue on cream and black on brown. There is also a black on cream, but I didn't order a sample, as I felt I could picture that one. Cast your votes! :-)
The bathroom has had this green Thibaut Paysannerie for years and I'm ready for a change.
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7 years agoWell, hamamelis, you and 'justerrilynn' above WIN. All of the colors are nice, but a few other cyber friends voted for the 'Black on Brown'. I ran upstairs and took it off the closet door and held it up by the mirror, and it was quite striking.
Plus, I wouldn't have believed this possible, but I seem to have a new appreciation for neutrals, as shown in the powder room above, which looked like THIS before I painted and changed the decor.
Before I ordered the wallpaper, I wanted to look in my fabric stash to see if I had any fabrics on hand to make a window treatment with, and that sealed the decision. :-)
I know that my pic below doesn't show the true colors, but for summer, the linen check on the right is great with it, and the center fabric at bottom, P Kaufmann Colburn Check in 'charcoal', and the black and cream one on the right would be great for winter - like a cozy flannel shirt! The stripe at top is also good, but quite heavy, so I'll save that for something else.
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