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Comments (25)Luvs...lol... I'll share my - Tarpin Springs - memory.. I was there with DH and my two BILs and SILs.. We were looking around one of the shops, when all of a sudden I had the 'urge' to go to the BR..and knowing my history..they all started to taunt me..rather than help me find a BR. I stopped to ask this little old lady, who looked like she worked in the store. I didn't realize she was a little senile. She gave me this big smile and hug, and started talking to me, like she knew me. I didn't want to be rude and brush her off, so I smiled politely and listened. Then I started doing a my 'wiggle' dance. As she rambled on, I noticed in the background, my BILs..making faces and mimicking my 'wiggle dance'. Of course, this made me start to laugh uncontrolably..which, of course led me to ...You guessed it. So there went my SILs, running around finding clothes to buy for me to change into!! (by the way the little old lady was the owner's mother)... Funny, how I 'connect' my trips to these 'Special Events'.. I don't do well on trips!! ... lol jane...See MoreDoes anyone else like English country style?
Comments (72)emagineer - This is from the blog Cote de Texas that I provided a link to in my post. Since it's been all about "Something's Gotta Give" I thought that Nancy Meyers' follow up movie "The Holiday" needed a closer look. Just as the star of Something's Gotta Give was the Hamptons house itself, the star of the "The Holiday" wasn't really Cameron Diaz or Kate Winslet, but their two homes, one in Los Angeles and one in the English Countryside, respectively. And in another connection between the two movies, the production team was led Jon Hutman - but Beth Rubino, so wonderful on the set of SGG, was absent for The Holiday. And just as with Something's Gotta Give, Nancy Meyers' personal interior designer has photos of "The Holiday" houses on his web site, but he is not mentioned in the film credits. The Holiday, coming so soon after Something's Gotta Give received a lot of prepublicity hype concerning its premise: two women swap houses for the Christmas vacation and both find love. For lovers of the SGG house, a new Nancy Meyers movie about TWO houses was almost too good to be true ! Jim...See MoreFrench/English country, French/English cottage, cottage, shabby chic
Comments (26)I just wanted to chime in to say that I've seen pictures of homes with doors and window sashes that are unpainted wood paired with trim work that is painted, and I thought it looked beautiful. Basically, anything that opened/closed/moved was unpainted wood, and the rest was painted. So that's something to consider as an option. I wished I'd thought of that option before we went with all wood trim and doors in our main floor living areas and all painted trim and doors upstairs (bedrooms, bathrooms, and laundry room). We have lots of stained wood (trim, doors, built-ins, etc.) on our main floor, so I understand the challenges of decorating around it and finding colors that work with it. But when you find the right colors to bring out the best in your wood AND give you the vibe you want, it's worth the challenge. There were times (after spending too much time looking at trendy design magazines or web sites) when I second guessed our decision to go with so much wood, but I've come to love it more over the years because of its character and richness. I grew up in a house that had unpainted fir paneled walls in every room (even the bathroom, though the walls in there were varnished), so for a long time I just longed for light, bright, painted walls. After having those for years living on my own, I guess I finally came around to appreciating natural wood again....See MoreOne more thread on English decorating: Lulu Lytle's incredible house
Comments (39)It must take a great deal of thought and imagination to put an interior like this together. And often money, to be honest. There's a lot of top-notch fabric, wallpaper, and workmanship (the Soane Britain items), plus antiques -- like Syrie Maugham's bergere chairs, which are likely originally from Maison Jansen, and textiles from a Chatsworth House auction -- and items acquired by travelling (she and her family summer often in Turkey), in that flat : ) . But the imagination is a huge part of the equation, and that reminds me of Ingrid's comment on the other thread (homes with soul) about "imaginative interiors". Lulu's house definitely has soul. I love the kitchen and her bedroom. The pink bed is in her daughter Bunny's room. For anyone who's a fan of architect and designer Ben Pentreath and/or his husband gardener Charlie McCormick, it was Lulu Lytle who introduced them. And her house is featured in BP's "English Houses" book, which is where the photos Susanna Salk used in the Quintessence post came from; you can see some of the pages featuring her house in this blog post, https://www.pentreath-hall.com/inspiration/2016/09/25/pictures-not-words-2/ Also, some more pictures here, including the kitchen before she had the cabinets painted raspberry, https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/luxury/interiors/at-home-with-soane-britain-founder-lulu-lytle-a-global-treasure-trove-of-textiles-paintings-maps-and-a100921.html And an Architectural Digest article focusing on fabrics in the home, written and photographed beautifully by the amazing Miguel Flores-Vianna, https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/soane-britain-lulu-lytle-home-visit...See MoreRita / Bring Back Sophie 4 Real
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