18th Century English Room

Image credit- Country Living18th Century English RoomThe seventeenth and eighteenth centuries witnessed a remarkable transformation of daily life and domestic decoration in England due to availabilty of products & materials thanks to international trade coming in from continental Europe, the Far East, and North America. Italian Renaissance gave shape to interior design although England was far behind the rest of the world after HenryVIII......

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Drawing Competition Winner

Remember the kids drawing/painting competition to win the kids cooking company starter kit? Well we have a winner. There was some fabulous enteries but there can only be one winner & that was 5 year old Isla Williams who drew this beautiful picture below. Well done Isla xTalking of kids cooking check out my 'Cookery Corner' for this weeks recipe of yummy chocolate brownies. Click the link at the top of the blog to take you there.All Kids Cooking......

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Jo's Fabulous Finds

Its Monday once again & welcome  to the lovely Joanne from House Of Fabulous Finds with her Monday series especially for us, lets see what finds she has for us this week....MARVELOUS, MODERN. SLEEK & SASSYIf I had a choice of bathroom then this would be it, it's so modern isn't it. I was so surprised when I saw where it comes from......wait for it......Tesco's!!!!!!  Yes, the Valencia suite is available from the Tesco finest......

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Perfect Family Kitchen -Diner

Following on from Friday's kitchen swooning here is a beautifully designed open plan kitchen - dining space. I am a big fan of open plan living I dont like being shut away in a kitchen when we have guests & I also love the idea of a space being open so you can interact with the rest of the family. A dining table doubles up as a homework space or art space in our house so being busy in the kitchen with the kids close by is a perfect solution for......

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Kitchen Swooning

I thought today we would have a little nose around some swoon worthy kitchens starting with this beautifully put together traditional style kitchen below. Where to start it has some gorgeous finishing touches. I absolutley love the light fixtures they are a bold yet classy statement. Often in kitchens light fittings are over looked & forgotten about. Yes the most important aspect of lighting is how functional it is & how much light it......

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My New Cookery Corner

This is my gorgeous son Joseph & we have been busy in the kitchen doing some baking. I love to cook with Joe & we decided together we would bring our hobby to a little corner of my blogpage. So I have a created a page 'Cookery Corner' (please see links at top of the page). It's Joe's & my little space where we will share some recipes regularly on things we have baked together. So why not take a little peek now for our delicious......

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Jo's Fabulous Finds

Please welcome my guest writer Jo for our NEW Monday Series 'Jo's Fabulous finds' ....Hello and welcome to ''The House of Fabulous Finds'' cant tell you how excited I am to be here sharing with you all my passion and love for gorgeous things, whether it's interior or my shop of the week to item of the week. I will be blogging on a weekly basis and am thrilled to showing you whats out there, what's new and how you can get your faboulous finds to look......

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Cosy Coffee Shop Moodboard

It's been a little while since I posted a mood board so thought I would leave you for the weekend with one I prepared for a cosy coffee shop. I have a crazy few days ahead so please excuse the lack of posts over the coming days's I am off out tonight for a friends leaving do as she is moving away to Devon next week so think there will be a few tears later & then tomorrow I am off to V Festival in cChelmsford. Among the line up there is Rhiana,......

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Celebrity Homes - Mr & Mrs Smith

Recently Hollywood stars Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith opened the doors to their stunning Malibu home, offering a glimpse into their opulent lifestyle in a glossy feature for Architectural Digest Magazine. Here you can see the smiling couple posing with thier two children Willow & Jaden alongside Will's son Trey. It is the first time the five of them have been pictures together. Lets move on & take a look.The sprawling......

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Stunning Arhitecture

I stumbled across these completely stunning images from architects Pitsou Kedem  of this Jaffa Apartment they designed. It completely blew me away with its stone archways & high ceilings mixed with such contemporary interiors. The mix works beautifully & the apartment is worthy of an award win. Take a peek inside for yourselv......

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I would like to introduce you to a very good friend of mine, the very gorgeous Joanne Sizer......Joanne will be joining my blogpage every Monday as a permanent feature writer. You see Jo has a very good eye for style whether that be interiors or fashion. She studied fashion at college & has a range of talents from art, design & photography & now works as an event stylist for www.shabbychicvintageteaparties.moonfruit.com Jo is often......

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Bath Like A Millionaire

This tranquil haven is part of a $3 Million mansion just take a loving look at the gorgeous marble tiled floors and walls. There is certainly no being squashed in this spacious walk-in shower cubicle is there?. You often see two sinks beside each other but here the basin units are opposite each other instead working as two completely separate spaces.The bath sits at the far end of the room in its own little alcove. The over sized shells work......

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