Inspiration | Country Living UK
A couple weeks ago I got an email picture from my good friend, Holly. We exchange a lot of emails {grammatically incorrect ones with lots of typos! kindred spirits, I say} about a lot of things that have nothing to do with design, but every once in a while she'll send an email with just a picture and very few words because none are needed. She knows my style very well. Having worked on two design projects together in my home certainly helps! Anyway, typically these emails result in me high tailing it to the store to pick up a copy of whatever magazine she spotted. Once I was out with Jimmy on a date when I got the email and I made him pull in a bookstore before the movie started because I couldn't handle waiting till the next day to see the home. {for the record, I blogged about that home here...}
Well, it took me a few weeks to find the magazine. A couple days ago Andrew and I stopped at a bookstore after lunch and there was the magazine, front and center on the rack. I believe it was saying "you-hoo, Tessa darling, here I am." And just look what else was in the same issue...
I recognized several Laura Ashley fabrics before I even read the article. I've blogged about my love for her old fabrics and gorgeous design catalogues here and here. The Laura Ashley of today is sadly not the same anymore. When Jimmy and I lived in our first apartment together in Boston I used to walk to the huge Back Bay Laura Ashley store and spend HOURS daydreaming how I would someday decorate our first home and the combinations of fabrics I would use. Anyway, after staring at this cozy cottage for a bit I read the article, and low and behold, the owner is a former Laura Ashley visual merchandiser. And you should see the stockpile of fabrics she has just waiting to be used.
I can picture myself here so easily. There are more photos of this home in the March British edition of Country Living. If you can get your hands on a copy, do. Have a lovely weekend!!
Most recently, it was this image...
Of course I loved it. For its open shelves that are delightfully un-styled, for the linen skirt hanging from the counter, for the muted and neutral color palette perfect for a kitchen. Yep. Love. Just looking at it makes me want to bake a pie.
Well, it took me a few weeks to find the magazine. A couple days ago Andrew and I stopped at a bookstore after lunch and there was the magazine, front and center on the rack. I believe it was saying "you-hoo, Tessa darling, here I am." And just look what else was in the same issue...
A C-H-A-R-M-I-N-G stone cottage in Cornwall!
I can picture myself here so easily. There are more photos of this home in the March British edition of Country Living. If you can get your hands on a copy, do. Have a lovely weekend!!