Christmas in England

Lots of cute ideas for your Christmas decorating in this renovated 19th century cottage in North Yorkshire, England.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_04.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_04.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_00.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_00.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_01.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_01.jpg" /><br />The original fireplace was knocked through to install a double-sided log burner to benefit both sitting rooms.<br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_02.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_02.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_03.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_03.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_06.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_06.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_05.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_05.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_07.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_07.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_08.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/1210sharpe_08.jpg" /><br /><br />By the way, for those of you who've asked, I will certainly be posting more Christmas inspired interiors but you might want to see some previous posts with many lovely ideas. Just click on the words Christmas on the right hand side of this page under the title Labels. There are over 20 posts. Enjoy!<br /><br />Photography by Colin Poole.<br />If you'd like to read the article on this cottage click <a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/readers-homes/readers-homes/extending-cottage">here</a>.<br /><br />And, if you haven't seen this before, here is a cool, easy, craft I found last year which you might like to make.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxYn91VSZvZeQEYfKFI7Uq-SJMjG67xUEgEaIc5CBHkibMMDDWXFVOTY32S3-b3u3egppTCxyRMR4fHuqfcpSAg_fr0zvBjH1p7aIBE9F_Rrb9WtA70yVipwl0NbNZFXZ1oVwiz-6ZnWl/s1600-h/IMG_1306-1.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412395982219254306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxYn91VSZvZeQEYfKFI7Uq-SJMjG67xUEgEaIc5CBHkibMMDDWXFVOTY32S3-b3u3egppTCxyRMR4fHuqfcpSAg_fr0zvBjH1p7aIBE9F_Rrb9WtA70yVipwl0NbNZFXZ1oVwiz-6ZnWl/s576/IMG_1306-1.JPG" style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px;" /></a><br /><br />You can find the instructions for these paper snowflakes <a href="http://cherishedvintage.blogspot.com/2009/12/paper-snowflakes.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Have a lovely day, and see you tomorrow!

Christmas in England

Lots of cute ideas for your Christmas decorating in this renovated 19th century cottage in North Yorkshire, England. The original fireplace ...

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Interior Designer Peter Nolden

Germany based Peter Nolden is the owner of Peter Interior Design specializing in French and Scandinavian furniture and objects from the 18th century. His rooms have appeared in <span style="font-style: italic;">Decor Home, Country, Architektur & Whohen, AD Italia, AD Deutschland, Marie Claire, House & Garden</span> and other reknown magazines. Hope you like my selection, sweethearts.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/articles/country/Bild_0002s_0004_2.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/country/Bild12.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/articles/country/Bild_0002s_0004_1.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/articles/country/Bild_0002s_0006.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/articles/country/Bild_0002s_0012.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/country/Bild11.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.peter-interior.de/images/ad/Bild04.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /><br /><br />If you'd like to see more images just click <a href="http://www.peter-interior.de/publications_framepage.htm">here</a>.

Interior Designer Peter Nolden

Germany based Peter Nolden is the owner of Peter Interior Design specializing in French and Scandinavian furniture and objects from the 18th...

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Small Three Level Apartment

This is a former artist's studio on three levels. Just like a tower, the bedroom is on the top level, underneath, on the ground floor, comes the kitchen and dining room and then the living room is in the basement.<br /><br /><img alt="Un salon éclairé par des verrières anciennes et un grand miroir qui reflète la lumière" height="430" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/G_122998_art.jpg" width="430" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:16px;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;" ><p class="texte" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The dining room on the ground floor appears bigger than it actually is, thanks to a large mirror that gives a feeling of openness by reflecting the outside.<br /></span></p><p class="texte" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="texte" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;"><img alt="Une pièce en contrebas avec des marches qui mènent à la cuisine" height="430" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/G_122999_art.jpg" width="430" /></p><p class="texte" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><p class="texte" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;">The sunken living room is below the original workshop we see right at the top of the stairs. Above the sofa, you can see the kitchen behind the window.<br /></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div></span></span><img alt="Chambre en mezzanine qui profite de la lumière de la verrière." height="430" id="image-article" src="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/data/images/photos/F0/G_123001_art.jpg" width="430" /></p><p class="texte" face="inherit" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The bedroom is quite small but very bright with light streaming in through the window on the roof.</span></p><p class="texte" face="inherit" size="12px" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size:85%;">All images from </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.marieclairemaison.com/">marie claire maison.</a></span><br /></span></span>

Small Three Level Apartment

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Northern California Residence

Good morning dear readers. Had a nice weekend? Monday morning. How about touring a two-story stucco English-style manor house? Placed in Northern California, the interiors were designed by Joseph Matzo and Paul Vincent Wiseman, of The Wiseman Group Interior Design.<br /><br />The furnishings are a multicultural hodgepodge: nineteenth-century English chairs, modern upholstered pieces, matchstick bamboo blinds, ancien régime fauteuils. The walls were dressed in integrally coloured plaster rather than paint, and the maple floors were unevenly stained to give them a blotchy, old effect.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="" class="featureimg" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl01_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 727px;" /><br />The carpet echoes the living room’s ceiling. The curved lines of the mantel look nice but you cannot display objects on it.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl02_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 546px;" /><br />Pale shades, particularly green, are used throughout the house. A Ming vase was made into a lamp. The Fo dogs are 19th century.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl03_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 750px;" /><br />The living room’s print helps to bring the garden indoors. A 19th-century English armchair is before a towering walnut fall-front secretary crowned with creamy faience jars.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl04_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 718px;" /><br />Beige plaster walls, a celadon carpet and peach and red silk accents make the dining room tranquil,” says the designer. “And the clean lines of the Hepplewhite chairs prevent it from being fussy.”<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl06_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 577px;" /><br />An antique mantelpiece highlights the family room. “To keep the space from being too formal, we fringed the draperies with hemp,” says Wiseman.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl07_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 456px;" /><br />A mixture of French, English and Italian antiques and 19th-century photographs in the master bedroom.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2001/03/wiseman/arsl08_wiseman.jpg" style="width: 551px; height: 742px;" /><br />An 18th-century bust of Louis XVI is on the master bedroom’s Louis XVI mantel.<br /><br />Photography by Tim Street-Porter<br />Architecture by Legorreta + Legorreta<br /><br />All images and information from<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/"> Architectural Digest</a>.

Northern California Residence

Good morning dear readers. Had a nice weekend? Monday morning. How about touring a two-story stucco English-style manor house? Placed in Nor...

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Best of Pottery Barn

Living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms. Well of course these photographs are the ones I like best but there are many others so maybe my best is not necessarily your best. However, I do have the feeling that your taste is similar to mine so I guess I'll stop worrying about it now.<br /><br />Have an excellent Sunday!<br /><br />1.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0035/img35l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 539px;" tabindex="0" title="Chloe Coffee Table" /><br /><br />2.<br /><img alt="Alternate View" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201013/0042/img81l.jpg" style="width: 637px; height: 573px;" tabindex="0" title="Chloe Coffee Table" /><br /><br />3.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201013/0051/img48l.jpg" style="width: 637px; height: 572px;" tabindex="0" title="Hyde Turned-Leg Coffee Table" /><br /><br />4.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201013/0043/img60l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 540px;" tabindex="0" title="Hyde Turned-Leg Coffee Table" /><br /><br />5.<br /><img alt="Benchwright Coffee Table, Rustic Mahogany stain" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0016/img16l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 539px;" tabindex="0" title="Benchwright Coffee Table, Rustic Mahogany stain" /><br /><br />6.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0041/img43l.jpg" style="width: 637px; height: 572px;" tabindex="0" title="Hyde Turned-Leg Coffee Table" /><br /><br />7.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201015/0079/img64l.jpg" style="width: 637px; height: 572px;" tabindex="0" title="Tanner Occasional Coffee Table with Glass Top" /><br /><br />8.<br /><img alt="Alternate View" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0034/img54l.jpg" style="width: 637px; height: 571px;" tabindex="0" title="Como Rectangular Bench, Harvest Honey stain" /><br /><br />9.<br /><img alt="Alternate View" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0046/img54l.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 540px;" tabindex="0" title="Tanner Occasional Coffee Table with Glass Top" /><br /><br />10.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201015/0092/img7l.jpg" style="width: 637px; height: 571px;" tabindex="0" title="View in Room" /><br /><br />11.<br /><img alt="Harvest Dining Table, French White & Chair, Vintage Honey Set" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201013/0019/img35l.jpg" style="width: 599px; height: 538px;" tabindex="0" title="Harvest Dining Table, French White & Chair, Vintage Honey Set" /><br /><br />12.<br /><img alt="Harvest Dining Table" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0090/img5l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 539px;" tabindex="0" title="Harvest Dining Table" /><br /><br />13.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201013/0039/img73l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 539px;" tabindex="0" title="Harvest Dining Table" /><br /><br />14.<br /><img alt="Alternate View" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0053/img31l.jpg" style="width: 637px; height: 572px;" tabindex="0" title="Harvest Dining Table" /><br /><br />15.<br /><img alt="Avery Daybed with Trundle" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201013/0060/img32l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 540px;" tabindex="0" title="Avery Daybed with Trundle" /><br /><br />16.<br /><img alt="Avery Bed, Twin, Antique Iron finish" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0009/img47l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 539px;" tabindex="0" title="Avery Bed, Twin, Antique Iron finish" /><br /><br />17.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0065/img93l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 538px;" tabindex="0" title="Avery Bed, Twin, Antique Iron finish" /><br /><br />18.<br /><img alt="Detailed View" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201013/0040/img41l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 538px;" tabindex="0" title="Avery Bed, Twin, Antique Iron finish" /><br /><br />19.<br /><img alt="Caroline Bed, Full, French White" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201013/0006/img86l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 539px;" tabindex="0" title="Caroline Bed, Full, French White" /><br /><br />20.<br /><img alt="Alternate View" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201013/0060/img72l.jpg" style="width: 637px; height: 571px;" tabindex="0" title="Caroline Bed, Full, French White" /><br /><br />21.<br /><img alt="Charlotte Daybed with Trundle, Antique White" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201015/0033/img11l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 540px;" tabindex="0" title="Charlotte Daybed with Trundle, Antique White" /><br /><br />22.<br /><img alt="Build Your Own - Bedford Home Office System Components" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201013/0029/img50l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 539px;" tabindex="0" title="Build Your Own - Bedford Home Office System Components" /><br /><br />23.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201013/0037/img45l.jpg" style="width: 636px; height: 571px;" tabindex="0" title="Apothecary Double Sink Console" /><br /><br />24.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0083/img41l.jpg" style="width: 637px; height: 573px;" tabindex="0" title="Petaluma Double Sink Console" /><br /><br />25.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0042/img10l.jpg" style="width: 638px; height: 574px;" tabindex="0" title="Classic Single Wide Sink Console - White" /><br /><br />26.<br /><img alt="View in Room" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201014/0078/img52l.jpg" style="width: 637px; height: 572px;" tabindex="0" title="Classic Turned-Leg Single Wide Sink Console" /><br /><br />27.<br /><img alt="Apothecary Double Sink Console" id="hero-image" src="http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/ab/images/dp/products/201015/0007/img6l.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 544px;" tabindex="0" title="Apothecary Double Sink Console" /><br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/?cm_type=gnav">Pottery Barn</a>.<br /><br />I have linked this post to Leah's <a href="http://www.sillylittlesparrow.com/">Toot Your Horn</a> party. Thanks once again Leah!

Best of Pottery Barn

Living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms. Well of course these photographs are the ones I like best but there are many others so m...

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