A friend sent me some flowers last week. They are starting to fade. What was last week a tight bud full of promise became a beautiful full boomed rose and is now fading,
Wispy brown curls form around the outside petals. I love this point .. the faded elegance. I suppose it really captures a style I want for the house.
Rather than tackle the project from the minute we got in we’ve sat back and lived with the 1980’s décor, carpets, and popped buckets out to catch the rain because despite getting it repaired as best we can there are holes in the roof. This spring will see the 140 year old roof come off and we will reuse as much of the original slate as possible and put a new one on.
When the new roof is on I can set to on the more interesting side .. painting, stripping the floors, and all the creative bits. The recipe book I am working on now is inspired by my house and the vintage feel and so l have been looking for inspiration to decorate and stumbled upon a fabulous book Shabby Chic Inspirations in Waterstones about three weeks ago by Cambridge born and bred Rachel Ashwell. I opened the book and instantly fell in love.
I’ve since found out that she has a store in Notting Hill .. so I am off to have a look later in the week. In the mean time I have been inspired to make some rose marshmallows.
Oh look at those colours - such beauty.
ReplyDeleteI have a new marshmallow obsession - rose sound lovely! All impossible before the arrival of lovely Fifi la Firecracker K-Mix!
ReplyDeleteMr B and I are soon (end of March hopefully) to move into our first home. It sounds like we'll be taking a similar approach to you as it has some decidedly retro styling at the moment and what can only be described as "interesting" solutions to carpentry, flat roofs, extensions, etc. We're planning to live in it and gradually work out how we use the space until we can do it justice bit by bit. I love that sort of shabby chic style too but also have a bit of a thing for the modern grey vs brights and clean lines so I'm trying to work out how it can fit together without looking like a dog's dinner!
ReplyDeleteDo keep us up to date with what you are doing...I might need to steal...er.herm....adapt some ideas!
Mr B and I are soon (end of March hopefully) to move into our first home. It sounds like we'll be taking a similar approach to you as it has some decidedly retro styling at the moment and what can only be described as "interesting" solutions to carpentry, flat roofs, extensions, etc. We're planning to live in it and gradually work out how we use the space until we can do it justice bit by bit. I love that sort of shabby chic style too but also have a bit of a thing for the modern grey vs brights and clean lines so I'm trying to work out how it can fit together without looking like a dog's dinner!
ReplyDeleteDo keep us up to date with what you are doing...I might need to steal...er.herm....adapt some ideas!
I'll be really interestd in your marshmallow recipe - I made some back in November (intending to bring it to Fortnum & Mason) but it was an absolute disaster, I followed the recipe to the letter as well! It never stiffened enough and was just a really gooey mess!
ReplyDeleteLove the beautiful roses - do you know their name?
I always admire people who get stuck in and redecorate houses from scratch, my sister in law is a real whizz at it. Personally I dread the thought of the upheaval even though I know the results will be worth it!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful photos - do the flowers have a scent?
ReplyDeleteAny news yet re CCC?
Am working on CCC !! Will let you know as soon as I do ! x
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