Just Because

 

 

 

 

Just because

It's the details that make all the difference in a home

or a shop

Simplychi

Dot, Dot, Dot

 

  

Today
 I am loving 

This beautiful tablecloth
These pretty vintage doilies &
These teaser photos for Aurélie & Anne's new shop,
The Sunday Market
opening soon...


My Images of the Day

High Five #40

Ah! A bit of colour for a change...

It's been a while since I've featured anything vintagey or cute on here, and these little wooden figurines tick both boxes for me.

Keep your eye on the Italian etsy store I Live Vintage for unusual finds with oodles of charm.

I can easily imagine a couple of these sitting on a shelf in a nursery, or perhaps they'd be happy on your desk?

Rough Linen

 

 

 

 

Our days are warm, the sun golden

but change is in the air.

Time to enjoy the garden, to read a book in the hamac,

 take a nap on the day bed,

or sit out late on the balcony with a glass of wine.

Thanks to Desirée and Tricia Rose, I have my generous summer cover prize to wrap around me.

I love linen, Rough Linen, linen that hangs so well.

In natural, unbleached Orkney, this gift is made to last a lifetime. 

A cross between a sheet and a bed cover, it is perfect for Summer and beyond.

We have it on top of a thin vintage linen sheet at the moment and will probably just slip a blanket between the two when the cold sets in.

I am absolutely over the moon to have won this giveaway prize, it goes so well with our neutral interior and will be keeping me company in the garden this Autumn for sure!

 Thank You

Rough Linen

Stepping into Blogland

I'm sure you've seen these images many times before. Photographs of La Petite Bastide crop up regularly on home interior / design blogs, and that often makes me smile. Carrying on from my post about favourite spaces with Mats Gustafasson's loft yesterday,  I can but show these few images once more.

Dylan - 2003

We first rented one of the Viard's summer properties back in 2001, and, well, I have to say it was love at first sight! White and grey, polished cement, antique marble sinks, raw metal, wood, linen and beautiful vintage and modern furniture... this house has everything that I love. The owners have a gift for working with space, texture, colour and light. Simplicity is the magic word.

 A younger me with a very porky Savannah (she had a lot of clothes on!)

In terms of lasting impressions, La Petite Bastide and the neighbouring Cabanon (where my three children all learnt to swim!) have definitely both left their mark. Our whole family love it there and we are slowly renovating our own home with many of the properties' features in mind.

And so I smile to myself when I see blog posts and pins of this extraordinary home.

When I look at what to me is a perfect bathroom, the beautiful mirror bought by the owners when they were travelling, the huge wooden door made by Monsieur Viard, the garden taps, which we now have in our own kitchen, I see great 'pinning' material, but I also remember trying to give a chubby baby Savannah a bath in that sink!

Image source:

Scans(from the top) 1,2,4  Côté Sud - June-July 2008 - Photographer: H.Del Olmo

3,5 & 7 - The owners' holiday rental website

Our holiday snaps!

Those of you who like this type of interior may be interested to know that the papier mâché sculpture in the first picture is by the owners' son, Vincent Viard. You will find a very inspiring post about his Parisian apartment over on Méchant Design.

Richard Sails

A boat!

A boat!

My Kingdom

For a boat!

I keep stumbling on these fun, wooden eco-toys by fledgling Hungarian company

Kattuska

That rocking boat would have gone down a treat in our house a few years ago.

One to watch out for? 
We'll see.

via

 Paul&Paula

Indémodable

 

 Yes, Interior Design trends come and go.

Over the years, I have flicked through, drooled over, set aside and torn out pages from countless magazines, and now, of course, I pin.

Some images making a lasting impression on us, shaping the way we choose to live, to decorate and dream, perhaps. Mats Gustafson's New York loft is one of my favourite interiors. Shown here in Marie Claire Maison, March 1993 ( yes, I still have a copy!), these few images were taken from the "L'art de vivre à New York" by S.Siesin, S. Cliff, D. Rozensztroch and G. de Chabaneix.

Light, white open spaces, raw, primitive furniture, Swedish ceramics from the 50's and 60's,... there's so much to like here, not least Gustafson's own beautiful watercolour paintings propped up against the walls .

Eclectic and very contemporary after all these years - definitely one of my favourite interiors,