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    Their English Country Cottages We got married in the Hambleden Valley and whenever we used to drive by the farm my husband used to say he would love to live there one day, so when the cottage came onto the market we had to give it chance. Jenna Killington Jenna and her husband and 4 children, two Labradors Mika and Saffron, one cheeky pony, 6 hens and a cockerel called…

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Christmas always starts in the bedroom… Oh fine! Ok! This is not how my bedroom looks. In fact nothing looks enormously Christmassy - unless you count a gathousand boxes of Christmas decorations filling the hallway with baubles, spiders and please lord don’t let that be a dead mouse. I will be bringing in the little Christmas trees from outside so that I can complete my wildlife theme with slugs, earwigs and hopefully just a few more ladybirds to fill our home with decaying “are these the poisonous ones” corpses. This is a happy, serene @englishhomemag will never know that ordinarily this room is filled with creatures scene. Let’s just enjoy this beautifully sculpted scene by @naomi_jones_homes and the his knees may never recover from the nail strewn floorboards photo by @rsimagesandart who managed to capture our wonky, sloping oak floored bedroom of how is nothing level Christmas bedroom. Thank you to the amazing @flowersandlifestylebymargot for this extraordinary wreath - I need another one please - blame Naomi for putting it here!! Happy wildlife themed Wednesday x #christmasdecor #bedroomdecor #bedroom #christmasdecorating #christmaswreath #cottagebedroom #festivedecorations #hyggehome #hyggestyle #hyggelifestyle #bedroomdecoration


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Good morning! Yes, it is early- my goodness it’s early; yes, it is cold - my goodness it is cold; but I am full of pep and vigour today - who wouldn’t be? It’s beautiful and I have a super exciting photoshoot with @flowersandlifestylebymargot ….it is an outdoor shoot…perhaps I should stop skipping through the frost sparkled lawn, stop admiring my fence of rustic charm (my husband wants to tear it down - it’s old, crumbly and wonky so naturally I love it) and actually go in search of my ski gear. I have a feeling that pretty floaty clothing will not be featuring wildly today. Have a super happy teeth chattering Tuesday xxx Oh ps: I have naively (it must have been the frost skipping) agreed to do a modern “live” thing on here with @sittingspiritually soon. They have asked for questions to ask me (yes - ARGHHHH) so please please head over to their page and comment on my photo with kindly questions (“Baileys or Snowballs?”, “ Do you like flowers?” “How long have you lived in your cottage”…although that is numbers, and I get freaked out with maths questions so maybe not that one: no one wants to watch an hysterical maths meltdown on a Live). Xxx #frosty #frostysunrise #fieldview #cottagehome #englishcottage #englishcountryside #englishcountryhome #wintergarden #mygardenthismonth #visitengland #earlymorninglight #suffolkcounty


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Whatttttttt??? No way! This is so not Christmas. There may be the smallest hint of greenery top right and I may well be sporting my absolute favourite WINTER not Christmas @cabbages_and_roses dress but this still doesn’t count as a Christmas post….. ….also it was taken in May so it really really doesn’t count! After photographing our home for the @englishhomemag last Christmas, the magazine team had to return to grab a couple of shots that didn’t make the grade because it was too dark by the time we shot them. It was TOO DARK ok? It had nothing to do with me looking like a lady who may have hit the Baileys and mince pies a little early and a little hard nor Dame La Aga refusing to shine brightly for her portrait. Cue reChristmassing the kitchen in May, more mince pies and me demanding my photo being taken earlier in the day(!). Thank you @rsimagesandart for being so incredibly patient and kind and thank you @naomi_jones_homes for only asking me to rechristmas half the kitchen. In conclusion your honour I am not guilty of early Christmassing, I plead guilty to the charge of “yestegram” but remain firm in my “wintering decoration”…one more day until it begins in earnest!! Wooohooooo!!!! Happy not guilty m’lord Monday x Dress pr product #cabbagesandroses #winterdress #cottagedoor #seasonschange #seasonalstyle #winterstyle #winterstyles #romanticdress #cottagekitchen #countrykitchen #countrystyle #dresseswithpockets


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Just the lightest sprinkling tinkling of snow dust yesterday. I will enjoy the first little signs of winter whilst I begin to lay siege to the cottage with the first signs of Christmas (certainly no signs up until now…just hints of winter…). Thankfully I have managed to finish my blog on the most fabulous of Norfolk shoot days. Two amazing houses in two days and frankly my eyes hurt from the beauty. Today’s blog features @reclamationandroses most ridiculously gorgeous medieval home that was given a Georgian facelift (huge new fancy houses were built in 1800s Hingham that forced all the poor sagging Middle Aged homes to seek a little face lift and plumper). If you are feeling a little storm weary then don’t head to my website, this house is filled with huge wonky beams, a book nook of terrifying height in the eaves, a kitchen of reclaimed Norfolk pamment tile heaven and a sitting room of Georgian joy that overlooks the village green. Be warned: this is an absolute beauty. Don’t blame me when you look upon these photos of historical incredibleness filled with glories from @mongers_hingham (Sam and Louise’s reclamation business), fabrics from @kateformandesigns , @guygoodfellowcollection and @roomswithaview. Feast your eyes on a table scene of Dickensian delights with vintage glassware, cream handled cutlery @lincolnhousesilver and stunning tableware from @wedgwood and billowing with extraordinary flowers by @flowersandlifestylebymargot . Thank you to @naomi_jones_homes and @rsimagesandart and @reclamationandroses for allowing us to come and play in this incredible home and business. Happy stylish Sunday xxx #itsbeginningtolookalotlikechristmas #firstsnowfall #snowflurry #thisprettyengland #snowcottage #theholiday #mygardenthismonth #mygardentoday #oldcottage #countrycottage #mycottageinstincts


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I will leave the kitchen soon! I think it’s just the return of Dame La Aga that had kept me chained to the kitchen sin…sofa. At least my rekindled love of my warm kitchen has meant more Christmas prep. Yet another festive saviour came to my aid this week in the form of the beautiful Mrs Davies “I only came in to help make some jam…that was twenty years ago” TA extraordinaire at school. Mrs Davies read my post on lack of jars for mincemeat and as part of her daily smiling “Good morning” at the school gate even in rain, wind and snow, she gently offered up her beautiful marmalade jars, sacrificing them for the festive greater good. “I have put my foot down” she announced triumphantly “I refuse to make marmalade this year so you are very welcome to these jars”. Not just the kindest person you will ever meet and the loveliest smile and the bravest nature (Mrs Davies is the only member of staff courageous enough to venture into the supply cupboard that genuinely has a skeleton in it (no one knows if it is actually real). And (sorry for starting with an ‘and’ Mrs Davies who is also a grammar and sentence construction whizz) she actually in real life organises her airing cupboard - these are such things that dreams are made on (is it ok to end on a preposition if it belongs to Shakespeare?). Thank you most wonderful, most smiling, kindest, bravest Mrs Davies. I am sorry that the school never let you go home but you are clearly also a jam making supremo so really you only have yourself to blame!!!! Happy school heroine Saturday x #saturdaykitchen #countrykitchen #kitchenisland #mincemeat #christmascooking #christmaskitchen #christmasprep #jamjar #kitcheninspo #kitchendecor #cottagekitchen #kitchentime


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I mean!!!!! Come on!!! There’s determination, there’s tenacity and then there’s THE ULTIMATE SURVIVOR. How is this rose still going? How has she not sniffed the frozen winds of winter change and bowed out gracefully? Can she not see the “winter” decoration going on inside this cottage? Can she not spot the surreptitious additions that could be classed as Christmas should a judge want to uphold the first of December rule? Fair weather to you friend rose, you have kept me smiling for what must be months now. I may well find an enormous cloche (anything is possible with Christmas round the corner) and Beauty and The Beast the craziness out of you…although I dread to think what might happen if the cloche was then lifted…would we skip Christmas and go straight to summer??? No!!!! I may be a summer baby but I need my mince pies and Baileys!!! Nobody touch the 7ft Cloche… Happy almost festive Friday x #autumncottage #countrylivin #roseflower #redrose #cottagehome #cottagesandbungalows #gardenlife🌱 #wintergarden #reddoor #heavenlyhomesandgardens #magicalgarden #littlepiecesofbritain


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I spent far too long waiting for this little tiny dewdrop to fall. I decided to call it a day and take my daughter to school (has the excuse “Sorry we are late headmaster, I was waiting for a dewdrop to fall” been used before?). Naturally it fell the moment that I put my camera down but given the amount of water that I battled earlier this week, I really don’t mind, it can do what it wants - just not in my cottage thank you very much! You will find me making mince pies in the kitchen today, avoiding all plumbing exploits and being very safe. Who knew plumbing was such a high-risk career? Happy not wet Wednesday! X #naturecore #morningsunshine #morningsun #cottagefarmhouse #autumngarden #oldcottage #thatchedcottage #dewdrop #400yearoldhouse #cottagedreams #darkacademia #cottagehome #englishstyle #mycountryliving



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