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  • The third and final instalment of Christmas Magazineing

    Kate moved into this stunning building in Hertfordshire two and a half years ago. When she first viewed the property it had been empty for a long time and the previous tenants had left this beautiful old converted pub in a hideous mess. When I viewed the property It smelled so appalling that I kept having to pop outside to take in clean air! Kate – @myoldpub Kitchen doors were…

    December 26, 2021
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  • Christmas Magazineing Part Deux

    We were lucky enough to be invited into the stunning home of VV Raven . Not only a truly beautiful cottage but also practically on my doorstep so no terrifyingly long night driving for me – although I did manage to get lost on the way home thereby doubling the journey time!!! Jo and her husband Peter run VV Raven – an eclectic mix of amazing floristry and vintage clothing…

    December 22, 2021
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  • Christmas Magazineing

    My goodness, Christmas takes magazine shoots to a whole new level of styling and creativity! I remember last year when Naomi (Jones Homes) and Rob (Sanderson) came to photograph my cottage, I had to put so much more work into getting it ready than the previous summer shoot for Period Living magazine. One has to clean, tidy (hide most of life’s rich tapestry), probably repaint the hallway to cover the…

    December 19, 2021
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  • Country Cottage Christmas Canapés

    By Lucy Hoyle I couldn’t contain my excitement when the fabulous Rebecca of My English Country Cottage fame, (who until now had been my Pilates friend, exchanging grimaces as we were encouraged to stretch our bodies into bizarre positions) asked me to make some Christmas canapés for an actual real life photo shoot at her magical home. I immediately got to work looking at my canapé menu and working out…

    December 17, 2021
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  • Get The English Country Cottage look for Christmas

    High on the success of my English Home magazine coup (I still have no idea how we made it into this interiors magazine maven) I thought that I would go through each room with a little more detail as to how we created our cosy cottage Christmas. I spend days decorating our home every year and I genuinely believe that it makes the festivities feel far more special (that and…

    November 14, 2021
    Styling Inspiration
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Party party party!!!!
Wooohooooo! The final party before I depart for distant shores and adventures new…well..Norfolk for a week.
@talkingtables you have surpassed yourselves! My guests will be talking about my table…and my bunting…and my candles…and these prettiest of oh la La look at those solar lanterns. The colours are simply beautiful and couldn’t be more suited to this time of year.
I intend to party like a just bloomed Dahlia (head noddingly hard) and then bow out gracefully for a week of salty seadog fun (well - that’s more Dottie’s department…you will mainly find me in my favourite restaurant in Norfolk drinking their amazing cocktails or lying on the beach wishing that I had stopped at two!!!
I did ask our houseguests for the week to continue my reels but my 6ft 2 heavily bearded brother didn’t seem so keen on donning my wafting dresses and creating magical tablescapes - I explained that @talkingtables_tt do it all for you but he drew the line at the dresses so the cottage shall sleep for a week (although with a seven year old and an 18 month old perhaps not) and I will return thoroughly salty and possibly partially pickled in a week.
Cheers! Xxxxxxx
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A little like a red carpet, I require a hallway of florals to perambulate through every morning.
It’s like a welcome committee for a terribly important person as they bow and wave their petalled heads as I pass. It’s quite the way to start the day. I may insist that flowers follow me everywhere I go- given that Dottie follows me everywhere, perhaps I should adorn her with flowers - oooh a moving flower tribute! Yes, this seems like an excellent idea.
I am not entirely sure what Dave the dog whisperer would say (my wedding to Ocado Nicholas came to nought as he hasn’t been back since I almost proposed to him) thankfully Dave is also skilled in the way of the dog although he ruined my illusions of love by informing me that dogs lick our feet because they like the salt!!!! “You mean it’s not puppy kisses of adoration? I just have salty feet???? GET OUT Dave the dog whisperer!!! Get in your lemon van and never darken my doorstep again!!!!!! ….well unless I have ordered lots of champagne and I need to know why Dottie is sleeping so much during the day now…actually come back Doggie Dave!!! Dave? Dave?”.
Why do all the Ocado drivers abandon me?
Happy Thursday xxx
Beautiful bud vases pr product from the wonderful @sarahravensgarden x
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Just a little portrait of the artist known as a Preloved Columnist.
I appreciate that it sounds a little strange but when I explain that @prelovedmagazine is a magazine and I have my own little column in it, it hopefully sounds a little less tawdry.
See stories for link but also see stories for the fabulous @margotgoodlife ‘s wonderful August summer suggested reads- from The Sunday Times best seller “Lessons In Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus - a truly brilliant debut with a “wonderfully unconventional heroine” to my buy for my summer holiday: “The Feast” by Margaret Kennedy - “Think Golden Age of crime set on a Cornish coast”. I have buried it in my suitcase so I can’t read it beforehand!!!
There is a world of summer books just waiting so do head over to my website for Rebecca F’s fabulous selection.
I will just be here all day, relishing my writer status and attempting not to open my holiday reads (I might put the vase down- it’s really heavy).
Happy well read Wednesday xxxx
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Oh dress of blue skies and cornfield dreams…ok…it’s barley again…but it’s still golden and the perfect backdrop for this prettiest of blues.
This is just the prettiest, floatiest most romantic dress and is a definite pack for my holidays (belted at the beginning of the week then a little looser without after copious fish and chips and white wine).
Thank you most beautiful @pinklemonsboutique - based in Cornwall it is no surprise that you create such beautiful wafty dresses of joy. I desperately miss our Cornish holidays but this dress will be a beautiful reminder of that exquisite light and romantic landscapes. Maybe Dottie will cope with a six hour car journey next year?????!
Truly thank you, I absolutely adore this perfect blue sky smiling dress.
Happy twirling swirling Tuesday x
Aztec dress Pr Product x
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Shhh! Monday quiet.
The smallest cup of silent tea whilst the family sleeps (sits stuffing holiday chocolate coco pops into their mouths whilst gazing vacantly at the television with Dottie gazing less vacantly at the possibility of dropped cereal - fear not - there is no chance with this holiday treat).
Happy nobody move Monday x
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I believe the modern parlance is a glow up!
I am not entirely sure that Dame La Aga would approve but she certainly looks happier for new hob covers and the prettiest of coasters and storage jars from a new favourite country inspired @gloriousgrousehomewares . Hares leaping over sage green covers (note to self: keep Dottie away - she pulled me down the lane after a dozy baby hare began swaying its way towards us. I ran with one hand barely gripping the lead and the other hand clasped to phone expeller jiggling bottom. Not a great look).
I am seriously considering mounting these floral coaster on the wall, they are so so pretty (note to self: keep 10 year old daughter away from these with her hot chocolate summer holidays I just need to relax with constant hot chocolate made on La Aga).
Thank you gorgeous @gloriousgrousehomewares for making my kitchen look more country kitchen pretty than my dog and children who seem intent on destroying all civilisation by the end of the first week of the holidays. Your abundance of country kitchenness, prettiness and floralness will keep my eyes happy even if they weep over the mess!!!
Happy sooo pretty - please leave it alone - Sunday!!! Xxx
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It’s Saturday suggested summer reads!!!!!!!!
…ok, it usually comes out on the Wednesday after the Live but I have had a lot of wafting to do, a lot of flower foraging and confetti lobbing at my children’s first ever teacher yesterday (sorry about the mouth of confetti Miss F - er- Mrs R - I hope Miss Honey got to marry as handsome and kind a man as your new husband!!!). 
Head over to my website to read what should have been Wednesday’s @margotgoodlife ‘s fabulous further suggestions for books on the theme of sisterhood (more Mitford joy, Juliet Nicholson, more A J Pearce and of course the fabulous Pymmeister as well as a hot off the press summer best seller).
Happy Saturday summer suggested reads which is much better than on a Wednesday ok? Xxx
Gabby gingham dress from @wyselondon xxxx
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