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  • The Cottage – Reloving My Home

    Their English Country Cottages I love a house that has many stories to tell, and I’m sure our cottage does, I just wish it could share them all with me Drooling over this perfect thatched cottage with it’s quaint roof, beautiful old brickwork and frankly gorgeous windows of please peep inside, one wonders why Paula Bailey was unable to swoon and fall immediately in love with this treasure pot. The…

    March 7, 2021
    Their English Country Cottages

  • The necessity for mirrors

    Mirrors are the windows into the soul..oh no..that’s the eyes. Well, they are certainly the windows into our house. I adore our 17th Century Thatched Cottage, but it wasn’t built with light in mind. It is super cosy and on sunny days with doors and windows flung open it is bliss but on dark dank days the house is not my friend. I have come up with lamps and candles…

    July 4, 2020
    What Makes an English Country Cottage?

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The Hollyhocks are down but not out! They may be bowed but they are not broken (actually, they may simply have chosen to block the path to all delivery drivers). I have decided to BMH - be more hollyhock - not the groping of postmen part (poor Steve is so close to retirement, it would be awful to shock him to death just before he gets his golden…erm…van?), no the indomitable nature, the devil may care attitude and the brilliant dancing (I keep thinking that someone is outside the kitchen window as I catch movement in the corner of my eye- nope- just the groovy movers. I am going to BMH today, look out world!! Happy wildling Wednesday x #hollyhocks #sunshineandshowers #ourgarden #mygardentoday #gardeninspiration #englishcountrygarden #englishcountrycottage #persuepretty #chocolatebox #postcardplaces #darlingdaily #thatchedcottage #thatch #countrycottage #lifeinthecountry #hollyhock #thisprettyengland #englishcountryhome #allbeauty_addiction #englishcottage #magicalmoments #cottagestyle #gardenstyle #cottagelife #cottages


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Day 2 of the summer holidays and our weary mother is to be found hiding in the guest bathroom. Usually a plucky soul we wonder why she is already hiding and pretending to clean the spare bedrooms - guests perhaps? But no, if we listen carefully we can just about hear this tired example of a summer holidays broken mother: “Painting? Crafting? Sewing? Bike ride? Scoot? Lego? Paddling pool? Carrots and Hummus? Peanut butter and jam? Cheerios? Jigsaw? Walk? Planting? Wash the windows for cash?? Grapes? Apple? Breadsticks? Scrabble? TV!!!! YES!! TV!!!!!” We see the birthday weary mother leap into action, swallowing her guilt far down into her Pilates pained stomach, press play on the not called a video machine any more and skull out of the room. Ah, burned out on day 2, let us allow the frazzle haired mother to stay hiding and play with her sweetpeas until the next round of “Strawberries? Not Nutella! No! Banana? Popcorn - no not the buttery one. Sausage roll? CRISPS!!! EAT CRISPS!!!”. Let us shut the door on this poor creature and hope that the birthday excesses wear off and allow her to muster some pep, some fight, just a small sense of dignity and strength. Happy day TWO??? Tuesday x #bathroomdesign #bathroomvanity #bathroomsink #shabbystyle #shabbychicstyle #rusticbathroom #rusticdecoration #guestbathroom #upcycle #bathroominspo #bathroombliss #bathroompanelling #inspiremehomedecor #cottageinterior #bathroomdecor #bathroominspo #vintagedecor #bathroomdetails #cottagestyle #rustichomedecor #rusticbathroom #countrybathroom #vintagehomedecor #guestbathroom


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Hello more torrential storms! At least the hydrangeas are happy. Actually I am happy, we danced on the flooded Joanne de Lumlei (upgraded patio) and waded through the Hollyhock path of possible death/kidnap. We sploshed through my new swimming pool (thank you rain for giving me my birthday dream…I managed to dip an entire ankle into the “pool” - it was a little ‘muddy’, ‘twiggy’…’wormy’ but I am thinking of it as wild swimming. I have never seen the garden actually under water before, who knew dreams could come true….. I am very much looking forward to diamonds appearing through the medium of slightly drowned moles today (they mine for diamonds don’t they?) What a birthday finale. Happy moleish Monday x #hydrangeas #cottagesofinstagram #cottagelife #cottagecore #timberframe #oldhouse #cottages #oldhome #oldhouses #timberhouse #cottagegarden #cottageliving #cottagehome #cottagelifestyle #gardenlife #englishcountrygarden #countrylivinguk #countrygarden #countrysideliving #countryhomes #countrycottage #countryhome #countrystyle #gardenexplorers #flowerlovers


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Just the smallest of Sunday snoozes, I slightly over-everythinged yesterday and just need to be very quiet, on my own, in here, until lunchtime. Or maybe Monday. Shhhh!!! Happy somnolent Sunday. X #bedroomdecor #bedroomgoals #bringtheoutsidein #bedroomdesign #cabbagesandroses #chandelier #paintedfurniture #classyinteriors #bedroomstyle #slowinteriors #timelessstyle #calminteriors #curtaindesign #bedroomdecor #bedroominspo #cottagebedroom #bedroominterior #17thcentury #beams #oldcottage #cottageroom #bedding #oldfloor #sundayvibes #myhomevibe Pr products tagged x


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Yes! Finally!!! Sighs of relief from my family…it is my actual real life birthday! Today!!!! It will be another year before I start the google Alexa ploy again…well…October …in time for Christmas ‘surprises’. I am very excited about the diamonds and swimming pool arriving..I expect that they will arrive probably definitely this afternoon. This is my best thoughtful pose - the very important assistant stylist is strong in this one: “What have I forgotten for my birthday extravaganza??? Birthday blouse in softest sagest green linen heaven from the most beautiful lady in the world @stonedwaisted and coolest hat that actually makes you feel like a rock star from the same gorgeous lady? CHECK!!! Vase and jug of colour joy from @ibbi_interiors CHECK!! Another birthday basket of ridiculous gloriousness that works as a tray and a centrepiece from the brilliant @thebasketroom ? CHECK!!! Cushions, flowers, candles, water…hang on!!!’ Water????!!! On my birthday?????? Rude. Champagne! All the way, all day (until about 11am when I pass out from over excitement and too much fizz- I was in bed by 8pm on my 40th birthday in Cornwall - I have lost all rock and roll attributes other than my amazing hat!! Happy birthday me…and asleep on these cushions in 5..4…3… Thank you everyone for all the totally and utterly unprompted birthday wishes, cards, gifts and joy. And probably diamonds and a swimming pool. Happy boozy snoozy Saturday x Ad/PR products tagged x #linenshirt #rustic #summervibes☀️ #summerliving #tablestyling #rustichome


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“Oh Reb! What have you been up to?” “This box isn’t mine Steve the Postman!!! I mean..yes…it has my name on it but I SWEAR I haven’t ordered anything!!! Not this time! No way!!”. Steve & I go back 8 years - I was scrubbing my new front door step: “Is the lady of the house available?” he enquired. I arose from the mire of a cottage unlived & unloved for a year & a half “Hallo” I greeted him, dripping cobwebs & mouse poo. “Welcome to your new home & rural idyll” he said & added “I apologise for handing you these brown envelopes, if I could, I would tear them up & simply hand you lovely post”. From that moment I knew we would be friends. We have been through a lot together: him chasing me down the lane “I have two actual creates for you!!!! What have you been ordering?”, me hailing him down in a nearby village (they get their post before 4pm) “Steven!!! Stop!! I nee…” “It’s here Reb - your daughter’s present for the party after school”. I love him & he is leaving me, 6 weeks from today he is retiring, he dropped the box on the doorstep & legged it to behind the apple tree: “…what have you been up to? Well I am glad we have this tree between us- I am leaving you for eternity in six weeks”. I fell to the ground (gently because it is a brick floor in the hallway). I wailed & knashed, I begged him not to leave me “Gary doesn’t understand me in the way you do…he won’t leave me crates because he knows I can use them in a photo..please don’t go!!!”. “It’s time Reb, 30 years, be happy for me”. I sobbed some more, we exchanged words of love & he rumbled out of the drive to the sounds of me…ripping open my surprise box of birthday amazement from the gorgeous @ibbi_interiors. They knew I had been coveting this gorgeous basket & somehow knew that it was my birthday tomorrow…I have no idea how…& sent me this beauty. I dried my tears, inhaled the incredible smell of this Reed basket & waved my gorgeous postie Bon voyage for 6 weeks time, skipping to my flower patch to cut some glorious blooms to accessorise. Happy fare thee well Friday x Ps @flowersandlifestylebymargot Hydrangea blog on my website now. #cottage #trug #countrykitchen #kitchensofinstagram #floralfriday


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Happy almost birthday to me, happy almost birthday in two days to me, happy birthday dear me, love from @sophie_allport ... Yes!!!! I have finally joined the Sophie Allport gang. I had to pick bees, glorious bees, it is just too gorgeous a design to ignore (plus I really love bees and have a wonderful affinity with them (well…. I save them from the paddling pool hourly. The problem is that they get mullered on the Hollyhock pollen, weave their way across the paddock, feel a little dehydrated and drop into the pool shattered, thirsty but still dancing). I am hoping that this blanket of unbridled softness - and bees!! AND POM POMS!!! and the gorgeous cotton cushions of bee bliss and the beautiful picnic ware - it’s such amazing quality that I will probably use them for ‘non picnic’ too - will stop the bees in their tracks, they will settle down next to the bee whisperer/ saviour and stop attempting to drink the chlorinated pool water. We shall enjoy our breakfast of kings (school finishers), wipe our mouths with beautiful bee cotton napkins and then plonk them over our faces for a tiny “we made it” snooze on the softest of bee blankets. Buzzzzz zzzzzzz. Employ ENGLISHCOUNTRYCOTTAGE15 to treat yourself to 15% off all non-sale items until the end of my birthday month and celebrate the end of school, the summer holidays and my birthday…!!! Yippeee!!! Happy no more thirsty bees Thursday x #sophieallport #picnic #beelover #picnic #picnicparty #picnicideas #picnicsetup #picnicaesthetic #cottagecore #cottage #picnicsetup #countryliving #cottagestyle #cottagelife #ofwhimsicalmoments #myseasonalstory #theslowdownselective #ofquietmoments #embracingaslowerlife #slowlived #darlingmoment #summervibes #countrylife #summerliving



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