Craft House in England

I've already introduced you to 1st option site before. They have quite a number of lovely houses and I have featured them several times. Just go to these posts if you missed them: here, here, here, and here.

Today's shooting location is called Craft House. Colourful, huge, and full of interesting ideas. I left out some of the rooms I didn't quite care for, but if you'd like to see them all the link is right at the end of this post.



































If you'd like to see some more images of this house just go here.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend. It's a long one here in Peru as today is election day and tomorrow is a school holiday. See you tomorrow then!

Period House in Buckinghamshire

This house dates back to the 16th century and it is thought to be the oldest property on the street. It has an acre of landscaped garden and a giant yew tree that probably pre-dates the house itself. It is located in Buckinghamshire, only about half an hour from London by train.

Freelance TV director, Wendy Arnot and her husband Geoff say about it: ‘The house was fantastic: it had been so beautifully renovated by the previous owners we knew we wouldn’t have to do anything immediately, rather take our time making it our own.’ Geoff continues: ‘The garden, though, is what sold it to me: the owners had put so much time and money turning it into an oasis, separated into different zones, with a pond here, a pergola there; and dotted around are various outbuildings that we knew would come in handy.’

Renovations since moving in have been kept to a minimum: they’ve repaired original oak doors, widened the drive and added security gates, and built a small oak porch to the side entrance; they’ve also enhanced the bathroom.

Photography by Brent Darby
Styling by Sian Williams
All images and information from here.

Restoring a Period Home

Following in the footsteps of her renovating family, Maria Bradburn and her husband Wayne have restored this 1900s house located in Wolverhampton, England. The builder designed six very different houses around the turn of the century, using this one – his own – as an experiment for all the various features he wished to include in the others. Unlike its neighbours, which are more restrained, this property has numerous decorative Edwardian and Victorian influences: elaborate tiling in the hallway; intricate carvings and mouldings; leaded lights; a panelled ceiling and a most unusual copper fireplace in the back sitting room.



























Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!
All images from here.

Cottage in Derbyshire

For those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, hope you had a lovely one!

How about touring a shabby chick cottage in England today? Phil and Philippa Heath moved to this three-bedroom cottage in the Derbyshire countryside, on the edges of the Peak District, in the early 1990s. The property was built around 200 years ago. It had been rented out as a gamekeeper’s cottage for a long while, and been neglected for many years; it was dark and damp and there were even mushrooms growing on the walls. So, little by little they restored every room. The furniture was picked up from all manner of places, including reclamation yards and house sales. The Heaths also gratefully accepted hand-me-downs from friends and family, while some items were even rescued from skips. An overall feminine, shabby chick style cottage with lots of floral prints and little hearts in almost every room.





































Hope you enjoyed this tour. Have a great Friday, dears and come back tomorrow!
All images from here.