It's been a while since I allowed myself the purchase of any new books. Now I'm not working I have to think about the pennies, but as I had some Christmas money left to spend I decided to treat myself.
So I was very excited when I heard the Postman knock on the door this morning bringing my little parcel from Amazon. Little F has just gone down for a nap so I finally had chance to have a look at the contents and I'm not disappointed with my choices. I thought I would share a few images with you.
My favourite of the two is 'The Comforts of Home' by Caroline Clifton-Mogg. It's a beautiful book and filled with lots of lovely images. I have to admit that there are a handful that I already have in other books, but not many. Most are new to me and are totally inspirational. I'm loving this armchair above. We're hoping to move house this year and my mind is already working over time on how I will decorate a new home. A little kitchen corner like the one below would be perfect.
I'm really excited about looking for somewhere new as our current home is not really to my taste. I may have mentioned before that it is the house that lovely S has lived in for some time before we met and married and so I moved in and sort of had to fit my things in where I could. This house was quite a comfort to him when he was on his own and therefore he is quite set in his ways about it and has been very reluctant to let me make any changes. I've made the odd tweak but haven't done any re-decorating so the thought of us having somewhere new together, a blank canvas for me to work on is very exciting. How I would love a bath like the one below. Might be a dream too far!
I loved this dresser below. Love the way that it is so crammed with stuff and looks really used.
The following two images are from my other book, 'Kirstie's Homemade Home' by the lovely Kirstie Allsopp. I really enjoyed watching the TV series that the book accompanies and the book is very nice although I'm not sure I would have paid full price for it. It was less than half price on Amazon. It does contain some lovely images though and there is a lot to read which I do like in a design book as well as the pretty pictures. There is a really fab resource section at the back too which I will be reading in detail.
I loved this dresser below. Love the way that it is so crammed with stuff and looks really used.
Well I must be off. Time to go check on the sleeping munchkin and think about making some dinner.
Bye for now. F x
2 comments:
I am so tempted with this book - I am with you, that dresser is fab with all the stuff on it!
I have been tempted by this book and will probably buy it one of these days!
I only hope you get free reign with the decorating, my OH is colour blind so if I see a beautiful Aqua blue he sees it as sludge green. Plus he will not tolerate any form of wallpaper, pink, or flowers. I like a Shaker style myself so can generally get my own way, usually by not telling him what I am doing in advance ;-)
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