Period House in Buckinghamshire

<p>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.<br /></p><p>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.’</p> <p>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.</p><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_1_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_1_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_2_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_2_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_3_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_3_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_4_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_4_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_5_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_5_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_6_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_6_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_7_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_7_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_8_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_8_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_9_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_9_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_10_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_10_0.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_11_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_11_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_12_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_12_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_13_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_13_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_14_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_14_0.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_15_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_15_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_17_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_17_0.jpg" /><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_16_0.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0610arnot_16_0.jpg" style="cursor: -moz-zoom-out;" /><br /><br />Photography by Brent Darby<br />Styling by Sian Williams<br />All images and information from <a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/">here</a>.

Period House in Buckinghamshire

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White House in Denmark

This 10 year old house is near the town of Lemvig in Denmark. Dorte Svankjær and Klaus Bjerre live here with their five children. Klaus is a carpenter so he made most of the furniture. White and airy with a definite Nordic style. Come on in with me and take a look.<br /><br /><img alt="De franske døre i køkkenet åbnes ud mod dagligstuen, så rummet på en gang bliver adskilt fra og en del af køkkenet. " src="http://server2.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/12740/0/500/620?9819744506d49cb628e1bbef9104815f7bb07938" style="width: 627px; height: 480px;" /> <em class="imgCaption"><br /><br /><img alt="Køkkenet er lavet af Dansk Køkkenhåndværk, og Klaus har selv sat det op. Selvom det er nyt, har det stilmæssigt en original gammel charme, samtidig med at det er moderne og funktionelt indrettet. " src="http://server3.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/12741/0/500/620?9819744506d49cb628e1bbef9104815f7bb07938" style="width: 591px; height: 690px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="Hyggelig anretning med prikkede kopper, som Dorte har fået i julegave af Noa Noa. Hun forhandler tøjmærket i sin modebutik, Tippe, i Lemvig. " src="http://server0.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/12742/0/500/620?9819744506d49cb628e1bbef9104815f7bb07938" style="width: 557px; height: 552px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="Køkkenbordet er lavet af gamle brædder fra Klaus’ bedstefars værksted. Familien har indtil videre fravalgt en ny sofa til fordel for mere prak-tiske møbler, så længe der er fem mindre børn i huset. " src="http://server1.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/12743/0/500/620?9819744506d49cb628e1bbef9104815f7bb07938" /><br /><br /><img alt="Badeværelset er nybygget, men med gamle skabslåger fra Klaus’ bedstefars køkken." src="http://server3.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/12744/0/500/620?985f967d1af6e383b8c811b932595334616b54fd" style="width: 567px; height: 675px;" /><br /><br /><br />All images from<a href="http://boligmagasinet.dk/"> here</a>.</em>

White House in Denmark

This 10 year old house is near the town of Lemvig in Denmark. Dorte Svankjær and Klaus Bjerre live here with their five children. Klaus is a...

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Rustic Summer House in Malaga

Dear readers, I'm back from my holidays in Chapadmalal but this doesn't mean my holidays stop here. Now we're in Buenos Aires for a few days, then we are going to New York and Washington DC for a week, then back to BA until February 6th when we go back to Brazil and then yes my holidays will be over (gotta love holidays!).<br /><br />I promise I will do my best and post as often as possible. I'd like to thank you all for your lovely comments while I was away. I'll be visiting you right after I publish today's post.<br /><br />Today's house is a soothing dream located in Malaga, Spain. It belongs to Dutch interior designer Madelon Verheu who used a soft palette and earth colours to make her dream summer home a relaxing place to enjoy with her family and friends.<br /><br />And it's tour time once again my friends!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/decorada-en-relajantes-tonos-naturales/unir-ambientes-con-tonos-suaves/salon-comedor-cocina/salon/351924-3-esl-ES/Salon_large.jpg" style="width: 502px; height: 389px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/decorada-en-relajantes-tonos-naturales/unir-ambientes-con-tonos-suaves/salon-comedor-cocina/salon-2/351928-3-esl-ES/Salon-2_large.jpg" style="width: 502px; height: 389px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/decorada-en-relajantes-tonos-naturales/unir-ambientes-con-tonos-suaves/salon-comedor-cocina/salon-3/351932-4-esl-ES/Salon-3_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 590px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/decorada-en-relajantes-tonos-naturales/unir-ambientes-con-tonos-suaves/salon-comedor-cocina/salon-4/351936-5-esl-ES/Salon-4_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 590px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/decorada-en-relajantes-tonos-naturales/unir-ambientes-con-tonos-suaves/salon-comedor-cocina/salon-5/351940-4-esl-ES/Salon-5_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 590px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/leccion-de-naturalidad/unir-ambientes-con-tonos-suaves/salon-comedor-cocina/cocina/351944-2-esl-ES/Cocina_large.jpg" style="width: 503px; height: 592px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/leccion-de-naturalidad/decorado-en-blanco-y-azul/dormitorio-juvenil/dormitorio-juvenil/351956-2-esl-ES/Dormitorio-juvenil_large.jpg" style="width: 506px; height: 596px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/decorada-en-relajantes-tonos-naturales/decorado-en-blanco-y-azul/dormitorio-juvenil/dormitorio-juvenil-2/351960-3-esl-ES/Dormitorio-juvenil-2_large.jpg" style="width: 505px; height: 594px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/leccion-de-naturalidad/tonos-tostados-con-toques-rusticos/dormitorio-invitados/dormitorio-invitados/351972-2-esl-ES/Dormitorio-invitados_large.jpg" style="width: 506px; height: 596px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/leccion-de-naturalidad/tonos-tostados-con-toques-rusticos/dormitorio-invitados/dormitorio-invitados-2/351976-2-esl-ES/Dormitorio-invitados-2_large.jpg" style="width: 506px; height: 596px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/decorada-en-relajantes-tonos-naturales/con-un-cabecero-frances-con-cuarterones/dormitorio-principal/dormitorio-principal/351988-3-esl-ES/Dormitorio-principal_large.jpg" style="width: 504px; height: 593px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/decorada-en-relajantes-tonos-naturales/con-un-cabecero-frances-con-cuarterones/dormitorio-principal/dormitorio-principal-2/351992-3-esl-ES/Dormitorio-principal-2_large.jpg" style="width: 504px; height: 593px;" /><br /><br />Hope you enjoyed our first tour of the year!<br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.elmueble.com/">here</a>.

Rustic Summer House in Malaga

Dear readers, I'm back from my holidays in Chapadmalal but this doesn't mean my holidays stop here. Now we're in Buenos Aires fo...

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Last Home Tour of the Year!

To all my dear readers, I hope you had a very Merry Christmas! Mine was splendid, we celebrated at home and invited all our relatives over. It was a double celebration as only a few days before Christmas my eldest son sat for his last exam at university and is now an engineer!<br />Tomorrow we'll be going to a summer place called Chapadmalal where we will have no access to the Internet so I won't be posting again until we come back on January 16th.<br />So, as I won't be seeing you before, I'd like to wish you all now a very Happy New Year, and thank you for this wonderful inspired year together giving me support through your comments and cheering along which makes all my time spent on blogging definitely worth while! Thanks to each and every one of you, Happy New Year once again and I'll be seeing you soon!<br /><br />And, of course, before I leave, I give you this stunning house.<br /><br /><span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en"><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Nestled</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">in the</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">old village</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">of</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Champagne</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Sézanne</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> this <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">seventeenth century house </span><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps"></span><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">belonged to the</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Marquise</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">de Beauharnais,</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Marie</span><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="atn">-</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">Francoise</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps atn">(</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">whose</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">brother</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">married</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Josephine</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">, the future</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">empress</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">), </span><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps"></span><span title="Click for alternate translations"></span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Pascale and</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">her</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">husband</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Oliver</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">bargain hunters</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">and passionate</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">decorators</span>, <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">created</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">a</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">family home</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">that opens</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">its doors</span> </span><span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en"><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">to the public </span></span><span id="result_box" class="long_text" lang="en"><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">twice a</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">year</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">to</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps"></span><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps"></span><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">display their items on sale. Every room has been lovingly staged creating a</span><span title="Click for alternate translations"></span></span> unique holiday atmoshphere.<br /><br />A real feast for the eyes. Let's step in.<br /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/village/dans-le-petit-trianon-tres-raffine-de-pascale/salon/473348-1-fre-FR/salon.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img id="lightbox-image" src="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/village/dans-le-petit-trianon-tres-raffine-de-pascale/la-salle-a-manger/473316-1-fre-FR/La-salle-a-manger.jpg" style="display: inline;" /><br /><br /><img alt="Le coin évier" height="499" src="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/village/dans-le-petit-trianon-tres-raffine-de-pascale/le-coin-evier/473328-1-fre-FR/Le-coin-evier_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none ;" title="Le coin évier" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Buffet" height="499" src="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/village/dans-le-petit-trianon-tres-raffine-de-pascale/buffet/473352-1-fre-FR/Buffet_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none ;" title="Buffet" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Lanternes" height="499" src="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/village/dans-le-petit-trianon-tres-raffine-de-pascale/lanternes/473324-1-fre-FR/Lanternes_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none ;" title="Lanternes" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Canapé" height="499" src="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/village/dans-le-petit-trianon-tres-raffine-de-pascale/canape/473336-1-fre-FR/Canape_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none ;" title="Canapé" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Bougies" height="499" src="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/village/dans-le-petit-trianon-tres-raffine-de-pascale/bougies/473332-1-fre-FR/Bougies_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none ;" title="Bougies" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Petit Salon" height="499" src="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/village/dans-le-petit-trianon-tres-raffine-de-pascale/petit-salon/473312-1-fre-FR/Petit-Salon_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none ;" title="Petit Salon" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Chambre" height="499" src="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/village/dans-le-petit-trianon-tres-raffine-de-pascale/chambre/473320-1-fre-FR/Chambre_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none ;" title="Chambre" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="La salle de bains" height="499" src="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/village/dans-le-petit-trianon-tres-raffine-de-pascale/la-salle-de-bains/473340-1-fre-FR/La-salle-de-bains_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none ;" title="La salle de bains" width="669" /><br /><br /><img alt="Miroir" height="499" src="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/var/deco/storage/images/campagne_decoration/reportages/village/dans-le-petit-trianon-tres-raffine-de-pascale/miroir/473344-1-fre-FR/Miroir_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none ;" title="Miroir" width="669" /><br /><br />Hope you enjoyed our last house tour of the year. See you soon dears!!!<br /><br />All images from <a href="http://campagne-decoration.dekio.fr/">here</a>.

Last Home Tour of the Year!

To all my dear readers, I hope you had a very Merry Christmas! Mine was splendid, we celebrated at home and invited all our relatives over. ...

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Ready for Christmas in Stockholm

How nice it is to be home to spend my holiday with my family. I still have lots of things to do before Christmas but I'd like to show you this apartment in Stockholm before I start my busy day.<br /><br />Located in Östermalm, a large district in central Stockholm, Sweden, it is all ready for Christmas. Gustavian furniture, gilded mirrors and a soft palette of greys and whites define this lovely home.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/qrq4weawwilqwbmy3z2zf4xtzj0s2ee/Diskret%20jul" style="width: 655px; height: 499px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/rkdvy1cgnu10fh80rvmq57lsgacrrtv/Diskret%20jul" style="width: 505px; height: 676px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/ruz7v2zmc2vo7ybzxrjvcchmr5urzhm/Diskret%20jul" style="width: 506px; height: 696px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/ihqs6ydp1xxpgp3up0w6byv7908m3no/Diskret%20jul" style="width: 506px; height: 758px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/5jj7v00xchgjr7w9w1wjxzl1zutymj/Diskret%20jul" style="width: 506px; height: 758px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/g1pstltqr7yl32p44udd4kqkgh4ovpz/Diskret%20jul" style="width: 507px; height: 683px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/knoav0ivb6o4j03h9qa18sx236sgqyv/Diskret%20jul" style="width: 506px; height: 758px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/rktqsvbkgdp2enb3vwaoi886dvqetwp/Diskret%20jul" style="width: 500px; height: 749px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.skonahem.com/_internal/cimg%210/ng5tyals85dvdc9pkudqsm1izrhyxdx/Diskret%20jul" style="width: 501px; height: 667px;" /><br /><br />I'm sure I'll be able to make another post before Christmas. See you then!<br /><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Photographs</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">:</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Joakim</span> <span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Bergström</span></span><br />All images from <a href="http://www.skonahem.com/">Skona hem</a>.

Ready for Christmas in Stockholm

How nice it is to be home to spend my holiday with my family. I still have lots of things to do before Christmas but I'd like to show yo...

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