Make It Yours: Romantic Getaway

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who doesn't fancy a romantic getaway? A secret bolthole to find rest and serenity. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Next question...how many of us have one?</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mmmmmm, not so many, eh?!</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The secret is to create your very own space in the home you already have. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Particularly with </span><span style="font-size: large;">littlies </span><span style="font-size: large;">around, a special place for Mr MC and me to escape to, has been, not just a luxury, but a real necessity.</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://assets.uniquebookingservices.com/unique/data/1957/ib/31856-weblg.jpg" /></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Simple, uncluttered and calm are the keywords....</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and here's how I suggest you do it...</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ctutEdH-UHfPu4cHs9UJvCB-KWFRsbqdQFud8mMDp9e2DtR3mQiowZ6_HakeM4dZPbIbCHt8qYbgVlyzWn85ZZxLoXC9xWRJal5IPFsmAT8i4HeQUZCir68mGs39x3LlCW5y1wRcfoeC/s1600/romantic-getaway.gif1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ctutEdH-UHfPu4cHs9UJvCB-KWFRsbqdQFud8mMDp9e2DtR3mQiowZ6_HakeM4dZPbIbCHt8qYbgVlyzWn85ZZxLoXC9xWRJal5IPFsmAT8i4HeQUZCir68mGs39x3LlCW5y1wRcfoeC/s640/romantic-getaway.gif1.gif" width="456" /></span></a></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Clockwise from top:</i> take time to pick out small luxuries, you want to be able to feel like a princess in an instant; choose a palette of soft, washed-out putty shades, such as the new greys from Little Greene: try Limestone, Fescue, Cool Arbour, and Serpentine, which are designed to work together as a palette; be ruthlessly sparing with clutter...accessories YES but clutter NO!; I love the ambiance that choosing natural materials gives: here, linens, then rattan baskets and wooden floors help to impart softness to the scheme.</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(via unknown, Liesbet Goetschalckx, unknown, Finders Keepers Market Inc)</span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img height="413" src="http://www.homebunch.com/wp-content/uploads/1036.png" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These mood boards take inspiration from Unique Home Stays' Turtledove Cottage (see <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/cottage-tourmodern-country-hideaway.html" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/cottage-tour-part-2-modern-country.html" target="_blank">here </a>for more information).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTAohw8UGZezwyjgk2TPgcK1l-wwTVs5RuuWQRXFHa51MxodlIL2RnYdYbhWb7qfcQoRtKgsLM_jb9XX0xIClqIxg3u-GOJF2RSOey6hJ7hclCQkYPaTgSrQpRpug2UiVALSv9wx71mXq/s1600/romantic-getaway.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTAohw8UGZezwyjgk2TPgcK1l-wwTVs5RuuWQRXFHa51MxodlIL2RnYdYbhWb7qfcQoRtKgsLM_jb9XX0xIClqIxg3u-GOJF2RSOey6hJ7hclCQkYPaTgSrQpRpug2UiVALSv9wx71mXq/s640/romantic-getaway.gif" width="450" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This time I've focused on slightly more masculine greys. <i>Clockwise from top</i>: as there's only two of you to buy necessities for, you might want to splash out a bit so that even the everyday feels special; warm and snuggly are romantic essentials.....I shall say no more!; throws and cushions <i>always </i>in natural materials....utterly inviting; nothing should feel so perfect that it isn't practical; try Farrow and Ball Great White, Farrow and Ball Cornforth White and Farrow and Ball Lamp Room Gray for grays with depth.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Enjoy your own Romantic Getaway!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishdyCk6ObcKba86AmGFXP8ZzlWNLaNUxY1YUf5fZgrAuub43PCTanFzHQIWZaHPxWWEyGo27f0dmV6LlJVoivf2FfJI6bW-2vZuJ37vNTL_rqXDcTQ0gCMjkXzyiu81CunQfWH1y3_ZU/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqUyRhCg66gPfNQHh81rGOfvP_VywWXZqmmtMCjkwk_8h3tp2giJzjabWtNCTfsCfeGInxUcrjS5f4hN-9ni-WpudY16p2jrQvLG77TNFiylmGDVHlNlhiZJunob4YyRG5n7m46U703I/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Make It Yours: Romantic Getaway

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Large Lights: Getting Your Home Ready For Christmas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lighting can make or break a room. If your house feels in the doldrums then just look at these rooms for inspiration. See how the lighting lifts them into the stratosphere style-wise.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Дом в Швеции 6" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/nicety/2147506/1351311/1351311_original.jpg" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looking at the basics of your home BEFORE you decorate for <span style="color: #cc0000;">Christmas </span>allows your special festive pieces to shine out, out, out.....but if the foundations aren't in place then the extra layer of <span style="color: #cc0000;">Christmas </span>sparkle can just create clutter....and, you know, there's no faster way to make it onto Santa's Naughty List than clutter, no matter how prettily it sparkles.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Hotel Monteverdi Tuscany 8" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/nicety/2147506/1384380/1384380_original.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Large lights bring the room right into centre-stage, whilst creating atmosphere and warmth at the same time. Multi-tasking at its best. So what's a girl to do?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keep her eyes peeled for eons for just the right piece? Check, check, check...it's just not happening...<i>aaaargh</i>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="House and Leisure Дом в Йоханнесбурге 3" src="http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/nicety/2147506/1342284/1342284_original.jpg" style="font-size: x-large;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or choose her very own bespoke shade and feel every inch a princess?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojG9C6bYhah315kg8QcN2TrvQ5_1GiJmexWrQUxYFzKu_DUZNO_lhtQMbnBnXPFAis9lX97PpwZ5CrLOmXCOFI6dZy-tbZJkkeM8VXtXv_y_xtZsuzm3vmsW9m6n8wjxjRyQqRK86yQyX/s1600/79ideas-cozy-white-kitchen.png" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the New Year, I'll be revealing all. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>*excited squawks*</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishdyCk6ObcKba86AmGFXP8ZzlWNLaNUxY1YUf5fZgrAuub43PCTanFzHQIWZaHPxWWEyGo27f0dmV6LlJVoivf2FfJI6bW-2vZuJ37vNTL_rqXDcTQ0gCMjkXzyiu81CunQfWH1y3_ZU/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqUyRhCg66gPfNQHh81rGOfvP_VywWXZqmmtMCjkwk_8h3tp2giJzjabWtNCTfsCfeGInxUcrjS5f4hN-9ni-WpudY16p2jrQvLG77TNFiylmGDVHlNlhiZJunob4YyRG5n7m46U703I/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images via: Skeppshoman,  Hotel Montiverdi, 79 Ideas, Nicety</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

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Leather Seating: Yes or No?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last weekend, we had a little mooch around gorgeous interiors emporium. And a Leather-Chair-Like-No-Other caught my Modern Country eye. I very nearly snapped it up but <i>then </i>something stopped me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BNhlJAY8NK6RszW-BziOpxMRdveH639oFPh7ldrL9fs3WLOxeNh5gUBqiO_Nz4rPk4fv2h58rU5wkW7i8wTmQr2etN9VJV73kEnxix4ziaS55voqOG7vHL6YNlDk3e6ZqBXdPzCCORM/s1600/shari.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BNhlJAY8NK6RszW-BziOpxMRdveH639oFPh7ldrL9fs3WLOxeNh5gUBqiO_Nz4rPk4fv2h58rU5wkW7i8wTmQr2etN9VJV73kEnxix4ziaS55voqOG7vHL6YNlDk3e6ZqBXdPzCCORM/s1600/shari.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj461j7EcMKrA8NhzxAPj_t0l-nR7hYXTgy63xauCnFplQrwk-DQvFz6NpgJNS30Dj8v8ajjGwYvkcr-ZnpuZM-9HZgeMG6uImv-httwLXNirPM2Rlmjg9Zv_9aP_ujLtQxYSYUAbbDX7k/s1600/home+bunch.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj461j7EcMKrA8NhzxAPj_t0l-nR7hYXTgy63xauCnFplQrwk-DQvFz6NpgJNS30Dj8v8ajjGwYvkcr-ZnpuZM-9HZgeMG6uImv-httwLXNirPM2Rlmjg9Zv_9aP_ujLtQxYSYUAbbDX7k/s1600/home+bunch.png" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You see, I love to snuggle right down on our fabulously squishy sofas.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> I imagine leather might not feel as </span><span style="font-size: large;">welcoming to flop into.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBzlfg-42I9sBSeYr96y-WKKtQFqZ6R_9CWBYUr6eQglMhgo2sDj45UFaopoxTHqj9cjU17YdR1GC8yFlgd4ohCc_5SA06mjJ_BIqewkHgI4Je_T5irOx9IEWmGkjJI1XwOYs1CxYaZg/s1600/annekedekkers_nl2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBzlfg-42I9sBSeYr96y-WKKtQFqZ6R_9CWBYUr6eQglMhgo2sDj45UFaopoxTHqj9cjU17YdR1GC8yFlgd4ohCc_5SA06mjJ_BIqewkHgI4Je_T5irOx9IEWmGkjJI1XwOYs1CxYaZg/s1600/annekedekkers_nl2.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqqtquOGPglS3Se_4FAvSJoyKuwItFXcQa9ex4iHX_xeJqC6Oy-Mo4vqil8AJErmHly6htpohr8DXLWRP3vZKTV4katqp4hfVjHtpq04NF0XT9neYPUNdqlCXOGimdJUxrWgKEPSvUSg/s1600/houseofbliss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIqqtquOGPglS3Se_4FAvSJoyKuwItFXcQa9ex4iHX_xeJqC6Oy-Mo4vqil8AJErmHly6htpohr8DXLWRP3vZKTV4katqp4hfVjHtpq04NF0XT9neYPUNdqlCXOGimdJUxrWgKEPSvUSg/s1600/houseofbliss.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{And, I'll be honest, I'm haunted by the smell of my dad's leather car seat on hot days. <i>Stifling</i>.}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzxXawxzvWhN1IUFu6l6zoKGrKcoxuOseDvS0C6gVUyttiRuw3Yq4rw2KJbCBdbAq7eEhGVVhEoaybu6rKY9lND3wqForugIt0a6DNpAMoujl-qcaZ-c3mc8HZCNpb5r5e8vOFOaOxEg/s1600/brown_dress_with_white_dots_jewelry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, the look of them is altogether heavenly. I'd choose mine in rich but slightly shabbied brown; worn and soft.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIuTqmi7BhhcHvfAvW-8TZHkIurD0yWzyrk8cRZAOCrQDXMgkA9J-VHcDLzOt9teixsI626szqwByVcb-lmcMGyTeRwnpJTddpJmSJw9rzDJatZdk8cqNxujYpFEE2p31Bkv63c8cSMw/s1600/je_taime_via_interiors-porn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyIuTqmi7BhhcHvfAvW-8TZHkIurD0yWzyrk8cRZAOCrQDXMgkA9J-VHcDLzOt9teixsI626szqwByVcb-lmcMGyTeRwnpJTddpJmSJw9rzDJatZdk8cqNxujYpFEE2p31Bkv63c8cSMw/s640/je_taime_via_interiors-porn.jpg" width="478" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamnBAp9-_YICwTmNsmqE1UrNxeanlzFY4racyW4W8A8N4eo2f9aFfARynRgBIdkAWoegVhDi9fefFjzJjwgAeyyU43jGRf5knWx7Eipf-Lw8Mv27QiHilivn8386QhwG43_aUBrTnXzc/s1600/LISA_B%257E1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamnBAp9-_YICwTmNsmqE1UrNxeanlzFY4racyW4W8A8N4eo2f9aFfARynRgBIdkAWoegVhDi9fefFjzJjwgAeyyU43jGRf5knWx7Eipf-Lw8Mv27QiHilivn8386QhwG43_aUBrTnXzc/s640/LISA_B%257E1.JPG" width="492" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, please will you answer me this</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">{</span><span style="font-size: large;">and be my best friend forever}...</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b>Are leather chairs as comfy as they are stylish?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images Little Blue Deer, Home Bunch, annekedekkers_nl2, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">House of Bliss, unknown, John Lewis, Interiors Porn, Lisa B-1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Leather Seating: Yes or No?

Last weekend, we had a little mooch around gorgeous interiors emporium. And a Leather-Chair-Like-No-Other caught my Modern Country eye. I ve...

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Modern Country Edwardian House Tour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HRXmL2gfc7loSeOa6Sk_NnjiQ_Kospdl1kwVarhtIyfJlrchfSVs-PExiiqNsi4_1Dw2AkH-DVqsKoKQJVfwQZX_L0JXGehrNk1kijI4_hLfdntK_ypo1ZTQJuxpEmIj3wJzszVMlvg/s1600/cozy-living-area.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HRXmL2gfc7loSeOa6Sk_NnjiQ_Kospdl1kwVarhtIyfJlrchfSVs-PExiiqNsi4_1Dw2AkH-DVqsKoKQJVfwQZX_L0JXGehrNk1kijI4_hLfdntK_ypo1ZTQJuxpEmIj3wJzszVMlvg/s640/cozy-living-area.png" width="640" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Though this house obviously needs de-show-homing, given a few toys scattered here, and two mugs of tea waiting to cool by a pile of tatty books, the space would be just delicious as a Modern Country family home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't believe me?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's how...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Yfe5-WyoG-SNfZ54Qa1TLF2543hJo84z3oGSDVKQvOa7NifaLeW-v9r5wD4EfZccrJoBYtpkEH4j2TPESh_FFyBEZAlprV7yKsm0xpz3RfunpBX70-v8p0DydP8Iw7fY4rDByqb93hs/s1600/11+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Yfe5-WyoG-SNfZ54Qa1TLF2543hJo84z3oGSDVKQvOa7NifaLeW-v9r5wD4EfZccrJoBYtpkEH4j2TPESh_FFyBEZAlprV7yKsm0xpz3RfunpBX70-v8p0DydP8Iw7fY4rDByqb93hs/s640/11+(1).jpg" width="480" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul><li><span style="font-size: large;">The painted floor boards would easily withstand tricycles zooming up and down the length of the house. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">The sofas, which appear to be upholstered in leather, are clearly designed for wiping juice of easily and efficiently. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">There are very few knick-knacks waiting for tiny hands to 'play with' (ie. break!!).</span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, of course, it needs some more bits and bobs in it to ensure that it feels lived in and warm b</span><span style="font-size: large;">ut, as I always like to say, <b>the bones are definitely there</b> to build a welcoming family haven.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-Hr8DndMPkHMiehva21pb9PS4HDzYe7fYD7S4u5YEzU7Khsc7ADj0PwCe8HsKqese-YsOaMBiLxWHflarEwYF3n9m4pzJOYNlFfYdO2ca-dLZu-9eq1H4ndOKK632I-aFIXEDKVPCnM/s1600/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4-Hr8DndMPkHMiehva21pb9PS4HDzYe7fYD7S4u5YEzU7Khsc7ADj0PwCe8HsKqese-YsOaMBiLxWHflarEwYF3n9m4pzJOYNlFfYdO2ca-dLZu-9eq1H4ndOKK632I-aFIXEDKVPCnM/s640/17.jpg" width="480" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What strikes me instantly about this house is the way the palette flows so beautifully from room to room.</span><span style="font-size: large;">The various grey tones, varying from charcoal to ash, lead you thoughtfully throughout the entire house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjUw2ZQg0jR9W5cXfsOZxBqfaffsWESMMKVSh6uAicmPpuWep7uECmhdrfrGN2-NSJ2ct9xE7xcfCbWS2_m5lAiNZSEx2nmBJ8YrAS5TNWCTaZ2zPiWioJv1nsG9_6YFIb2kEt_46RvI/s1600/living-room.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjUw2ZQg0jR9W5cXfsOZxBqfaffsWESMMKVSh6uAicmPpuWep7uECmhdrfrGN2-NSJ2ct9xE7xcfCbWS2_m5lAiNZSEx2nmBJ8YrAS5TNWCTaZ2zPiWioJv1nsG9_6YFIb2kEt_46RvI/s640/living-room.png" width="480" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile accents of colour are spotlighted in warm, sunny yellow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Did you notice how the choice of colour was inspired by the encaustic tiles in the hallway? And even the books on the shelves above coordinate (albeit in a very show-homey kind of way).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shall we take a trip upstairs?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc92VO8KpmJC85LUcjhZJcls3nkE5K9LVbOojv63ysGfh2jlHRvoyqw16db5gD-Z2XV4crxQI1AIdmdvPF-4dWm4WoX7DDpqQiCfD64wcKtXwVcl4-UISJKmwI1z83eyr5MhDi1ed9tTE/s1600/stairs.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc92VO8KpmJC85LUcjhZJcls3nkE5K9LVbOojv63ysGfh2jlHRvoyqw16db5gD-Z2XV4crxQI1AIdmdvPF-4dWm4WoX7DDpqQiCfD64wcKtXwVcl4-UISJKmwI1z83eyr5MhDi1ed9tTE/s640/stairs.png" width="480" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nothing seems overly fussy. There are no deliberately overly-shabbied pieces here. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Instead, everything seems unpretentious yet smart. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yet there are touches of country within all this stark modernism. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You have to look hard to see them but they're they're all the same.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_-k-V6S1sdkfqS70VaQcb7rT8Mnjtdx-qkuTSxDPRvCsjJ0igX9ZmzTE9VnxEFxl77My_usX62j2lxyRNThmKyQq4ONUw3u2Oa9Dmm7riymhUxyRMQkVsKuCdWIORnw4EUcFrLMOY1I/s1600/wonderful-bathroom.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_-k-V6S1sdkfqS70VaQcb7rT8Mnjtdx-qkuTSxDPRvCsjJ0igX9ZmzTE9VnxEFxl77My_usX62j2lxyRNThmKyQq4ONUw3u2Oa9Dmm7riymhUxyRMQkVsKuCdWIORnw4EUcFrLMOY1I/s640/wonderful-bathroom.png" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The enamel pitcher by the bath.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The rustic wooden ladder used as a towel rail.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIcKg3wX6c3lO12uUMLtp_V8TJAyfF4yFMF3jNHlYm0_w4tUaSeA-acZjrZxujxrYGt5ZvfoUAfc4TMcykdeJqY1fyb7pgX11PHzxT6ynNtNWCd9hEgzrZJ4tObbKcpHmhUWnOnzIkyk/s1600/bathroom_details.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIcKg3wX6c3lO12uUMLtp_V8TJAyfF4yFMF3jNHlYm0_w4tUaSeA-acZjrZxujxrYGt5ZvfoUAfc4TMcykdeJqY1fyb7pgX11PHzxT6ynNtNWCd9hEgzrZJ4tObbKcpHmhUWnOnzIkyk/s640/bathroom_details.png" width="480" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Look at this pretty headboard in the master bedroom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVS8FJRgv5pxuFNLPWiV489H9GTze-4qOSO9l-6V2ZCsTt-srXn0O8kVvQ9s09EHAEUh8wwZIPE9uIF2KKH4ukf1WOP43ChY8TieHaiDKIIFa8xQsnzM4ewRZtq8w0Y1raNmqgoNaf7Zc/s1600/bedroom-detail_79ideas.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVS8FJRgv5pxuFNLPWiV489H9GTze-4qOSO9l-6V2ZCsTt-srXn0O8kVvQ9s09EHAEUh8wwZIPE9uIF2KKH4ukf1WOP43ChY8TieHaiDKIIFa8xQsnzM4ewRZtq8w0Y1raNmqgoNaf7Zc/s640/bedroom-detail_79ideas.png" width="480" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And the pattern on the cushion, together with the gently-floralled curtains in the second reception room, combine perfectly to create a house that is firmly Modern yet has echoes of Country.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotVTlsEb22rsQVzQgHDcHmxVmBtGtqvfGe8PaqiqtZ9la-e_a7oOhtEDdTu5oWZyNse8vIiNU98-T506HN91WK3jyHGqXJmbKzQEw7J7GrtRVwIHgVJZk0m-URJIXLMOJLizNNpkXtvM/s1600/cozy-bedroom.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotVTlsEb22rsQVzQgHDcHmxVmBtGtqvfGe8PaqiqtZ9la-e_a7oOhtEDdTu5oWZyNse8vIiNU98-T506HN91WK3jyHGqXJmbKzQEw7J7GrtRVwIHgVJZk0m-URJIXLMOJLizNNpkXtvM/s640/cozy-bedroom.png" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, my poppett, will you be taking it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishdyCk6ObcKba86AmGFXP8ZzlWNLaNUxY1YUf5fZgrAuub43PCTanFzHQIWZaHPxWWEyGo27f0dmV6LlJVoivf2FfJI6bW-2vZuJ37vNTL_rqXDcTQ0gCMjkXzyiu81CunQfWH1y3_ZU/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Modern Country Edwardian House Tour

Though this house obviously needs de-show-homing, given a few toys scattered here, and two mugs of tea waiting to cool by a pile of tatty b...

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Gwyneth Paltrow's Modern Country New House

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFp-kZdlm2A49yLY5pChYeozxt355KkUwG9H11NJX8A4Z4aigkXERLFJzFWekm6JKnanZxZOFmgkTM4WNkYl-eR2gtgKSmxHxbRza3pAgUthqaIudg4sJubD6yBV-jXdDqDbaLZR73k6M/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFp-kZdlm2A49yLY5pChYeozxt355KkUwG9H11NJX8A4Z4aigkXERLFJzFWekm6JKnanZxZOFmgkTM4WNkYl-eR2gtgKSmxHxbRza3pAgUthqaIudg4sJubD6yBV-jXdDqDbaLZR73k6M/s640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gwyneth Paltrow's new house.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">have bought a new house</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and it's the epitome of Modern Country?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fancy a peek?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Me too....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Let's go, banjo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXToMGQGCyL5cdcWcHrhm-7MHZ5MkZToBHulGyK3vD4gx0VlDSkTM3cX_K2P3WwsTGGku3H2TninYN9mA-1P2fKLEJbkt5tP5JN4Zk3db5tftGbt9L_8xMSBj0E4mY3Dlujl3IQ-henc/s1600/daily+mail.jpg5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqXToMGQGCyL5cdcWcHrhm-7MHZ5MkZToBHulGyK3vD4gx0VlDSkTM3cX_K2P3WwsTGGku3H2TninYN9mA-1P2fKLEJbkt5tP5JN4Zk3db5tftGbt9L_8xMSBj0E4mY3Dlujl3IQ-henc/s640/daily+mail.jpg5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whitewashed front features a white paved driveway and low-key topiary.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The house, which must be one of the coolest in the entire world, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">cost a mere $10.45 million.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEukyqx010k73j6QL82yEVzQoAjPSYhZf-myV4r3SOHs2z64C3PLAnJ6uOUeEIVC1yxI3DKBzm3qIjg-lmfFDx1RoNeN9eC5FLvRp-KCjhSQ3k8gyt3EpedmdDl16apPmg8BB_s4Avhg/s1600/daily+mail.jpg4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsEukyqx010k73j6QL82yEVzQoAjPSYhZf-myV4r3SOHs2z64C3PLAnJ6uOUeEIVC1yxI3DKBzm3qIjg-lmfFDx1RoNeN9eC5FLvRp-KCjhSQ3k8gyt3EpedmdDl16apPmg8BB_s4Avhg/s640/daily+mail.jpg4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love these floor tiles - a Modern take on a classic Country chequered floor.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirEj-BwUU9tjAG5QpHUiAMcFS417cd-SFdKK4fHJEByz1Om6DATSolnkYRvtr2vT6fZ9o7PKxX5PpUVKDJJG4ZvrznZugnOiXAfk4HR1X8sjae9WahE6adhkdFejpgOvrxq3fYy6pTgE/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirEj-BwUU9tjAG5QpHUiAMcFS417cd-SFdKK4fHJEByz1Om6DATSolnkYRvtr2vT6fZ9o7PKxX5PpUVKDJJG4ZvrznZugnOiXAfk4HR1X8sjae9WahE6adhkdFejpgOvrxq3fYy6pTgE/s640/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and the view from other end...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Located on the westside of Los Angeles, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">it was apparently first listed for $11.96 million.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Why did no one tell me?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I sooo would have bought this.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Yes, with the petty cash I carry round in my back pocket.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>What you don't carry $12 mill as loose change too?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWQqgpDnYMV15kQRDZZkReYax1ua37AccnTS6v4x1o1lqwFp5wDS8vvdNAfnrKBtqAzfljlVDvikrqBLj5Ob6zLyBK5hmM6Scmpvx8C2kQ1lcJNjdLzArDtcjbCjY5SMS4HGDnFv-zfU/s1600/daily+mail.jpg7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWQqgpDnYMV15kQRDZZkReYax1ua37AccnTS6v4x1o1lqwFp5wDS8vvdNAfnrKBtqAzfljlVDvikrqBLj5Ob6zLyBK5hmM6Scmpvx8C2kQ1lcJNjdLzArDtcjbCjY5SMS4HGDnFv-zfU/s640/daily+mail.jpg7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at that patchwork throw tossed oh-so-casually over the chair. So snuggly!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Would you believe this is a new-build?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It has so much character and charm,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">which we saw <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/09/gorgeous-autumn-new-build.html" target="_blank">here</a> is possible but pretty </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">darn</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">hard to get right.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And now on to very probably one of the nicest kitchens </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">you will ever have the pleasure of seeing....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brace yourselves...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_cVikhDv3VnCfpfjzG3CEhbEDowOHqLHiXipgBiRt4C7JERumTaDFo_TuiXEMWkk_56bk6b9zCMceBnCOSlgM27wcp5d99tvWQVCVwAjloPhu4Wfzx8fZRbsU2BEkECv8fYekKd0TGc/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_cVikhDv3VnCfpfjzG3CEhbEDowOHqLHiXipgBiRt4C7JERumTaDFo_TuiXEMWkk_56bk6b9zCMceBnCOSlgM27wcp5d99tvWQVCVwAjloPhu4Wfzx8fZRbsU2BEkECv8fYekKd0TGc/s640/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black pendant  lights <span style="background-color: white;">and cool grey paint updates this classic country kitchen.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wooooah, right?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gwynnie's<span style="background-color: white;"> pad is designed by architect Windsor Smith,</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and is predominantly decorated in a </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">classic</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Modern Country palette of white and charcoal, with plenty of natural materials.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0B3J_U8JODyqvFGyGg-mrMsm7y9FT_mIBPnnsTna1do6NTR_Ktgn4ClqXm6aNlcP97WIOIFAQGEpxivaNAvLqIX1FyfxecIrT8OL32dGGmzB25JM-0sE6GnXa4rfuGjzE_iABhCOXCw/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0B3J_U8JODyqvFGyGg-mrMsm7y9FT_mIBPnnsTna1do6NTR_Ktgn4ClqXm6aNlcP97WIOIFAQGEpxivaNAvLqIX1FyfxecIrT8OL32dGGmzB25JM-0sE6GnXa4rfuGjzE_iABhCOXCw/s640/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's plenty of space to sit down to eat...informally....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGrTaN2vYE9gzPG3PM2tA2rylXG5JvCVX1wns9mTFK7ry56OUIh5D5UKdcFBv6w_CxmVu_GJkbEHa_d4AjB5jICBomz-lKU6OFBTTbErnQC1SqHR1Z1QwcltncOvArt7B-hR41Ucq6hk/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGrTaN2vYE9gzPG3PM2tA2rylXG5JvCVX1wns9mTFK7ry56OUIh5D5UKdcFBv6w_CxmVu_GJkbEHa_d4AjB5jICBomz-lKU6OFBTTbErnQC1SqHR1Z1QwcltncOvArt7B-hR41Ucq6hk/s640/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...or more formally...</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO94vJ6lGXLIuJXIbhLc3LmdkzWlSjtiDRZL8HGYfZn6nnEm0K871Fd4MR6Wr7yq4HcOwZZJVceG4imV0zfcvXkvnPfTcObpSXvS3xdckz0vn0dRQU1p23Av2Qo5l0YAWZYsY4Bkrt-ag/s1600/daily+mail.jpg1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO94vJ6lGXLIuJXIbhLc3LmdkzWlSjtiDRZL8HGYfZn6nnEm0K871Fd4MR6Wr7yq4HcOwZZJVceG4imV0zfcvXkvnPfTcObpSXvS3xdckz0vn0dRQU1p23Av2Qo5l0YAWZYsY4Bkrt-ag/s640/daily+mail.jpg1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see how beautifully the shelves are arranged? No detail is left to chance.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gwyneth Paltrow's new home has six bedrooms and eight bathrooms....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">more than adequate for their two children: Apple and Moses.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{<i>yes, you read me right...Apple and Moses...</i>}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xp4HI1dOjoAQFnLTz3OeT67uuAaSTKPxNjD8M40a5QC3i0WkmeywAyMok344P4NMbxerPpsplPRqodZx_fCJgaTlXD1q93TIP5tvRdWt0PzlLcMOZMSzMYHHh8VhPnUloFf3NoEeAj8/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xp4HI1dOjoAQFnLTz3OeT67uuAaSTKPxNjD8M40a5QC3i0WkmeywAyMok344P4NMbxerPpsplPRqodZx_fCJgaTlXD1q93TIP5tvRdWt0PzlLcMOZMSzMYHHh8VhPnUloFf3NoEeAj8/s640/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The views from every window are just lovely.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVp6X9tpjmSHLEqGPdWGnJpnu_pOFF7L6Ty5BUx6IXMdAFC2VV4Uc9V05b8iNJ1jIsDEoJg4LLxCw6S_7p84bj0XnYkYGQKSl9NZuqVVpfAiv3g5qvbfQYu4jSlvKJRCtiD6K1ezOlMdM/s1600/daily+mail.jpg3.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVp6X9tpjmSHLEqGPdWGnJpnu_pOFF7L6Ty5BUx6IXMdAFC2VV4Uc9V05b8iNJ1jIsDEoJg4LLxCw6S_7p84bj0XnYkYGQKSl9NZuqVVpfAiv3g5qvbfQYu4jSlvKJRCtiD6K1ezOlMdM/s640/daily+mail.jpg3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Windsor Smith has struck the balance perfectly between grand and homely.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A tricksome path to navigate.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_qO6kFrUm1hrVtsFWvOlXLu9VsOEpotmy4rIHv03-JMkCEupUkwTU9i5xxcF7YAMuLBRMrx09M42eDYZtSXAoSd6Sdz2k93nNzSQq0wsmuodqBHCGxs5CcBs_MCURsLQAMpI2ZNepZ4/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga_qO6kFrUm1hrVtsFWvOlXLu9VsOEpotmy4rIHv03-JMkCEupUkwTU9i5xxcF7YAMuLBRMrx09M42eDYZtSXAoSd6Sdz2k93nNzSQq0wsmuodqBHCGxs5CcBs_MCURsLQAMpI2ZNepZ4/s640/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another seating area?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DzulsxUrbRnUmVVyfQWDuVafKH6dHbAC2eoqs0UmFAidU7xbaAtUXW0TSNPPvppwi_61sS0jYZme7-uyiA1jJ2z8t3qNjp7a7wvzo1RtREd2VlIJx7Br3_C7a_nu13NmM577J-zxaxI/s1600/daily+mail.jpg2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DzulsxUrbRnUmVVyfQWDuVafKH6dHbAC2eoqs0UmFAidU7xbaAtUXW0TSNPPvppwi_61sS0jYZme7-uyiA1jJ2z8t3qNjp7a7wvzo1RtREd2VlIJx7Br3_C7a_nu13NmM577J-zxaxI/s640/daily+mail.jpg2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nope, just a gorgeous Modern Country bathroom. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The outdoor space is gorgeous too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRyzuEyXhaGNpmvEbeTDKGntk4xGullO4Y67HLT6SI5Q54xtTiIuoDcpwH4m3HMRP02Gn9Wzj0w_RwOdBC5UPtLAGTJJ9Fg5yLHIily4n81u8Mf-IaQffN327Ya01-uHIyYXP1Mfz5SQ/s1600/daily+mail.jpg6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRyzuEyXhaGNpmvEbeTDKGntk4xGullO4Y67HLT6SI5Q54xtTiIuoDcpwH4m3HMRP02Gn9Wzj0w_RwOdBC5UPtLAGTJJ9Fg5yLHIily4n81u8Mf-IaQffN327Ya01-uHIyYXP1Mfz5SQ/s640/daily+mail.jpg6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you imagine sitting out here watching the sun set over a glass of wine?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And look!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recognise those curvy rattan chairs from <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/curvy-grey-wicker-chairs.html" target="_blank">here</a>?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love mine!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>So...what did you think of </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Gwyneth Paltrow's Modern Country house?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Is it gorgeous</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">or is it gorgeous?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishdyCk6ObcKba86AmGFXP8ZzlWNLaNUxY1YUf5fZgrAuub43PCTanFzHQIWZaHPxWWEyGo27f0dmV6LlJVoivf2FfJI6bW-2vZuJ37vNTL_rqXDcTQ0gCMjkXzyiu81CunQfWH1y3_ZU/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqUyRhCg66gPfNQHh81rGOfvP_VywWXZqmmtMCjkwk_8h3tp2giJzjabWtNCTfsCfeGInxUcrjS5f4hN-9ni-WpudY16p2jrQvLG77TNFiylmGDVHlNlhiZJunob4YyRG5n7m46U703I/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Gwyneth Paltrow's Modern Country New House

Gwyneth Paltrow's new house. Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin  have bought a new house and it's the epitome of Modern Country? Fancy...

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Kitchen of Serenity

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY44wdEQGMnoPIUmXkzA_Bg7omUY6B5Q_bSnoKc0cFUNUF-VOqaUS-Yy7qjE0OdOITp2Dh0erbib8rADMm_neZFcL_m3fzCeQR39ZdoS1DJwz3Mm-FJce0xYJ80T1UVUImwCpnEAmgITaK/s1600/2_imq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY44wdEQGMnoPIUmXkzA_Bg7omUY6B5Q_bSnoKc0cFUNUF-VOqaUS-Yy7qjE0OdOITp2Dh0erbib8rADMm_neZFcL_m3fzCeQR39ZdoS1DJwz3Mm-FJce0xYJ80T1UVUImwCpnEAmgITaK/s640/2_imq.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">First, let me apologise for my husband's disgraceful behaviour. Hijacking my blog? Who does that rascal think he is?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">♥ ♥ *swoon* ♥ ♥</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I felt such a lovely mixture of extremely embarrassed and extraordinarily happy. I'd say this would be an accurate portrayal:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FvXW214kcgbt-im62D2lyhaalgiEjRm5IRZAdS9CYrHMfOmY8L3eU2iE9ullVP23DxNq4kBOfhe7gWIXj05hNhQbxD2wnUvX8WHfwg9c4zjKx4EgNFEVYALCEhBYoPemr_BlENzjJ83l/s1600/marketing+pilgrim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="294" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FvXW214kcgbt-im62D2lyhaalgiEjRm5IRZAdS9CYrHMfOmY8L3eU2iE9ullVP23DxNq4kBOfhe7gWIXj05hNhQbxD2wnUvX8WHfwg9c4zjKx4EgNFEVYALCEhBYoPemr_BlENzjJ83l/s320/marketing+pilgrim.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are you feeling it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The blush? The giggling? The lurrrrve?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, ahem....moving swiftly on, now that V-day is over, shall we get back on track with a bit of </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kitchen Delectability?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a little reminder, here at Modern Country Style, we're going through, step by step, how to makeover a kitchen on any budget....with plenty of other <span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">delightful distractions</span> along the way. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We've looked at:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Step 1: </span><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/01/if-youre-looking-to-makeover-your.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Kitchen Foraging</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Step 2: </span><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2011/01/kitchen-makeover-step-2-narrowing.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Narrowing Choices</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and I do believe we're currently stopping off at:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Step 3: Colour Inspiration</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I want the feel of my final colour choices to be calm and peaceful and this <span style="background-color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-size: x-large;">Kitchen of Serenity</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>sums that up perfectly for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2wvUO5e_izMfJyarePPgcOZkwWhLP_hssgxD_VpWau99NpFbckDkFHk_XWKohnVyISqNdq7N0P7Esv85wPGvsZSAaInEUzcTlSlGtVXGox6ygzQLEVoayKa1pYDsnuT3NUzDrKbfWJbG/s1600/1_imq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2wvUO5e_izMfJyarePPgcOZkwWhLP_hssgxD_VpWau99NpFbckDkFHk_XWKohnVyISqNdq7N0P7Esv85wPGvsZSAaInEUzcTlSlGtVXGox6ygzQLEVoayKa1pYDsnuT3NUzDrKbfWJbG/s640/1_imq.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Kitchen of Serenity has a <span style="font-size: x-large;">very limited palette</span> of white, pale grey and charcoal. So restful and gentle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{L:O:V:E those pendants.}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGkai5qCatDPdCRyR_0k-H-OHVvfBbrR783gIgyfHlgs4w9DCg-Dg-RVxEukT4gsAtXeLtEKd71zcxaPMnlUtYQdTpzd5rUUBtdUg-YESW4e_QJhr64vUwPdjjU2vrfc1t0bt8hfjQm4w/s1600/5_imq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGkai5qCatDPdCRyR_0k-H-OHVvfBbrR783gIgyfHlgs4w9DCg-Dg-RVxEukT4gsAtXeLtEKd71zcxaPMnlUtYQdTpzd5rUUBtdUg-YESW4e_QJhr64vUwPdjjU2vrfc1t0bt8hfjQm4w/s640/5_imq.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Kitchen of Serenity is spacious and airy. No clutter at all, apart from carefully placed <span style="font-size: x-large;">objet de gorgeousness</span>, as I like to call them, in an unbelievably pretentious fashion.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYmkkm2utdIJBi7ubXiPdNwe50yPVVSOie7qrVTEBYHAs-zWvscBV18qylIHjOkAzGXyZ20_GvHz7XucZb-zPgNdvzqY0tczw-tuunCW0sg-gYE9UdvF72p3w8fzWBaM7dgfTgl_ge-dB/s1600/4_imq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYmkkm2utdIJBi7ubXiPdNwe50yPVVSOie7qrVTEBYHAs-zWvscBV18qylIHjOkAzGXyZ20_GvHz7XucZb-zPgNdvzqY0tczw-tuunCW0sg-gYE9UdvF72p3w8fzWBaM7dgfTgl_ge-dB/s640/4_imq.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But, <span style="font-size: x-large;">for reality's sake</span>, I feel I have to ask 'Where's the kettle and the toaster?'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is it a little bit *too* clean and clinical? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmVDIixS1zGOeeLyO9f347HW4MiJt8Sf5Za-umL81whTMLnRvvtWwN91AOJfhbA6qHifLmi5wkbZVJ83Qe7tqBtQIWSWX9xDQ0AKNWVURJsBJwD0hJDT6uhRKUCfsSC7hM-F-rX8btZjy/s1600/3_imq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSmVDIixS1zGOeeLyO9f347HW4MiJt8Sf5Za-umL81whTMLnRvvtWwN91AOJfhbA6qHifLmi5wkbZVJ83Qe7tqBtQIWSWX9xDQ0AKNWVURJsBJwD0hJDT6uhRKUCfsSC7hM-F-rX8btZjy/s640/3_imq.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A bit *too* lacking in any colour or personality?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;">{What do *<span style="color: magenta;">you</span>* think?}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin4WRJxFWjUWmr5NhWJxa_BVPYP_Txq7AyvRbcZ9i7DaPzS8HryjxnS0Ly5aSZEZVyNNGdDKzpsZK1d21zXHeTIUSv5Sq3O45Lkaq6lB5pp2or1x5ljRG9anH0T3ggQsp0prJyO7P5LfCj/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGsnEZO3GhgFcJH8lzT93Y_u2Hk-yYUt6ZOUdJHKihzHATnbrCCd4sjQ3hVv_rjY_iCtPUHAteeVkK9snTeiSFWHaw1wAeBfL-CGojKeaNxTeZkr_VkVUmYWnwHYrtyv3lA8ReeJn5qLx/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images via Plain English</span></div>

Kitchen of Serenity

First, let me apologise for my husband's disgraceful behaviour. Hijacking my blog? Who does that rascal think he is? ♥ ♥ *swoon* ♥ ♥ I f...

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