New Mood Decor Atlanta

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you thought things couldn't get any better after that delicious Modern Country <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/swedishfrench-style-victorian-house-tour.html" target="_blank">house tour of Leopoldina Haynes' home</a>, you'd be wrong, wrong, wrong! Come on outside into the very small but perfectly formed garden, reached through the back of the kitchen double doors, and see what I mean.</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden" height="421" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/20/31/d3/2031d362e4bc9f7c2bdf46560c084613.jpg" 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;">Leopoldina Haynes' tiny garden has that heavenly mix of topiary and soft planting, which makes it utterly eye-catching and utterly, <i>utterly </i>Modern Country.</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/proxy/AVvXsEj5XNVlwMhaoI-bwEx_i5SiJ0P0cg39I_TJFUftAWm_anUqreH-NGeGcKvAK4sgh8pzX84_NeJWRCGDkVAjG5Wo9R6S843BdWll6kGiXXF4_nM617I9L0oeVMfpqY1bted1p2nbqFp7IFoBP1MudM1Ko0X4NuPgmjAPcR2JJeJxODG2Z9DTlnp4y9__kG9N9XSGSCfy=" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Leopoldina Haynes Garden" border="0" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ba/6f/7d/ba6f7dd673e6867dd21e1c456cf9f9ac.jpg" width="432" /></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;">Designed in conjunction with Claire Mee Designs, the garden walls are lined with shutterboard cladding, painted in Dulux Chalky Downs 3, a delicious, chalky taupe shade. </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="Leopoldina Haynes garden, photographed by Yasunori Shimomura for Modern Living Japan, September 2013." height="426" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/d3/e5/a9/d3e5a9da7fa5ba6c40eacd9928b5ddd2.jpg" 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;">This is the predominant paint colour (in all its forms) used inside Leopoldina's house so brings a sense of continuity between the two spaces, as well as introducing a light and airy feeling, which seems to  enlarge the small space.</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="Leopoldina Haynes garden, photographed by Yasunori Shimomura for Modern Living Japan, September 2013." height="426" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/81/bf/d0/81bfd0e313473785f405f7c118c701c3.jpg" 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;">Leopoldina Haynes' garden has a limited but beautiful selection of plants, with a strong Mediterranean theme, in a tight palette of green and white, with the odd hint of colour</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden: outdoor dining" height="421" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/04/be/66/04be6676ff4772d22ec7bdb569968bd7.jpg" 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;">....namely: white hydrangeas...</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden: topiary and fig tree" height="426" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6d/c2/aa/6dc2aa79dcf0b68ece612c7b7cd826a4.jpg" 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;">rosemary....</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden" height="420" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/22/a6/3d/22a63d2ad7fe76a6f7b06441eedc5844.jpg" 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;">myrtle.... <i>{make sure you clock that vintage garden fork and spade!}</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;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Leopoldina Haynes Garden, design by Claire Mee" height="299" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6e/19/b0/6e19b042cede81ee4301893bf4d3dd68.jpg" 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;">English roses...</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="Leopoldina Haynes garden, photographed by Yasunori Shimomura for Modern Living Japan, September 2013." height="426" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/31/26/23/31262352a2c4544eb7a518d21354c9b0.jpg" 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;">fig trees....</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden, basket planters" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/13/f3/5d/13f35dcf9c1fdeeaf38c9a061f33caa3.jpg" width="422" /></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;">olive trees...</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden: olive trees and dining outdoor" height="421" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/80/c0/29/80c029cf9cb58dc1aab7aea3d1d50c9e.jpg" 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;">cyclamen.....</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden" height="421" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/9e/60/38/9e60383cdc047547aed752d3fd1e895d.jpg" 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;">and lavender, in a decorative concrete planter....</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="Leopoldina Haynes garden, photographed by Yasunori Shimomura for Modern Living Japan, September 2013." height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5d/f5/9c/5df59cc3aa1385b425bb5999b3e02865.jpg" width="426" /></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;">...placed lovingly beneath a vintage French mirror.</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden" height="430" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/71/c6/e6/71c6e6e32a99714dd0c949d0ac8f4732.jpg" 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;">The table and chairs are from high-end Dutch company Free Line.</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="Leopoldina Haynes garden" height="421" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/34/4c/45/344c458cf6f370f17b4477711ba7ad69.jpg" 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;">The floor material is river stone and the raised section is York stone.</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden, Designed by Claire Mee" height="299" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c1/08/fd/c108fd7cc4001cfd07bc3c05cd4d1d32.jpg" 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;">Leopoldina Haynes has used a variety of cushions to make the seating more comfortable, in palest mushroom checks and stripes.</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="Leopoldina Haynes garden, photographed by Yasunori Shimomura for Modern Living Japan, September 2013." height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/a9/79/f0/a979f0a5d45652995ceadadd5abd8e4f.jpg" width="426" /></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;">I love the idea of using baskets in soft-grey rattan for planting. These have been simply lined with plastic bin bags, with their bottoms  pierced for drainage. </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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b2/e5/16/b2e516565eaa2a6f547c0cd422bb71fc.jpg" width="430" /></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;">The hydrangeas look especially beautiful with this treatment - Modern and Country all at the same time. Yummy!</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden: plants in baskets" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0e/ce/3f/0ece3f60b9c417af8fd83ae06f2ec52c.jpg" width="422" /></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;">Be still, my beating heart!</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden" height="421" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/c1/6c/70/c16c70ee8ef10649bf012c80ff130068.jpg" 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;">And the topiary? Oh, the topiary...</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden: dining table, olive trees and cladding" height="421" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/65/91/57/6591571debbd79690e39a8ecb1b130e1.jpg" 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;">Some box balls (<i>buxus</i>) are placed methodically between each of the five olive trees...</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="Leopoldina Haynes Garden" height="421" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/38/dc/59/38dc599f2df0656794d251b7a27e24ad.jpg" 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;">and others given the same divine grey rattan basket treatment...</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="Leopoldina Haynes' garden, roses, topiary, hydrangeas and Poppy the pug" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/55/7f/35/557f35de87d53efa27adf843b6b5ba9a.jpg" width="422" /></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 back into the house, Leopoldina Haynes has used a darker shade of Dulux Chalky Downs on the window frames, which has been echoed in the colour of the wooden planters...</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="Leopoldina Haynes' garden, grey window" height="421" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5a/d1/a9/5ad1a9e7a30d7dd877709666aeb9c8b7.jpg" 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;">This garden, though teeny-tiny small, has almost magically inviting properties, enticing you out on a summer's evening....</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;"><img alt="Leopoldina Haynes Garden: white cyclamins and storm lantern" height="421" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/7c/ad/1e/7cad1e55bea71918a218a10be0e9f116.jpg" 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;">Modern Country garden heaven, no?</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; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><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></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><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></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images via: Leopoldina Haynes and Claire Mee on Pinterest</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />