A beautiful bedroom belonging to Max Rollitt in his English countryside house, as featured in House & Garden.
Looking at some beautiful kitchens today!
“The entry hall of the 19th-century country home of Jean-Louis Deniot and William Holloway, near Chantilly, France. The Portuguese settee and French console are both from the 18th century, the sculpture (right) is by Roger Desserprit, and the portrait depicts a 17th-century noblewoman.” – Elle Decor. Photo by Pascal Chevallier Read the full article at the link.
Absolutely LOVE this beautiful French house! The architect was Carlos Elenes, interior design by Carolyne Ferguson, landscape architect Greg Grisamore. Photography by Mark Lohman. This house was originally featured in Luxe Magazine – you can read the full article there with the full details!
Today I’m talking about decorating with laurel wreaths! The Laurel wreath has been used since the Ancient Greeks and Romans. The motif was repopularized in the late Neoclassical style because of Napoleon I.
Napoleon I encouraged the French furniture/textile/porcelain artists to produce furniture with motifs that represented fame and victory. What better motif than the laurel wreath! Laurel wreaths were rewarded in Ancient Rome to successful commanders in triumph; used in Ancient Greece for decorating the Olympians. The tradition continued on to symbolize victory and achievement. “With laurel crowned as conqueror, there he lived in joy and honour” -Geoffery Chaucer, The Knights Tale, Circa 1385
I love the laurel wreath motif and am showing some examples of it used in decor!
Laurel wreaths are sometimes hidden on barometers, clocks or mirrors!
A modern take on the laurel wreath.
Laurel wreaths are the design of this room’s wallpaper.
Antique French Andirons
It is used in porcelain patterns.
Real Laurel wreaths are made from the Bay Laurel plant. Below is a wreath made from real bay laurel, painted gold.
I like this tutorial from Craftberry Bush for a DIY standing laurel wreath. I am going to do something similar…. with bay laurel from my garden!
The motif is still Very popular today!
Brought in a few flowers into the house for Summer. Can you decipher which ones are real and which ones are faux?
The sunflowers are real. I don’t quite know how sunflowers became associated with Fall decor. Ours already reached peak bloom and in fact are now hanging their heads to dry. To me, sunflowers = Summer.
I’d share more pictures, but the cat kept photobombing my photo session. Then the baby started crying… and what we are left with are two pictures. C’est la vie!
Love the beautiful gallery in this bathroom!
Unfortunately I could not find the designer after searching for quite some time!!
I recently found Joshua Young design and really liked his Parisian-inspired apartment which is located in Chicago!
The modern artwork with the paint across the eyes cracks me up. I liked it paired with this antique furniture piece.
I don’t know about you, but it seems lately I’ve done a majority of my shopping on Amazon. Today I’ve rounded up some favorite French Country Farmhouse finds on Amazon – and the good news is: they are budget friendly!
Pair of French country Table Lamps
Desk/Console Table Louis XV style
French country linen grain sack napkins
French country wall sconce – I have this in my own but I painted some gold on the metal to match my house a little better!
French Gothic Farmhouse Bed Crown – I personally would paint a little gold on it!
French Dining Chairs with Caneback
French metal pitcher, also comes in white
I also have A LOT MORE French Farmhouse Finds (and other stuff too!) on my AMAZON SHOP
Crushing on these beautiful mudrooms! I was looking at mudrooms again because I want to make a little cushion for the bench in my mudroom as I don’t want the paint to get scratched from us setting the car seat down on it. So I went to Pinterest and found myself going down the internet rabbit hole.
Finally have my nursery closet organized and thought you may enjoy seeing what I did with it!
First I used white baskets on the left. They came in several sizes- I actually purchased two of the sizes. This is the larger size. Right now they are holding mostly clothes, but I thought they would be perfect for toys later on too! I used some divided stackable clear bins for socks, tights, knee socks for right now.
For the hanging clothes, I purchased these neat little clothing dividers so I don’t spend my time trying to sort through the sizes!
I divided her hair bows into light and dark colors. I also used a jewelry display to hang some of the bows she wears more frequently and also store the more fragile bows.
I used more clear bins on the other shelves for hats. I also used clear bins to organize The various sizes.
Here are all of my sources. I made the labels myself with my new cricut machine! Totally love that thing.
Sources –
All other clear bins – Container Store
Nursery Closet Dividers by Month/Size (similar, exact ones are sold out)
Hair Bow Display/Jewelry Organizer
Labels made by myself with my Cricut Machine
Baby Hangers – Home Goods
Today’s post is dedicated to Pierre Frey’s ‘Sans Papillons’ and ‘Papillons’ wallpaper and fabric. It is one of my favorite patterns!
Sans Papillons comes in two color ways. The red/pink color way is more popular.
Here is “Papillons”… as you can see there are now butterflies between the vines.
Have you ever heard of a Grandmillennial? If you have not, it is because it is a relatively new term coined by this House Beautiful article by Emma Bazilian published late last year.
A Grandmillennial is someone “Ranging in age from mid-20s to late-30s, grandmillennials have an affinity for design trends considered by mainstream culture to be “stuffy” or “outdated”—Laura Ashley prints, ruffles, embroidered linens,” writes Emma.
After I read this article I realized… OH, THAT IS ME! I have ALWAYS been a Grandmillennial! I knew there were other people my age who were anti-minimalism and into new traditional decor!
We like toile, chintz, ruffles, lace, wallpaper, embroidered linens, slipcovers, needlepoint, antique china, silver and shy away from the trendy mid-century modern, farmhouse and other new decorating trends.
Grandmillennials are all about layered and “cluttered” looks – not all bright white rooms in the same monochromatic color palette. Not that there’s anything wrong with that style, but it’s not Grandmillennial style!
Grandmillennial style is considered “granny chic” – what our grandma’s would decorate with. Except I find this term is a misnomer for several reasons:
1. It is more like great-great-granny chic. I don’t know about you, but our Grandma’s of today decorated with well, items from the 1940s and 1950s— what is currently making up the trend of mid-century modern. Don’t believe me? Check out what you mainly see in antique malls— so much mid century.
2. I think calling it Granny chic is a bit insulting to the both the younger AND older ladies out there. To the older ladies, it is insulting to consider what they have likely decorated their whole life as “granny” or “old lady”… and to the young ladies, it is not cute to call them a “granny” because they like timeless decor!
For me, the GRAND in Grandmillenial comes from this: we like GRAND rooms… color, patterns, layered looks! Really, just timeless decor. Doesn’t matter your age, really!
The article defines Grandmillennials as a design trend, but to me, it isn’t a trend at all! My style has been influenced starting at a young age when I would go with my parents to estate sales. You see, back then (mid 1980s), what was going up for sale is what was collected at turn of the of the century- many pieces from 1880s-1920s.
Have a piece of brown furniture? Grandmillennials will let the woodwork shine.
I love all of the antique porcelain and china! I love the antique linens, the inlayed furniture. My childhood bedroom was wallpapered in a Mario Buatta chintz!
I was thinking though, what is it REALLY that a Grandmillenial is… it is someone born in the Millennial Generation that just likes classic and timeless interiors and style.
If you like timeless interiors and style, we really appreciate the same things but perhaps are just born from different generations.
Let’s talk about corona beds, no viruses allowed in them please!
The bed corona originated from the canopy bed which were used in medieval times by nobles to keep the cool drafts away from their cold castles.
A bed corona, also called Lit à Couronne, is suspended at the head of the bed (like a crown on a head) with drapery extending down to the sides of the edge of the bed.
If you want to learn about ALL the different types of canopy beds, look at this Veranda article here. I will only be showing bed coronas today!
Two below are Pam Evans featured in Country French magazine, images via the Vintage Mulberry
https://www.vogue.com/article/interiors-canopy-bed-vogue
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