Homes & Antiques

Homes & Antiques

Homes & Antiques

homes & Antiques Christmas

Homes & Antiques Christmas

Escape the ordinary

SPRING HAS SPRUNG 🌼 Springtime is definitely

SPRING HAS SPRUNG
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Springtime is definitely on its way here in the French Alps, we’ve been basking in the sunshine and the snow hanging on in there on the mountain tops.
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Looks like the UK will be feeling the sun too this week 😀
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I’m feeling optimistic, hope you are to
#hopeful #thefutureisbright
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#sunnydaysahead #hautesavoie #myfrenchmountainhome #myfrenchcountryhome #frenchfarmhouse #frenchfarm #farmhouserenovation #samoëns #deckchairview #greenshutters

FASHION STYLING... 👗 My posts for months now ha

FASHION STYLING...
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My posts for months now have almost entirely consisted of interior related styling and no fashion.
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Thats because I’ve just not had the enthusiasm for fashion for obvious reasons and I make a point of only posting:
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A. what I’m feeling and
B not posting anything for the sake of it..
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But I am now getting itchy for a fashion shoot and I’d love to be back doing some fashion styling again soon.
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I miss the great feeling of being part of a creative team working together on a shoot and producing something beautiful.
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This is a lovely shoot I did with @londoncollegeofstyle @timcopseyphotography and the beautiful @amanda_a_farnum
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I loved pulling these looks together, my concept for this shoot was ‘urban Prairie’ and it was shot on location @kempshottlocation How gorgeous is this green bathroom?😍
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I’m hoping to doing some more shoots in the future, when the time feels appropriate, combining my interest in both fashion with interiors.
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#fashionstylist #interiorstylist #fashionshoots #prairestyle #fashioninspo #shootdays #kempshottroad #teamwork #fashionphotoshoot #fashionphotography #greenbathroom #locationhouse #shootlocation

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY.. who doesn’t love a pop up r

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY.. who doesn’t love a pop up restaurant?
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This time last year I was styling an intimate pop up dining space for my sister @helenbriscoethomas and her friend @anushka_eats both @leithscooking chefs who came together to create @babushka_and_lel
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It was a fabulous evening .. but what made it really special was that it was food cooked from the heart and made with love.. and as diners we all felt and shared in that sentiment, this is to me is what the true art of cooking and eating is really about
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and that’s why I love a pop up .. it takes a lot of hard work, planning, not to mention the physical lifting and transportation involved in getting one of these events together, so it has to be born of passion and love or you wouldn’t bother..
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Hopefully they will bother again and are planning more in the brighter future.
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I can’t think of a better way to celebrate ‘unlocking’ than getting together with lots of lovely people and sharing food made with love, can you ❤️
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Follow @babushka_and_lel and keep badgering them for more details 😜
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#popupdining #spitalfields #supperclub #eatingtogether #theartofeating #theartofcooking #madewithlove #fromtheheart #leithsschooloffoodandwine

Looks like another Friday night in by the fire the

Looks like another Friday night in by the fire then 🤷‍♀️
#myfrenchmountainhome #livinginfrance #bythefireside #fridaynightin #mountainstyle #openfire #cosyeveningin #lockdownfriday #stonefireplace #logfires

Warm dusky glow.. 🔥 So here we are on 1st Febr

Warm dusky glow..
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So here we are on 1st February, one step closer to the Spring we are probably looking forward to more than any other year I remember.
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Whilst I’m looking forward to lighter longer days I still find comfort in cosy darker evenings.
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It’s 5.45pm here so an hour earlier than the UK so it’s darker in the mornings which is the bit I don’t really like 😖
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I feel if we can snuggle down for February we can emerge energised and optimistic in March.
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How are you feeling about February?
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#livinginfrance #cosyvibes #cosyhome #myfrenchmountainhome #myfrenchcountryhome #alpinelifestyle #mountainfarmhouse #farmhousedecor #farmhousestyle #bubblechair #winterevening #candleglow

CLIMBING THE STAIRS TO BED 🛏 This is the one of

CLIMBING THE STAIRS TO BED
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This is the one of 2 bedrooms on the first floor of the farmhouse and it’s sits slightly raised from the floor level of the living area and so has these three wooden steps up.
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We built it this way so that the balcony on the front of the house could be accessed from the bedroom as it is the original balcony and it sits higher than the floor level
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Unfortunately it wasn’t a clear day when I shot these the other day so you can’t see window views which are lovely from this room. Never mind there’s always another day 😊
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Have a good Friday friends 💋
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#mymountainhome #alpinebedroom
#livedinluxe #oldwood #chaletstyle #chaletstyling #mountainlife #mountainliving #mountainhome #farmhousedecor #farmhousestyle #farmhouserenovation #frenchmountains #myfrenchcountryhome

BON SOIRÉE FROM CHANTA POLET 🛏 I’ve taken a

BON SOIRÉE FROM CHANTA POLET
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I’ve taken a few bedroom pics this afternoon but the light grew dim so I thought I’d post a cosy bedtime shot instead.
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This bed surround was beautifully crafted by an artisan in old local wood.
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More in the morning 💋
#myfrenchmountainhome #farmhousebedroom #oldwooddesign #mountainstyle #chaletstyle #mountainlovers #bedroomstyle #farmhousedecor #alpinestyle #chaletinteriors

SOFA, SETTEE OR COUCH ? WHAT DO YOU CALL IT AND WH

SOFA, SETTEE OR COUCH ? WHAT DO YOU CALL IT AND WHY IT MIGHT MATTER.
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According to Nancy Mitford author of the 1950’s guide to linguistic snobbery, ‘Noblesse Oblige’, how you call it depends if you’re U (upper class) or non U (middle class)
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Sofa, she says, is what a U would call it, whereas a non U would use settee or couch and frankly these are a bit, well naff, very new money darling..
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I find this kind of trivia nonsense quite interesting. Apparently at that time it had become v difficult to tell a real British Aristocrat, now non U people were also earning ok too 😂...language used was the only way 🤦‍♀️Problems Problems 😂
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I’ve always used Sofa.. just saying 😂
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Nancy deemed that a non U person would use flowery more pretentious words (perhaps in an effort to elevate themselves?) whereas a U person would use more simple words like the working class.
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Who knew?
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So what do you call it ?
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Btw couch derives from the French noun couche, meaning to ‘lie down’.. ok then, thanks I will do!
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#sofa #settee #couch #myfrenchmountainhome #livedinluxe #alpinelifestyle #momentsofmine #readingspot #chaletstyle #farmhousedecor