Restoring a Period Home

Following in the footsteps of her renovating family, Maria Bradburn and her husband Wayne have restored this 1900s house located in Wolverhampton, England. The builder designed six very different houses around the turn of the century, using this one – his own – as an experiment for all the various features he wished to include in the others. Unlike its neighbours, which are more restrained, this property has numerous decorative Edwardian and Victorian influences: elaborate tiling in the hallway; intricate carvings and mouldings; leaded lights; a panelled ceiling and a most unusual copper fireplace in the back sitting room.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_09.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_09.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_13.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_13.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_02.jpg" target="_new"><img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_02.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br /><img alt="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_07.jpg" src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_07.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_14.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_14.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_04.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_04.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_03.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_03.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_12.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_12.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_15.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_15.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_08.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_08.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_10.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_10.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_05.jpg" target="_new"><img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_05.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/0110bradburn_11.jpg" target="_new"> <img src="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/image_gallery_player/0110bradburn_11.jpg" style="border-width: 0pt;" /></a><br /><br />Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!<br />All images from <a href="http://www.periodliving.co.uk/">here</a>.

Restoring a Period Home

Following in the footsteps of her renovating family, Maria Bradburn and her husband Wayne have restored this 1900s house located in Wolverh...

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Apartment in Stockholm

Second post today, dears. We are going to tour a large, bright apartment in Vasastaden, a city district in central Stockholm, Sweden. Youthful, modern and cheerful.<br /><br /><a><img alt="Welcome to the four grand rooms in a row!" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFD7B023A30F3124F52853C04B92C562E8C.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 649px; height: 431px;" /><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="Pet kitchen is a full 7 feet long!" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFD121C168E2A4C4C9882734CE2172A03C0.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 650px; height: 439px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="Note the week's events on the wall" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFD7B8339A31AD44E39AC08317B62B4C911.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 649px; height: 948px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="Three tall windows with deep niches" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFD65EAEE15E62F4DABA32A106038E925BC.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 650px; height: 436px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="Spotlights in the ceiling provides a fine setting" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFD5F0DFFA31615426EB7E3B7077F8B1EA5.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 650px; height: 439px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="Inside the kitchen is one of the bedrooms" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFDD8AA64E9FE24471DAE083BA026B3750C.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 650px; height: 432px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="The apartment's second part is the living room" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFDA730690E0E754283A7AB9F7E90BE13BF.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 650px; height: 949px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="Wide moldings, high skirting boards & black painted floor!" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFD099F6DA7E75E4FE4BCF9FE30D63D1355.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 652px; height: 433px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="Corner State creates asymmetry" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFDD144EA9821434FE4987EE5EC988F62F4.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 650px; height: 432px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="Well insulated windows shut out the sound" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFD2F927186C0E540E4B677E995673A6265.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 650px; height: 971px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="Black floor gives a bold bass at all, the white" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFD4E87F72FE4E040CF918D0A96B8259FBB.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 650px; height: 432px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="Welcome to the lounge!" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFDC4A35E723657492D85E703D79BC8965D.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 650px; height: 432px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="This room also features a Fireplace" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFD2950B5F9B5CB498E912ADABDF5E123C1.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 651px; height: 955px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="The second bathroom is hidden behind the left door" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFDB20DC31E6DAF43F891307BA776747DC0.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 650px; height: 432px;" /></a><a><br /><br /></a><a><img alt="Get apartment boasts its own stone staircase" src="http://farm1.pics.objektdata.se/pic/pic.dll/image?url=17735/SFDFAEFC7369F614D9C9514C67B44D2CE27.jpg&sizex=848" style="width: 648px; height: 953px;" /></a><a><br /><br />All images from here.<br /></a>

Apartment in Stockholm

Second post today, dears. We are going to tour a large, bright apartment in Vasastaden, a city district in central Stockholm, Sweden. Youth...

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Interior Designer Sara Scaglione

Morning sunshines. Today we are off to the rolling hills of Austin, Texas where designer Sara Scaglione created a relaxed and creamy chic design home.The owners wanted an elegant beach style, so she used Belgian linen slipcovers on classic sofas and chairs for a casual feeling, and then added elements like silk taffeta curtains.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/HBX-Scaglione-1-0909-xl.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px; width: 551px; height: 431px;" /><br />In the living room, traditional upholstered pieces were updated with slipcovers in Belgian linen. A gilded French mirror, an antique chest, and a Lucite side table are a compatible mix of styles and periods. Walls are painted Pratt & Lambert's Silver Lining, a soft, milky white. Notice how the curtain rods are all just a few inches below the ceiling which add drama to the room.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/HBX-Scaglione-2-0909-xl-3875763.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 491px; height: 627px;" /><br />One end of the sunroom was turned into an office. Vintage botanicals hang above an 18th-century writing desk; glass lamp by Julian Chichester. The comfortable wing chair and woven basket add so much warmth.<br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/HBX-Scaglione-3-0909-xl-9777463.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 489px; height: 624px;" /><br />Scaglione designed the chairs with rounded backs to offset the angularity of the French-style farm table. The dining room is visible from the living room so for continuity, she slipcovered the chairs in Hamilton Adams Belgian linen in Off-White.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/HBX-Scaglione-4-0909-xl-50584483.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 489px; height: 624px;" /><br />In the family room there is a whimsical window seat with a soft down cushion by one of the windows.<br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/HBX-Scaglione-5-0909-xl-52932330.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 490px; height: 626px;" /><br />A dressmaker skirt gives a modern tweak to the slipcover on a living room chair.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/HBX-Scaglione-6-0909-xl-10973488.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px; width: 550px; height: 430px;" /><br />The family room is flanked by the kitchen on one side and the sunroom on the other. The slipcovers here are whitewashed denim.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/HBX-Scaglione-7-0909-xl-39526829.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 484px; height: 618px;" /><br />The sunroom was kept light and open. The wall of doors was framed with iron sconces instead of curtains. Hope the zebra skin is faux.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/HBX-Scaglione-8-0909-xl-32161275.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 484px; height: 618px;" /><br />Updated versions of retro fixtures give this bathroom an old-fashioned charm.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/HBX-Scaglione-10-0909-xl-78452510.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; width: 484px; height: 618px;" /><br />Black all-weather wicker furniture on the patio.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/HBX-Scaglione-9-0909-xl-85473253.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px; width: 550px; height: 430px;" /><br />Scaglione mixed twin beds and lamps from Pottery Barn and pink toile bedding with a vintage mirror and chandelier to create a room for 11 year old Olivia, the owner's daughter.<br /><br /><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.housebeautiful.com/cm/housebeautiful/images/HBX-Scaglione-11-0909-xl-68564970.jpg" style="top: -5px; left: -6px; width: 545px; height: 426px;" /><br />Walls in the master bedroom are painted Pratt & Lambert's Wolf, a warm gray with a hint of chocolate. White bedding, curtains, carpet, and slipcovers keep the room from feeling too cavelike. A 19th-century French armchair completes the look.<br /><br />All images and information from <a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">here</a>.

Interior Designer Sara Scaglione

Morning sunshines. Today we are off to the rolling hills of Austin, Texas where designer Sara Scaglione created a relaxed and creamy chic de...

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