English christmas

Enjoy this pretty Wiltshire English country home decorated for Christmas in a green and berry color scheme, with a pleasing mix of holiday patterns.

I have such a warm and lovely home tour for you today that will definitely put you in the holiday mood. Writer and shop-owner Amanda Brooks relocated from busy New York to a more calmer lifestyle in t

Hello everyone, I prepared a cozy English Afternoon Tea for you to enjoy in our library. Biscuits,sugar cookies,haystacks and sticky date pudding for you. Tea with the glow of twinkling lights on the Christmas tree. I love this teapot with the English cottage on it. The curtains and the tablecloth look like English chintz. The tree and the fireplace add a cozy Englisg charm for me. I hope you have some time to enjoy a cozy English Afternoon Tea by the fire today! Today is Winter Solstice and…

Hello everyone, I hope you enjoyed your weekend. I enjoyed a lovely afternoon on Saturday going to the Christmas House Tours and then out to supper with my daughters. On Sunday we hosted our annual family pizza party for 30 and the grandchildren exchanged gifts adding to the fun. I love this casual party. I think this room has an English cottage look although it does have a bit of French as well. The tea tray is set if you have time for tea. Friendly Village tea cups. You can see my…

Christmas home tour with English and French country accents for a casual, elegant look with a bit of vintage, antique and thrifty decor.

Well hello everyone! I'm so excited to start the season off with a tablescape, which y'all know is what I originally started blogging, and something I love to create. I'm equally happy to be joining 24 other bloggers on the 25 Christmas Ideas tour that Angie at Postcards from the Ridge has put together including lots of great ideas for your Christmas decorating. There will be links at the end so you can visit everyone. I love to set a pretty table, and Christmas could not be a more perfect…

High on the success of my English Home magazine coup (I still have no idea how we made it into this interiors magazine maven) I thought that I would go through each room with a little more detail as to how we created our cosy cottage Christmas. I spend days decorating our home every year…

Writer and shop-owner Amanda Brooks relocated from busy New York to a more calmer lifestyle in the English countryside. Her home is exactly ...

Hello everyone, I am back again with a review of the Christmas Boathouse. A porch vignette to start off with. The Boathouse decked for Christmas ~although this was taken a couple of years ago,it looked very similar this morning as we had a good snowfall overnight. Although some of you have seen these photos in the past I wanted to share a quick overview today. Bella making herself comfortable ~ she is our grandchildren's new puppy. On the opposite side of the room ~ a comfy bed to curl up…