country style
The gorgeous country home of Kirstie Alley that was up for sale in Isleboro, ME. What really caught my eye is the delicate shabby chic pink and white kitchen with little green accents. The black marble sink stands out in a glaring way and doesn’t seem to fit in with the rest of the look, I wonder how that came about?
Authentic Victorian style country kitchen in blue and white.
I really wanted a blue-and-white farmhouse kitchen. It’s such a refreshing combination—and one that highlights my blue-and-white porcelain dishes and cups. I’ve been collecting for years, often finding pieces in secondhand stores, ever since an aunt gave me a teacup on my 21st birthday. But I knew getting the right shade of blue for the walls could be tricky. So I took a teacup with me to the paint store!
Now the walls beautifully set off plates, antiques and other treasures. Among them is a flow-blue plate mosaic—I’d found the shards while digging in the yard and glued it together, complete except for one piece. It hangs near the working antique telephone Steve built, using original parts he’d found online. There’s also a button-tree picture I made using buttons selected from my mother’s button jar.
A stunning cottage guesthouse in Central Victoria Australia known as the “Red Brick Barn”.
In the dining room of this fab little cottage there is an early-Australian table surrounded with rare 1920s French metal Tolix chairs, with access through French doors to the courtyard.
Early painted furniture and rare eclectic finds surround the comfy linen couches.
A fully equipped country kitchen with a barn style sink white washed walls and wooden counter-tops.
In the vintage, shabby chic esq bedroom an antique cast-iron queen size bed with handmade pure Portuguese linen, feather pillows and quilts, original French art pieces and Turkish kilims adorn the room.
A collection of vintage dresses makes up this boho chic, country, cottage kitchen in Lithgow, Australia.
A perfectly quaint way to display your collection of vintage cups, plates and other decorative arts. Pure charm in bargain shop finds that create that nostalgic sense of grandma’s house from yester year.
This style can be re created on a small budget, all it takes is time and a passion for hunting down those unique pieces. I love checking out my local markets and thrift shops because it is here that you can find those rare treasures that can create a home like this!
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Classical country estate just of Bowral in NSW’s Southern Highlands.
This magical 14.5 acre estate features an in ground pool, rose gardens, two dams, a spring bore and room for sheep, horses or alpacas. This impressive home was built to outstanding quality in local sandstone from Penrose NSW quarry in the year 2000 and incorporates some 100 squares of architecturally of quality workmanship including 450 mm deep walls, beveled arches and hand built fireplaces.
An enormous set of antique French doors welcome you into the grand hall with its stain-glass ceiling details. This central hallway leads to four living/sitting rooms one which is used as the dining room and could easily seat a party of 20. The master bedroom leads off the library and the remaining three bedrooms and two bathrooms are at the far end of the home beside a servery and a wonderfully larger kitchen and informal dining room featuring granite detailing.
A portico on the side of the home provides an informal entrance of sort but in this home, every last corner hints at grandeur.
