Period Living Best Cottage 2010

This 1860 Cotswold stone cottage in Oxfordshire was voted Best Cottage in magazine Period Living Readers’ Awards 2010.
Caroline and Anthony Borgman spent £29,150 to renovate this once dark cottage, and turn it into the home of their dreams. If you'd like to read the whole article and the details of how much they spent on each project just click here.























Hope you enjoyed today's tour my friends! See you tomorrow.
All images from here.

1900 English Manor

I have mixed feelings about this English manor. I was doubting whether to post it or not. On the one hand it is a magnificent building, with breathtaking gardens, no doubt about that, but, on the other hand I am not too fond of the 60s retro style used in some of the rooms. So, as you see, I finally decided to go ahead and post it though I did not include all of the pictures. If you'd like to see what rooms I left out just go to the AD article right here. I'd love to read your thoughts on this house!



Built in the early 1900s by architect Edwin Lutyens, this 12-bedroom country house is located in Marshcourt, in the Hampshire, England, about 75 miles to the southwest of London. Lutyens blended Tudor and Jacobean features (paneled rooms, carved staircases, mullioned windows) with neoclassical details (marble columns, elaborate plasterwork ceilings). New York based interior designer Robert Couturier was in charge of giving it a more contemporary look.

























This of course is the ball room. Quite grand. I know you need lots of space to twirl around but wouldn't you add at least some comfortable -and stylish- seating to rest a while before the next waltz?

















This is the back of the manor.



















Photography by Tim Beddow

All images and from here.

Photographer James McDonald

So, here's the post I promised earlier today. And the gorgeous bathroom we saw in my previous post was expertly photographed by James Mcdonald.

I have chosen a few more photographs from his portfolio for you to see. James is a British, London-based freelance photographer who focuses on interiors, portraiture, travel and still life photography.


















Couldn't resist including the bathroom again!



A beautiful weekend to you, my friends! Come back tomorrow!
All images from James McDonald's portfolio right here.

Craft House in England

I've already introduced you to 1st option site before. They have quite a number of lovely houses and I have featured them several times. Just go to these posts if you missed them: here, here, here, and here.

Today's shooting location is called Craft House. Colourful, huge, and full of interesting ideas. I left out some of the rooms I didn't quite care for, but if you'd like to see them all the link is right at the end of this post.



































If you'd like to see some more images of this house just go here.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend. It's a long one here in Peru as today is election day and tomorrow is a school holiday. See you tomorrow then!