A few of you thought that the images I posted yesterday were of our home (which there aren't), so I thought I would show you some of my favourite things around our house. Some of them are what sealed the deal for us, and others are just little things I love.
This stone is original to our house and was under one of the front windows before a previous owner made the front veranda. I am so glad they didn't cement it in and salvaged it. I plan to grow some daisies around this.
This is the frame to our house number tiles, which was from a 100 year old home my Uncle had salvaged. I think it was a window architrave. Dad turned it into the frame for me. I love the age it shows.
This is the side of our yard, which will eventually be planted with a row of flowering crab apple trees and agapanthas along the driveway. What we love though is the fact that that is our Neighbours house way over there. The room here is amazing.
Our new french doors are lovely and I love the new colour I have put on the wall (remember I painted it white days before xmas and Mic didn't like it? well this is what we chose) and my little bird which is above the picture rail. Our curtains still aren't finished yet, but I couldn't wait to get them up.
Our old stained glass front door is so beautiful and this is one of the first things I remembered when we came to view the house.
You probably think I am crazy for showing this, but it is the date on our old claw foot. I always wanted a claw foot and even in the state it is in I could see her potential. Next year it will be 100 years old...and it is real cast iron!
The foot is so wonderful. I had given it a coat of white as I couldn't bear to see it bronze gold (actually rust gold would be a better description) and the bath side was black...eeew! It needs done properly though.
I know I have showed it before, but I really love the room our bedroom is in. Originally the living room, it never got used, I loved it and we moved in!!
Our high beaded board ceilings go right through the house and create a sense of warmth and interest to the space.
I always, ALWAYS wanted a fireplace and in this house we got 4. This one is in our room and the mantel was rescued from our garage. I painted the bricks (they were brown) with stone paint.
This one was made by my Dad for Declan's room and the bricks are so old that the mortar has started to fall out...a render job is needed here.
This is a beautiful old one in the Kitchen. The old fire is a wonderful vessel for heat and often melts the candles. It does a great stew too. The other one is in Mason's room, but I didn't get a pic of it. There are way too many things to show, but I hope you liked some of the little things that I love from our home.Ness xx