Our Dining Room Reveal!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome to the full reveal of our </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Modern Country Dining Room!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizP8zIMewUScSIRtMdbiOHHURjZMmtzDAypju_O818neaME-d1mwqF3Rl9rDX4niCaN-GsIqSjNnMgVZMmRQWT-puP5VwXc0bQDWOLzd5VESuCyFOC6V0AyG5Fe7sQjWWGymDlnet12x8/s1600/230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizP8zIMewUScSIRtMdbiOHHURjZMmtzDAypju_O818neaME-d1mwqF3Rl9rDX4niCaN-GsIqSjNnMgVZMmRQWT-puP5VwXc0bQDWOLzd5VESuCyFOC6V0AyG5Fe7sQjWWGymDlnet12x8/s640/230.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's start right back at the beginning for a moment to how</span><span style="font-size: large;"> the room looked when we first were shown around our house....</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTDLVaAT0ThVSnVr2f1W3sD10fXh5dJKFMM3ZIMPt5atB-SzETwVqHj0Uut4P5jA_vnLKJiC028hM-Vp1-PCkFK-QSyisKexXoIdjWn19CKZEsrq8xiWkE2gBRpIkwaQmZJoinGtt_X0/s1600/105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTDLVaAT0ThVSnVr2f1W3sD10fXh5dJKFMM3ZIMPt5atB-SzETwVqHj0Uut4P5jA_vnLKJiC028hM-Vp1-PCkFK-QSyisKexXoIdjWn19CKZEsrq8xiWkE2gBRpIkwaQmZJoinGtt_X0/s640/105.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">See that yucky fireplace in the picture below? </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>That was mine. </i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Oh, yes, it was.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OdlytnZ6zikP5-X41zpHIB42Bc_rgdkKUY6jXy2-yuD_fuCpfDY2sPO3Kt6LFsCeB20eC6nQtq28gVMak6MpdwWyFB9ZSc69ywWnfxjBSVYZpQYiQNiwrcIpj8QKXHmBx7RM8rD9jwU/s1600/102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OdlytnZ6zikP5-X41zpHIB42Bc_rgdkKUY6jXy2-yuD_fuCpfDY2sPO3Kt6LFsCeB20eC6nQtq28gVMak6MpdwWyFB9ZSc69ywWnfxjBSVYZpQYiQNiwrcIpj8QKXHmBx7RM8rD9jwU/s640/102.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The fireplace in our dining room was</span><span style="font-size: large;"> attached directly to the wall with an orange </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>varnished-to-within-an-inch-of-its-life</i> pine fire surround. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWBTMbx1bBcTGrO9jdaIHDnxI86CpH8sQdpJYfFqnc4G_OhuWL2GIl4LQL8Aqp0b_bhiuul-JsBNcnzfy2n19oJvtJMFLyPRB1m4SJ00GyF7vIoRVFIIMpP-1hNRpTW3Zr-HZ1sYxq94/s1600/103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWBTMbx1bBcTGrO9jdaIHDnxI86CpH8sQdpJYfFqnc4G_OhuWL2GIl4LQL8Aqp0b_bhiuul-JsBNcnzfy2n19oJvtJMFLyPRB1m4SJ00GyF7vIoRVFIIMpP-1hNRpTW3Zr-HZ1sYxq94/s640/103.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In fact, that goes for all the wood in the room.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Of which there was plenty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So much, so wrong!</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>What's a girl to do? </i></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvmiVn8K0UM7RInvvdm57XSzIe8hfCmR0g5aIDLz5B8WZzCfQdkaWZvlCJVopsfwYRdw1pAdDaW4mNaoqSYoAcJGMgeEtO0xsQhKlhp2jjB5UoIYgsLlpto2V8kQAkpKGPt-kjHirvOE/s1600/IMG_4261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvmiVn8K0UM7RInvvdm57XSzIe8hfCmR0g5aIDLz5B8WZzCfQdkaWZvlCJVopsfwYRdw1pAdDaW4mNaoqSYoAcJGMgeEtO0xsQhKlhp2jjB5UoIYgsLlpto2V8kQAkpKGPt-kjHirvOE/s640/IMG_4261.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Aaaaaah! That's better.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At some point in the future, we'll tackle the kitchen and dining room head-on by ripping out and starting again so this was very much a makeover, rather than a full renovation.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOMOvmOgMQb7R4k1byq0amLmM1nc-83DnS_tRySD9DzBfR5037DZzDz2Yrp3dsHaAl-bc5qjAJzTPa4sw6GJ_YSssqbCXvclHZVlhqqBGrliTmO2FFuZmURfy5u-KYRaTJsvnh1p4-L8/s1600/IMG_4258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOMOvmOgMQb7R4k1byq0amLmM1nc-83DnS_tRySD9DzBfR5037DZzDz2Yrp3dsHaAl-bc5qjAJzTPa4sw6GJ_YSssqbCXvclHZVlhqqBGrliTmO2FFuZmURfy5u-KYRaTJsvnh1p4-L8/s640/IMG_4258.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I liked the existing grey stone hearth </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">so we had the plinths lowered to sit on the stone. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>A smidgen of soft-industrial chic never goes amiss in my book.</i></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_P0L4LwdLQUh2Ih3K73mDzjrHOv2POej7hyphenhyphen6DuhxGyc1wLDcA1Y-d7AxMIgf1FdeS4hVicWZB9xkwh8ziRtL2_xgs8el76pTF4qo1T2Cz3LBDhZZivpWnOht4i6D8ixZNUlVuFqYwqk/s1600/IMG_1443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_P0L4LwdLQUh2Ih3K73mDzjrHOv2POej7hyphenhyphen6DuhxGyc1wLDcA1Y-d7AxMIgf1FdeS4hVicWZB9xkwh8ziRtL2_xgs8el76pTF4qo1T2Cz3LBDhZZivpWnOht4i6D8ixZNUlVuFqYwqk/s640/IMG_1443.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I didn't want </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">any </i><span style="font-size: large;">orange pine so we painted all the woodwork </span><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/girls-bedroom-my-favourite-white-paint.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dulux White</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> gloss. Nice and crisp against the lush new wall colour, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/colour-study-earthborn-gregorys-den.html" target="_blank">Gregory's Den by Earthborn</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">- a gorgeous Modern Country shade</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7UXMdNr9ULWUMQudjt9lzUwU_2_mCzwlUKtBOT9vgvAXCxmlJMzkN6SRvlrJOvem0Y5aSVCqE0L-Zyq9R1p8GjVBLcVmGDqifqzOBDJ-ceoKHhgi20TI0448JE-g5vsH5I1pQ9pE0gM/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7UXMdNr9ULWUMQudjt9lzUwU_2_mCzwlUKtBOT9vgvAXCxmlJMzkN6SRvlrJOvem0Y5aSVCqE0L-Zyq9R1p8GjVBLcVmGDqifqzOBDJ-ceoKHhgi20TI0448JE-g5vsH5I1pQ9pE0gM/s640/005.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The wall between the wood and the fireplace caused endless discussions with, <i>errrr</i>......</span><span style="font-size: large;"> me, myself and I. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>{Yes, you read that right.}</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DqkowUF7Ghsqr9mqKjob_Br55-Su-MI8i-erTMxN00Lu8Seda6IDbhSTYYKzbsHpuVAK2baSB-dUvJkTcG9reJ3EmBJwoDed5776hp9xVr4xVViWW4EbcIgXclG1XaH9WwJIVRIchJ4/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DqkowUF7Ghsqr9mqKjob_Br55-Su-MI8i-erTMxN00Lu8Seda6IDbhSTYYKzbsHpuVAK2baSB-dUvJkTcG9reJ3EmBJwoDed5776hp9xVr4xVViWW4EbcIgXclG1XaH9WwJIVRIchJ4/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The three of us had <i>fascinating </i>debates.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Should it be the greyish colour of the walls? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Or white to match the mantelpiece? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Or...or.... </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ETuFA3fquhJm7lxYmlfsMB3DgVLTPSzxGEBqelfeR_kGhaaNuVgZ3552PtX61uYEsA2NGo_8NJFDLFrkxIH-1eZtoU1DdvBzIzc0MXjK1uvSh4GoPqf16-5hgzgUh_V6zZbQj7abBAw/s1600/IMG_1375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ETuFA3fquhJm7lxYmlfsMB3DgVLTPSzxGEBqelfeR_kGhaaNuVgZ3552PtX61uYEsA2NGo_8NJFDLFrkxIH-1eZtoU1DdvBzIzc0MXjK1uvSh4GoPqf16-5hgzgUh_V6zZbQj7abBAw/s640/IMG_1375.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>*head explodes*</i></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm5FhKylUh9b9oElr2Pj_yhVmZ8-xb_Ix1b9uOi07PzUyuVMC6tjEZqzl9IxrD2rJX4SFZZV7p5IvzFhzcj_tWbC5yeN77AYsrFhWaQlV9mwYPb-zu4pHwM65MmEKmc352QxakkUsj6g/s1600/IMG_4240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm5FhKylUh9b9oElr2Pj_yhVmZ8-xb_Ix1b9uOi07PzUyuVMC6tjEZqzl9IxrD2rJX4SFZZV7p5IvzFhzcj_tWbC5yeN77AYsrFhWaQlV9mwYPb-zu4pHwM65MmEKmc352QxakkUsj6g/s640/IMG_4240.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I decided on </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>matte black. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And, you know what?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>I LOVE IT!!</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnG3c6HyYCKJHZljhgJaMEepSJX_sWnWUgN5C9EJY1Nr9OnmqRmmBAWJ1proV_PJZsxC0JlFaZjXH3VuO7OYasJAdp96tnQQ550Aq2EfHVBL7Cawi0O-tq_h_iqmYDYBRJx4RhKm7eVo/s1600/Our+Modern+Country+Kitchen.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnG3c6HyYCKJHZljhgJaMEepSJX_sWnWUgN5C9EJY1Nr9OnmqRmmBAWJ1proV_PJZsxC0JlFaZjXH3VuO7OYasJAdp96tnQQ550Aq2EfHVBL7Cawi0O-tq_h_iqmYDYBRJx4RhKm7eVo/s640/Our+Modern+Country+Kitchen.JPG" width="430" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">When we set out with this room, we knew we wanted <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-sneaky-peek-into-our-modern-country.html" target="_blank">a flow-through feel</a> between the kitchen and the dining room, and I'm thrilled with the way the two rooms work together now.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <img height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kHBv5hXIIxcRJdpMm0THn0XQf6cvP_cDGY2-AyUGUI-vynYLxkLRb8SgWyyaKSoGL-dFxH1O8MnOacbcBrmcDEyYw3zs_wAOX0ylvOtSsv0QUmnmHSefKm5Fvo_io2BJ_I2TwIPCF3o/s640/110.JPG" style="font-size: x-large;" width="640" /><br /><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As this is a room that we may structurally alter in the future </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">we were keen not to do work that we would </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">then have to undo in the long term.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkvbxMzMpUCQ2A_r4wBsZJtW7h_5x91yV1C0ohlfbHea_oHqIXVKOG5PpP8vtupEO-03Ec0mzziCwQi3SJI92CELE3kXJ-FgCtNAG8Vto_i2ub9lmiAEIsveZU9a_uryXwtUh_kR8_lE/s640/034.JPG" /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Often, that can mean ending up compromising </span><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">but in this case it was a very </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Modern Country Style workable solution </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and rather gorgeous too, if I may say so. </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGpY-HRDEblM8zIPewH1wGkdi1umbOuX2tKjii85L_4cmroVdy-ogHfe67kq1il8JY1xp2IimZ5wuTl5bulmf03MOrjzSN8L6-Ki7FzkOdM_xjzXAUBozPzRvDU4NrRarzc7YZsPzXpA/s1600/238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Our Dining Room Reveal!

Welcome to the full reveal of our Modern Country Dining Room! Let's start right back at the beginning for a moment to how the room looked when we first were shown around our house....See that yucky fireplace in the picture below? That was mine. Oh, yes, it was.The fireplace in our dining room was at…

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Mirror, mirror on the wall....

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd say we're nearly ready for a full Modern Country Dining Room reveal, don't you, sweetiepips? </span><span style="font-size: large;">But b</span><span style="font-size: large;">efore I go the full hog and bare all, I wanted to urge you, if you have a rather gloomy, North-facing space, like our dining room, to take the plunge and hang a massively, enormously, humungously large mirror.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqfS-EqKeOtJSfTkJjwbnRVuW76miO9I7AA5ZmnDxeghmydn6CB2gS8onwxBFojVOWRfeY8d4QuPhHBrPExq33Mw3iWXkuwYkhzdLa3PKWVFz8MtFQsqHeoGdkRW4Bg7skGKUUh9dSvcI/s640/lombok+086.JPG" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You'll be a-maaaaazed at the magic that mirrors can spin out of their shimmery, shiny surfaces. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnCF8iH-gDy_82UPUxmRQVRqeGLF3BdM3Rtm6qg6Hdrxl-YXSkxBnlRbtEaF8e8ixANksKc2cnIL-buwYr2ei9aaINmk46xxaOHZRTvz03ycBBLcATeko7jOmBolUES8JvadFlNbYgB8/s1600/lombok+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnCF8iH-gDy_82UPUxmRQVRqeGLF3BdM3Rtm6qg6Hdrxl-YXSkxBnlRbtEaF8e8ixANksKc2cnIL-buwYr2ei9aaINmk46xxaOHZRTvz03ycBBLcATeko7jOmBolUES8JvadFlNbYgB8/s640/lombok+002.JPG" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">It took me </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" style="font-size: large;">aaaages</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to find one I liked. We were somewhat limited by dimensions as I wanted the mirror to fill the blank space above our brand, spanking new, much-needed (check out the UG.LEE fella above) radiator cover. Lots of pretty but small mirrors around, I now know!! </span><span style="font-size: large;">I looked all over for the perfect specimen </span><span style="font-size: large;">and finally,</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" style="font-size: large;">finally, finally found</span><span style="font-size: large;"> one I loved.</span></div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhia2-FKZ-F-z9FhpaVXNflWirhSjX40F9Ww-aITSFS17mpcHIzn6C86kJFfNJeoe36T3L8DII-RF7J5g5qX-7gIXa6iAqDU1wwflSEYJZQUqN0CPsqg6u8zXMqhKT9yUG0e72w_difiYk/s1600/IMG_0392.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhia2-FKZ-F-z9FhpaVXNflWirhSjX40F9Ww-aITSFS17mpcHIzn6C86kJFfNJeoe36T3L8DII-RF7J5g5qX-7gIXa6iAqDU1wwflSEYJZQUqN0CPsqg6u8zXMqhKT9yUG0e72w_difiYk/s640/IMG_0392.JPG" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's a large (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">woohoo</span>!) bevelled mirror with a wooden surround in burnt silver, and has the pretty bonus of gorgeous detailing carved into the wooden surround.</span></div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAQY0KFPJEbRjECRVsKU58BbLvbrDqgjtcWdp5OW90JJPsHejSumRtnyKfvArJtH7IPpIn_BKmNXmBA55MgRpEi73E4QZ-paMI0qhwGCdFOIap38oH3m6qrsv72A3LqqNrBqf3F7yBE4/s640/lombok+051.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And, while it may sound super-poncy, burnt silver is a terrific colour - it manages to be warm and cool at the same time. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">nightmare to</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hang as</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">it's so</span> heavy. Our very handy handyman attached brackets onto the back, gouged into our walls (our poor, lovely walls getting a battering again) attached the brackets and carefully plastered over again.</span></div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkvbxMzMpUCQ2A_r4wBsZJtW7h_5x91yV1C0ohlfbHea_oHqIXVKOG5PpP8vtupEO-03Ec0mzziCwQi3SJI92CELE3kXJ-FgCtNAG8Vto_i2ub9lmiAEIsveZU9a_uryXwtUh_kR8_lE/s640/034.JPG" width="430" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Despite my very vague </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" style="font-size: large;">hand movements</span><span style="font-size: large;"> specifying that I wanted the mirror hung portrait-wise, it got hung landscape at first. I thought about keeping it that way, as it looked more than passable but decided to be a total fusspot and asked </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" style="font-size: large;">him to</span><span style="font-size: large;"> rehang it (poor man, poor walls!!).</span></div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsZgO1D-Z-iQLHGMcMLVhi8YOstwii7Qn4-uLTGYh7RanojxEXIP35mN-t00jFqD4Uew1ut6GupK6WHSuEhUkeEDcjYdmHBODRlKYaykVQFlhGVh8gjQykLSsLgdcCDo43ZTK2-t40-Y/s640/lombok+097.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, was all the pain worth it? </span></div></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, oh yes, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">yessity</span>-yes. Look at all that lovely sparkle bouncing around the room! It brings the whole space alive, injects lots of natural light, and looks gorgeous too, as well as filling a very blank wall! A multi-functional piece, if <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">ever</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">there was one, my friends</span>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Do you need a mahoosive mirror in your life?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Have I persuaded you?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{And if you loved this, don't forget to follow along for the full reveal this Friday!)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Love,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sarahxxx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Mirror, mirror on the wall....

I'd say we're nearly ready for a full Modern Country Dining Room reveal, don't you, sweetiepips? But before I go the full hog and bare all, I wanted to urge you, if you have a rather gloomy, North-facing space, like our dining room, to take the plunge and hang a massively, enormously, humungously la…

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Could this be Paul Massey's house revamp?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have I got a goody lined up for you today: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A stunning Modern Country house tour </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">of a Victorian London home. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> When I first saw these beautiful images, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought it was Style-King Paul Massey's pad that I shared <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/back-issue-inspiration.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It certainly has his touch, doesn't it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take a look and tell me what you think...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="http://blissfulbblog.com/storage/ll2.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1362522969134" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNADhHRu02VrLP-KSs4MHqBovJMpxtWfFcrgNVECJO0qXO6lUZ2mpRg4K8CWB9OaM2sIG4SRpHL2w_mhF6JNKkqAvs8v-nxuD2xrqPkh1_cJo3bqRASlCLSdvyt76PzP4Bipe7bM3PrQ/s640/simply+grey+and+white+3.PNG" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0T01uzSPoaRMVx4goqzL0JMFgeZ4R8tz9wZK8ZwmrG2ASdVCuWSjkEXdbMANfGh9gMiUv8PIbylcxAnbv0oyQLFjSfHFzqIbxJvrtUI8cBzovvVJsepUzeLbr3NDpcDM7VWybqzsOQAE/s640/simply+grey+and+white+7.PNG" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWfyp-isftPCwR4_In8Z9SHLxBmf7KB5xU2n_noipWqfcPcD6j3cKAWR0RZGRQjzJeTMKhrCoWaC9JaVl2a1XX7EmtT89fF1vyECzArFYd1Bp5YvLuDA-DJtAXAuLGpZmKv2nlZSMr5U/s640/simply+grey+and+white.PNG" width="445" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOOPW7LBbRwphAQ1DLu8vd6ZsXGYDa1DGvSOcIB0QPIxBMG9tgRuByuEKit-3nfF7BD4V3lhkIBA-0rrVLH6SmpEeAX1AxhKqaAhBwzHT1hubbMgXAZ4IPRlx1yMXwmMo9hBX-uqwpHsk/s640/simply+grey+and+white+2.PNG" width="446" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="http://blissfulbblog.com/storage/ll13.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1362523468918" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="http://blissfulbblog.com/storage/ll14.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1362523517543" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="398" src="http://blissfulbblog.com/storage/ll17.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1362523649198" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Warm linen, starkly empty rooms, a bleached-out palette </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and all soaked with lashings of white paint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Makes you wonder...is it Paul Massey's home reincarnated?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Could this be Paul Massey's house revamp?

Have I got a goody lined up for you today: A stunning Modern Country house tour of a Victorian London home.  When I first saw these beautiful images, I thought it was Style-King Paul Massey's pad that I shared here.It certainly has his touch, doesn't it?Take a look and tell me what you think...Warm …

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Kate Middleton's Maternity Fashion

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I thought it was about time we saw how Kate Middleton is getting on with being pregnant. Let's take a time-travel trip to see how stylish Kate has been dressing to impress.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.zimilar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Kate-Middleton-pregnant-with-Twins.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And more to the point, how she's finding maternity fashion.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/article_photos/prince-william-kate-middleton-lg02.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just how does a princess dress for pregnancy these days?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1212424!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/sickness4n-3-web.jpg" width="425" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">With Kate Middleton's usual flair and grace, that's how.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="kate-middleton-pregnant-side" height="640" src="http://www.glamour.com/images/entertainment/2013/02/kate-middleton-pregnant-side-w724.jpg" width="475" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not for this princess is the bare-it-all look. Kate Middleton's pregnancy style is modest and reserved....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.stylelist.com/media/2013/04/kate-middleton-pregnancy-042413-01.jpg" width="444" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but not at the expense of looking feminine and gorgeous.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="http://cdn04.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/middleton-warnerbs/kate-middleton-pregnant-warner-bros-studios-visit-with-prince-william-05.jpg" width="427" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tailored and chic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fitted and lovely.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img height="640" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1100845/thumbs/o-KATE-MIDDLETON-900.jpg?15" width="377" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">From the earliest signs of a tinsy bump to full-on maternity style, Kate Middleton does Modern Country Fashion like the future Queen she is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images via zimilar, US Magazine, NY Daily News, Glamour,  The Stylist, Huffington Post, Just Jared </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Kate Middleton's Maternity Fashion

I thought it was about time we saw how Kate Middleton is getting on with being pregnant. Let's take a time-travel trip to see how stylish Kate has been dressing to impress.And more to the point, how she's finding maternity fashion.Just how does a princess dress for pregnancy these days?With Kate Mid…

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Secret Garden

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Isn't this Secret Garden beautiful?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Garden wall | Garden design | Traditional garden | Image | Housetohome" height="640" src="http://housetohome.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/96/00000e712/99a1_orh550w550/Kent-garden-wall.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take a look at all the delicious traditional Country elements:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the soft informal planting</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the beautiful curve in the arch of that old brick wall</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the aged stone statue and plinth</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the cobbled path</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The juxtaposition </span><span style="font-size: large;">(what a fab word) </span><span style="font-size: large;">of these elements against the formal topiary structure underpinning it all is</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">my idea of Modern Country Gardening bliss</span><span style="font-size: large;">!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="A hedge is a simple form of topiary used to create boundaries, walls or screens." height="640" src="http://housetohome.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/96/00000fcbb/9078_orh550w550/Topiary.jpg" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not at all family-friendly (where would the footballs go?! I'm lucky enough to have five littlies, so this is always utmost in my mind!) but very gorgeous nevertheless!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now then, who fancies seeing a bit more of how a certain Kate Middleton is getting on looking stylish-whilst-pregnant? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Be back here sharpish on Wednesday. ;-)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images via Homes and Gardens</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Secret Garden

Isn't this Secret Garden beautiful?Take a look at all the delicious traditional Country elements:the soft informal plantingthe beautiful curve in the arch of that old brick wallthe aged stone statue and plinththe cobbled pathThe juxtaposition (what a fab word) of these elements against the formal to…

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