Is this your veranda?!

<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;">Can you imagine this being your veranda? The driftwood grey of the ceiling, and the sunlight streaming in makes it an easy journey in my imagination.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKGlhag69qjTQj1hn-o1pNa5RJtKiGQlSKGYOKX4wh1uP6YnR3fAO5XjyiZhc9EV93de5oKMJx_445yY4ejKzitES0-QdE54W4gwtcqM0I2m_2YjYNCUR-wSgE7UAjnFE_4Yo4Jhukko/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKGlhag69qjTQj1hn-o1pNa5RJtKiGQlSKGYOKX4wh1uP6YnR3fAO5XjyiZhc9EV93de5oKMJx_445yY4ejKzitES0-QdE54W4gwtcqM0I2m_2YjYNCUR-wSgE7UAjnFE_4Yo4Jhukko/s640/005.JPG" width="436" /></a></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;"> In my head, it's over-looking the most divine Modern Country garden, tumbling roses, and smartly clipped topiary.</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;">I'm having a moment for taupe-y grey gingham. mall touches here and there give me a big Cheshire cat kind of smile. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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;"></div>

Is this your veranda?!

Can you imagine this being your veranda? The driftwood grey of the ceiling, and the sunlight streaming in makes it an easy journey in my imagination. In my head, it's over-looking the most divine Modern Country garden, tumbling roses, and smartly clipped topiary.I'm having a moment for taupe-y grey …

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Interior Design Event Vancouver with Top Chef Canada Matt Stowe and Patricia Gray

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqbPO1qFqtwOBE2sAq3PMvGZTZ6aYfLx43o0DMBYe_cqleNtPYAy1Rxi7BDR2RZsChq_G1IMcYFXL4RiJOK01TO6i9kybRF5GJs14bPvaWFjyYs7Fo3tJ-zI0X4tmDoJ852lw6JWMvtsQ/s1600/MidlandTopChef04_05_2014_7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Patricia Gray Interior Design Vancouver Event" border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqbPO1qFqtwOBE2sAq3PMvGZTZ6aYfLx43o0DMBYe_cqleNtPYAy1Rxi7BDR2RZsChq_G1IMcYFXL4RiJOK01TO6i9kybRF5GJs14bPvaWFjyYs7Fo3tJ-zI0X4tmDoJ852lw6JWMvtsQ/s1600/MidlandTopChef04_05_2014_7.JPG" title="Patricia Gray Interior Design Vancouver Event" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Matt Stowe Top Chef Canada and <a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">Patricia Gray Interior Design Event Vancouver</a></span></div><br />I recently attended a private cooking demonstration and tasting brunch for <a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">interior designers in Vancouver</a> with Top Chef Canada season three winner Matt Stowe. The event was hosted by Midland Appliances at their new showroom in Vancouver and GE Monogram to showcase their new line of contemporary designer kitchen appliances. Brunch was a two course tapas tasting with Chef Matt Stowe who put on quite a show for us well as the food being delicious. Thanks Chef Matt Stowe for the great eats!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWm2AXiLvnkN2L2pwYa04oAx-8JQrVfTkA_HuN913HXuWEOhW0-eXy2yby9yS8uPD0TA2lIH4C9vWx0kYlXuOF-q9-0AFKMYHsWpXoRTQKw7zvGRVRsJwgUuFApHjA2gbEwzxebMEZ7bE/s1600/MidlandTopChef04_05_2014_2.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Patricia Gray Interior Design Vancouver Event" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWm2AXiLvnkN2L2pwYa04oAx-8JQrVfTkA_HuN913HXuWEOhW0-eXy2yby9yS8uPD0TA2lIH4C9vWx0kYlXuOF-q9-0AFKMYHsWpXoRTQKw7zvGRVRsJwgUuFApHjA2gbEwzxebMEZ7bE/s1600/MidlandTopChef04_05_2014_2.JPG" title="Patricia Gray Interior Design Vancouver Event" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: center;">                                                                 Matt Stowe Top Chef Canada at <a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">Interior Design</a> event in Vancouver</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: center;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 17px;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">PATRICIA GRAY INC</a> <span style="color: #4c4c4c;">is an award winning interior design firm in Vancouver. Here we write about lifestyle</span></span></div><br /></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.719999313354492px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 18.703704833984375px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/VMMarch_14_PatriciaGray.pdf" style="color: #777777; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 17px;">and</span><span style="line-height: 17px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 17px;">WHAT'S HOT in the world of interior design, architecture, art and travel.</span></a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 18.703704833984375px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #777777;"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">2014 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog</a></span></span></div><br /></div><br />

Interior Design Event Vancouver with Top Chef Canada Matt Stowe and Patricia Gray

Matt Stowe Top Chef Canada and Patricia Gray Interior Design Event VancouverI recently attended a private cooking demonstration and tasting brunch for interior designers in Vancouver with Top Chef Canada season three winner Matt Stowe. The event was hosted by Midland Appliances at their new showroom…

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House Tour: Georgian Home..With Pops Of Colour!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you've been looking for a house tour with pops of colour then THIS one is for you! Welcome to the Georgian home of BBC's Gabrielle Blackman; a cool neutral and grey palette provides the backdrop to accent colours of deep turquoise and splashes of yellow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; 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;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Manor House Gray and Cornforth White kitchen" height="640" src="http://ideas.homelife.com.au/media/images/9/6/3/5/0/963539-1_lp.jpg?" title="" width="426" /></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;">For similar kitchen colours, try units in Farrow and Ball Manor House Gray and walls in Strong White </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 living room is a case in point...look at those colours!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Fired Earth Granite" src="http://ideas.homelife.com.au/media/images/9/6/3/5/0/963531-1_ll.jpg?" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" /></span><br /><br /><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;">I love the deep tones of the cabinet. Try Farrow and Ball Off-Black for a similar smoky softness.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></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;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Off-Black" height="640" src="http://ideas.homelife.com.au/media/images/9/6/3/5/0/963543-1_lp.jpg?" title="" width="426" /></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;">Is this as messy as their storage gets, I wonder?!</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;"><img alt="" height="640" src="http://ideas.homelife.com.au/media/images/9/6/3/5/0/963545-1_lp.jpg?" title="" width="426" /></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;">And now upstairs to the bedrooms...</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;"><img alt="Master bedroom “Grey is a lovely neutral – it adds depth and works very well with our painted floor,”..." height="640" src="http://ideas.homelife.com.au/media/images/9/6/3/5/0/963549-1_lp.jpg?" width="426" /></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;"><img alt="" height="640" src="http://ideas.homelife.com.au/media/images/9/6/3/5/0/963533-1_lp.jpg?" title="" width="426" /></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;">And here, in their daughter Cece's bedroom, is where all colour breaks loose!</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;"><img alt="" height="426" src="http://ideas.homelife.com.au/media/images/9/6/3/5/0/963535-1_ll.jpg?" title="" width="640" /></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;">And outside...just look at that beautiful wisteria!</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;"><img alt="" height="640" src="http://ideas.homelife.com.au/media/images/9/6/3/5/0/963547-1_lp.jpg?" title="" width="426" /></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 calming tones of the grey bring those brighter hues alive.</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;">And, now, a question for the weekend:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>{How do you use colour in your home?}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px;"><br /></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; 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House Tour: Georgian Home..With Pops Of Colour!

If you've been looking for a house tour with pops of colour then THIS one is for you! Welcome to the Georgian home of BBC's Gabrielle Blackman; a cool neutral and grey palette provides the backdrop to accent colours of deep turquoise and splashes of yellow.For similar kitchen colours, try units in F…

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"Love Where You Live: At Home In The Country" by Hammertown Barn's Joan Osofsky: Book Review

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A book review with a difference! <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0847840069/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0847840069&linkCode=as2&tag=modecounstyl-21">Love Where You Live: At Home In The Country</a> is the first American book that I've reviewed on here. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="book: Love Where You Live At Home In The Country: Rizzoli" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqaGmnde5wH4HzP8dc-Hd_srm3Kb6nnZw0EjqCxIQlZJD6F53dn6evJ2J704vnPgXASCnLvvLfxehbfUqynr3ZvemCZd1Tn62L1YEfpZ0MZH_5ckRWWeuwGLWyDwXBP4RxRkq7AD3f1k/s1600/love-where-you-live-rizzoli-book.JPG" style="font-size: x-large;" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's written by Abby Adams and Joan Osofsky, who owns the perfectly Modern Country home and garden shops, Hammertown Barn, in New York and Massachusetts. The stunning photos are by John Gruen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindCPrPzIiH-9MDmQGtIhqd2rbTYYsKzl6FOL_zRE6U8OZ6Gw4R0-S2As2aTVgIxYXlEBhqqfd60T78GbtLBTuACIX14JFOWy8ODdrKSmvm07FJNF1O2mxUFF9hk1aRPvJ2IgZTRMSvfHi/s1600/bk+cards+032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEindCPrPzIiH-9MDmQGtIhqd2rbTYYsKzl6FOL_zRE6U8OZ6Gw4R0-S2As2aTVgIxYXlEBhqqfd60T78GbtLBTuACIX14JFOWy8ODdrKSmvm07FJNF1O2mxUFF9hk1aRPvJ2IgZTRMSvfHi/s1600/bk+cards+032.JPG" width="640" /></a></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-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0847840069/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0847840069&linkCode=as2&tag=modecounstyl-21">Love Where You Live</a> is all about making your own home a place that truly reflects you. Joan says, <i style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;">"I've learned that the best homes - the ones that are beautiful comfortable and that weather the years - are those that truly reflect their owners' passions"</i><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;"> </span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE97Y92siEuhf2ASbOFlYW9_doGX6EioRDiSZyGCQ2PWPfJxt9bi4MH4grAGQzPcgJV-u8uCrxjV8ys0S5n7ZiCEAUik1TgBLIgXKNtSHnK6Skv5QLMBOxis4zjnF4J-xFvf9W5omJssc/s640/LoveWhereYouLive_p142.jpg" style="font-size: x-large;" /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZowXYFr5VPqjZBhLhUCQ8OVYYQ8EW-TzkGTLT0QvHv_b88jcazvXNDXYNd-PlHXH2wCYMLL4dSpNUErcTh23Sukv4I-bvOEV5kZXWF5uF1O7bd4sg9QREf1r14E765dBc2a1575OtNw4o/s1600/bk+cards+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZowXYFr5VPqjZBhLhUCQ8OVYYQ8EW-TzkGTLT0QvHv_b88jcazvXNDXYNd-PlHXH2wCYMLL4dSpNUErcTh23Sukv4I-bvOEV5kZXWF5uF1O7bd4sg9QREf1r14E765dBc2a1575OtNw4o/s1600/bk+cards+024.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is a chic, updated version of American Country style. Gone are the garishly bold colours and chintzy fabrics. Throughout the eighteen homes that are featured muted palettes dominate...</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71QUa4w2u47yWn9S-Y3YQ-QIe_AHfTWIGY-aykVQcaUDP0jZPvSID-dyVQtILknI4Cdbli3-Wa6ze7cbS4aNEbVUkNdnPCb3hZ0MeGmHpADNN-hxqSQoZFpce_EYm_YRf3N2sFlQGYCIP/s1600/bk+cards+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71QUa4w2u47yWn9S-Y3YQ-QIe_AHfTWIGY-aykVQcaUDP0jZPvSID-dyVQtILknI4Cdbli3-Wa6ze7cbS4aNEbVUkNdnPCb3hZ0MeGmHpADNN-hxqSQoZFpce_EYm_YRf3N2sFlQGYCIP/s1600/bk+cards+018.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWzIPF-z4e9iLPbLarNz5ncNsO7pIGlE5O3WsGCM6N59nVBk_qas873hdA4cuIA65-XsiCNrQYoX9SSZz6PQfHS79JdWIT1XtMfrQAFJrWwkvDYfGsuhALZX1npazeW3FkNcxDFHFPY6p/s1600/bk+cards+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWzIPF-z4e9iLPbLarNz5ncNsO7pIGlE5O3WsGCM6N59nVBk_qas873hdA4cuIA65-XsiCNrQYoX9SSZz6PQfHS79JdWIT1XtMfrQAFJrWwkvDYfGsuhALZX1npazeW3FkNcxDFHFPY6p/s1600/bk+cards+007.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">...along with soft industrial touches, such as bare brick walls...</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="exposed brick country kitchen" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5m3PZXjJAiG3_I0ADGkI7J6d-IQMFsoroNDPKckWaVAgldAbDdEFpStW-hDJrymS0cVorkh6KQcTbnGA758RNbDjqhAX1izMzwni2JSr69CaWQx10bpGt4vEnJ94VmQl4A0BKExWoWc/s1600/rustic-brick-kitchen-john-gruen.jpg" style="font-size: x-large;" /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">...and stripped-back interiors.</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zFT-t2W4Soz3E_XLfU89K-XsXEEraLaXHw8dxiBUUrEE7Usn7IhIxHSjI77CmdT0bmgXDzzA6w4y8czdIX0K__SLa_1n8V4PBaNZX8YkYSQ5-fB4jZzrEaLGI_RUpRiKbnIHAWZIM5Y3/s1600/bk+cards+015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zFT-t2W4Soz3E_XLfU89K-XsXEEraLaXHw8dxiBUUrEE7Usn7IhIxHSjI77CmdT0bmgXDzzA6w4y8czdIX0K__SLa_1n8V4PBaNZX8YkYSQ5-fB4jZzrEaLGI_RUpRiKbnIHAWZIM5Y3/s1600/bk+cards+015.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;">But that's where the coolness ends. These homes, despite their deliciously modish style, imbue warm, relaxed, country living.</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS36vDK27XVpAQeG0lhYwgp1lAYPTOML348rrKC0Tc7Uz5REezT_anhKsGJUdFvHeLtKpmLabA7r3eGn3Ho7ez0t06FsHzziQ1qqhT_aOdLsW1bYbifNxT4zDG_sJkUlXpy4PFlfbZaKF6/s1600/bk+cards+026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS36vDK27XVpAQeG0lhYwgp1lAYPTOML348rrKC0Tc7Uz5REezT_anhKsGJUdFvHeLtKpmLabA7r3eGn3Ho7ez0t06FsHzziQ1qqhT_aOdLsW1bYbifNxT4zDG_sJkUlXpy4PFlfbZaKF6/s1600/bk+cards+026.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;">And the exteriors are as breath-takingly inspiring as the interiors....</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0f27XT4QnBvOY6Tc6ZHzAhD2XgIOy-Hq1GINR1y71nGJ-IDxrqn5xxvYGgVsESYxndBY6OSdhBST_PibkjWT2VHpArDSins6fWO4SYlP4tw8DgH4QI-Y4l8qzh66l20PkyC0zhz2d7am9/s1600/bk+cards+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0f27XT4QnBvOY6Tc6ZHzAhD2XgIOy-Hq1GINR1y71nGJ-IDxrqn5xxvYGgVsESYxndBY6OSdhBST_PibkjWT2VHpArDSins6fWO4SYlP4tw8DgH4QI-Y4l8qzh66l20PkyC0zhz2d7am9/s1600/bk+cards+005.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCFaf5fR4S8rhresrhJC1b9lJn0mGde0jOYSd9xqM9xSdjB4UCRt2nyP6jC8hpulnQOXQynIkcOfQZlR_SvVwKuzo2slEsk4Bbyds6AMOU-o9YTOJ4hjqjzi11_OVKQNRaRjquORXlSpR/s1600/bk+cards+023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCFaf5fR4S8rhresrhJC1b9lJn0mGde0jOYSd9xqM9xSdjB4UCRt2nyP6jC8hpulnQOXQynIkcOfQZlR_SvVwKuzo2slEsk4Bbyds6AMOU-o9YTOJ4hjqjzi11_OVKQNRaRjquORXlSpR/s1600/bk+cards+023.JPG" width="426" /></span></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 22.81439971923828px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0847840069/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=0847840069&linkCode=as2&tag=modecounstyl-21">Love Where You Live</a> is America at its Modern Country best!</span></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: left;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; text-align: left;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">{Click on the links for Amazonian temptation!!}</span></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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; 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"Love Where You Live: At Home In The Country" by Hammertown Barn's Joan Osofsky: Book Review

A book review with a difference! Love Where You Live: At Home In The Country is the first American book that I've reviewed on here. It's written by Abby Adams and Joan Osofsky, who owns the perfectly Modern Country home and garden shops, Hammertown Barn, in New York and Massachusetts. The stunning p…

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Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAv0AgETxPbwi9zQ9gabNk6jtyOE90xOTf8Gdn-VO7yamUAtnD_pOqIEvrlCxAZx6m5QlJOwfXe81l3M5JMMJ3bBGtHJt4cr04S-N0-YCnTk5mXl907j5eTZXJ1igiALjLEtx2PjD5gVsX/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Patricia Gray Interior Design Vancouver" border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAv0AgETxPbwi9zQ9gabNk6jtyOE90xOTf8Gdn-VO7yamUAtnD_pOqIEvrlCxAZx6m5QlJOwfXe81l3M5JMMJ3bBGtHJt4cr04S-N0-YCnTk5mXl907j5eTZXJ1igiALjLEtx2PjD5gVsX/s1600/1.jpg" title="Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br />Finally with a lot of work over the last year our new interior design <a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">web-site</a> is up and running. Please have a look. <a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/">www.patriciagrayinc.com</a><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 17px;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">PATRICIA GRAY INC<u> </u></a></span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: xx-small;">is an award winning interior design firm in Vancouver. Here we write about lifestyle</span></span></div><br /></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.719999313354492px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18.719999313354492px;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 18.703704833984375px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/docs/VMMarch_14_PatriciaGray.pdf" style="color: #777777; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 17px;">and</span><span style="line-height: 17px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 17px;">WHAT'S HOT in the world of interior design, architecture, art and travel.</span></a></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 18.703704833984375px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #777777; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/" target="_blank">2014 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog</a></span></span></div><br /></div><br />

Patricia Gray | Interior Design Vancouver

Patricia Gray | Interior Design VancouverFinally with a lot of work over the last year our new interior design web-site is up and running. Please have a look. www.patriciagrayinc.comPATRICIA GRAY INC is an award winning interior design firm in Vancouver. Here we write about lifestyleand WHAT'S HOT i…

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A Stunning Scandinavian/ New England House Tour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the lovely comments left on my <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-elephants.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath Case Study</a> said this:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;">"Have just found your lovely blog! I have painted the whole of our open plan downstairs in Elephant's Breath and it is indeed very changeable! Fortunately I love every shade throughout the space and time of day. I always use F & B on client projects too. A lovely colour to live with!</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;">Sophia</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;">(<a href="http://sophiahomelifestyle.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sophia Home</a>)"</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img height="220" src="http://www.oakwrights.co.uk/images/casestudies/case8/case8_4.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">How could I resist a comment like that? And I'm so glad I didn't try....oh me, oh my, what a house! A delicious blend of Scandinavian and New England styles. All with pleasing echoes of Modern Country Style.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aTTjOQ2s8W2WwU1EQMTUaKwuL1xp_F8GFoF_l06ZIcV7XfwlUq6KlmxdHip2jZfw4GEW4a35gmWBf26iSimPgq03HRNFib-ZmEfIo3iZxaO5tVGkR9y32vr5fzZtvkK6XAXtxGg0YYE/s640/DSCN3729.JPG" title="" width="480" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sophia and her family had a number of problems getting planning permission for the new-build home of their dreams on the plot of their dreams but have ended up with the most spectacular home. Where there's a will, there's a way! </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpail54-L26UCGRSA4EhrUoL4pdLlpGAr4eus4-0WL7FeIcgxwy902jxIJOvDZ5cpec9IJfJD-23JpL4vrvI1UAQp4od53a5EoWWdgRUgZzW737Z-y5hFpuIICGU4w4Iyj6MUMrOK3kKk/s640/DSCN3728.JPG" title="" width="480" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The final product is an oak-framed barn-style house, with an enormous ground floor wing. They were thankfully able to include this as it ran over the footprint of a previous equestrian block, attached to the original dwelling on the land.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWcq36Z8VP9pxbGf0X1J1MCirwjsH6G7D8JzhO72ifNoQuLYsuLZZpxpQAAex_ZKwlAOJZHdOGsc2g7psfkSvDheeytpVxy5PY7dck7tjt_akLRnhR9FFFACWHJb81xPkSgtDbKgE2fLl/s640/DSCN2481.JPG" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The location is stunning and the house makes the very most of the incredible rural views with windows wherever you look.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath" height="640" src="http://housetohome.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/96/00000f941/e640_orh550w550/Hallway60.jpg" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The whole of the ground floor is painted in<a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/colour-study-farrow-and-ball-elephants.html" target="_blank"> Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath</a> (click through for a full case study) - a gorgeous neutral paint with firmly warm undertones.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqrA0dJjAMNCJIuOzmFJU9PzS8FK92dviNzetBp1UZg1lwqYPeJau-KmdcMwdJ82MG3uVgKlHISn0tHukFPMFfhp5GTlVrJslyaT0DvZ0fwMDA6koXmjDZ9KASYhM5TxlC_KEVxPTzscP/s640/DSCN2483.JPG" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">Off the main hall is this beautiful living room...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhghItjZVoG3y0pOqrR5IOnNcnS9nVcZ_FSe3LB3NOy9ZP3i1X8WMERFSWj9rfu7Uv6arh-aG47JmTBeNKyNXaWt382y5TWLUfJfd2W6Om1TapnoIRKQ3yRdToMWH9YzW3JTwcBlpZwMpDd/s640/DSCN2484.JPG" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">...which looks stunning day or night thanks to the warmth of the Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath paint. Underfloor heating keeps the limestone flooring that runs through the ground floor wonderfully warm...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25.600000381469727px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirclS6GqJX7OH6uq2dV3SPFLRDoC0NT7wGX6_MpM7fXLAimQ6CHhWf8YIAfGBZecMZaoBY0pQ_sQCXNQkNwtA8_TZxj84R0zaGRORgNttTItsfu6ME4ze77O38R3Z8QzLmU1Ih4fsjNpg/s640/DSCN3586.JPG" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And, just when you thought things couldn't get any better, in the other direction is the main wing of the house...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwXU2ATyeikZeh1hUQ8JVqX42kqdvlKuG3H2tYdwkdPeFLhk1gq7pJxRLJzASvYX-h5YamoPaz6W1SZy9030Lwuk-sWj8IOmxWc2by7WScZOLYxWpJzOS4xgj5wgofDOYKHvsQs0LdTg/s640/DSCN3648.JPG" title="" width="480" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First, we come to this exquisite dining room...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath dining room" height="426" src="http://www.sophiawadsworthinteriors.co.uk/images/img_23_big.jpg" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath dining room" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKHqoE6wVg1iTSmTuG4mxpIY2rilQgbiVstf_y8fspniMVVi05qRK_UYs212PHK_YofpIqEWJ86S0qD4Rp09JacTnVFtl_TuQNqDyD7Qs8tNu-RSWAugLzpkGTqY83L0qjBBSUEHVGzE/s640/DSCN4563.JPG" title="" width="480" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...which leads on to one of the most breath-taking kitchens I've seen, also painted in Elephant's Breath...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9_N-vapOnuQ5R6CAXOHQcSbn2YiAXqQaFkJYL1dgdFSR-MAhfruCfQ2MCBxf_3_HUbqQa2rp_nnpnMiHCcLcCQARvnBcJqRKg4E76OVIECaXiVxxkJvTzQFOmM7SOTT1DHy-H3nqkn4/s640/DSCN4558.JPG" title="" width="480" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen" height="343" src="http://www.oakwrights.co.uk/images/casestudies/case8/case8_extra.jpg" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Black AGA" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh89FryVRHMfPdT7eB_wt5Rasbzup24CNGVpRtVp4ECP2TAFUX-2XEValiw5p3RMwT3bSAHZ0z_-rqNLO3m-o2xduHmdCbgX10hD215XPhrRzfWQBX8eCt69OB3pEv7N-1cv1j9lAbFCB_s/s640/DSCN2231.JPG" title="" width="480" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It reminds me of an English version of <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/somethings-gotta-give-kitchen.html" target="_blank">the kitchen in Something's Gotta Give</a>...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvG7bF5E0Sn5x95_oL21oN9qJ3Asba4OI6Wq0bgzDsY7uO0NoCb3DI-6PZZwJowivgvdukKlP5U9crnk_OSe6AzeO96zoHu3EDqudtNMDjOBnXz5CUcJOtSivnBydTGPISfn-n6mNVAee/s640/DSCN1866.JPG" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath kitchen" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRS9VRxloMHpWIANBtSiOIwK6U_f_x0PRqfp8Pt5KYaj-aJxaRTSORdh8JWnMOUI2zA3aq2FzXmeGlXrjUUgbKI8-Ovpc0bQCPcw4VxDUvYM98Ex2Da5O6ng-RomQ-iT7jQ9X6qbEFnM8/s640/DSCN3731.JPG" title="" width="640" /></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-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...that has a gorgeous snug tucked in at the end...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath " height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaoMBiOmFu0N66FT7FpaM-WnIa-kwwOGHAGqNgHPLoNWZUe-_zwL9ekRgDa8IkqqwAjeTFWEhl6qbuPIdZPuuZsxwWjeZTB_mABU66JPxTfCUdf15WdwhiQJn695_dE04FW8lRggncmcA/s640/DSCN3845.JPG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;" title="" width="480" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath " height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSYYTN3oRh98X04T3TGS5MPvF5ZcFS4l6ZYbUnAjXT9By3pDEYLgo5StOMfbBbctZQ6G14E5qs91ibXjJAAczq-chKzHgZ1-M27xH9oD42K8vla7B5CqrWfW7d-Gj0MV7ri8K9Isno2i6/s640/DSCN2489.JPG" title="" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Living room | Rustic new-build house | Country Homes & Interiors house tour | PHOTO GALLERY | housetohome" src="http://housetohome.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/96/00000f949/151e_orh550w550/Living6.jpg" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The upstairs is much smaller, with a master bedroom, containing the en suite...</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-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5llWabhCdWJ98dXr0ZSzgrMilqAJDg8fWYs6UL88fyfGI2STyWpQ-rfo0AnoIDb-HCxsIR6gdtE2mfmvG0y2mERDCwdEWTAcPgqkmgBsMNc8RTzhJgGdgjIr_JnizkGVQDdlh1pcYlqU/s640/7.jpg" width="567" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Bedroom | Rustic new-build house | Country Homes & Interiors house tour | PHOTO GALLERY | housetohome" height="640" src="http://housetohome.media.ipcdigital.co.uk/96/00000f939/e5a1_orh550w550/Bedroom106.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...the main bathroom and the other bedrooms...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img height="426" src="http://www.sophiawadsworthinteriors.co.uk/images/img_15_big.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Back downstairs again and into the garden: this house really seems to have no bad bits at all!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img height="640" src="http://www.sophiawadsworthinteriors.co.uk/images/img_17_big.jpg" width="384" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The garden is a glorious blend of Modern Country planting: formal structure that'll carry the garden through winter, combined with soft planting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Modern Country garden" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAG7-y-t_M04uppfJVAbdIt8Rt6LBocmd36LXQOeERy7DKzkmbe5oTkFHxlu7IWLr04IofT_zEBdpBKtlhWPxcGNHIQoa_14bUjg8r9H1s0MKpk0jLWy0IAgJsMtbc7XfY-0HxBksBcmU/s640/DSCN4663.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modern Country garden with purple and white alliums</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Plenty of alliums in white and purple (try White Giant and Purple Sensation), followed by roses and perennials....a combination that's hard to beat for year-round good looks!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Modern Country garden" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlz2RqjtBUlgFmFs470IbXWFmLimvDy5LHz8Hs4zcq7byWapRYzN9tvJPGxv2HNMc6Ax0k8mRkYpcOrC5VQYUo9qmqup-MybSElYWwentEr8ZKk_MlzCFWTVcYoc8eQ3byM5Y_bGca7UY/s640/DSCN4861.JPG" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modern Country garden in summer</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">S</span><span style="font-size: large;">ee the topiary and low parterre hedges, as well as the pergola and willow fencing? These will come into their own in the bleak, colder months when the flowers have long since died down.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Modern Country garden" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidITy0as26gLUQbQXLrD2OyWWZXQswgozuGCzwzH8Ul7wdfm2HCXEbmMyJST73ROr6vhsmlFM1xEXi8jnUTJCyibZGu5elpB7NbEmfbMdp9P1a1KGu1x21oVstn2oAftj-qza1tEJr9I/s640/DSCN4664.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modern Country garden in Spring</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Exquisite, no?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; 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;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><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></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All images via Sophia Wadsworth</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

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