Amazing wall art: Modern Country Loves

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You know how we talking about wall art making a house a home</span><span style="font-size: large;">? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have fallen for these framed antique microscope slides in a big way.</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/AVvXsEgpQjLVCmqEMB48vZRSBYEnW1mjIacxR0uEfrjCqeoHnEcscBJP8JpXhRD_E73J720G5mnyMVcfkrkmiKMcYRbs7-uy4CH_4yS_YFA1r2q7bIT6qfkxpGgLOvU8shDeRWKiH5pqNDJhDZ4/s1600/microblue_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQjLVCmqEMB48vZRSBYEnW1mjIacxR0uEfrjCqeoHnEcscBJP8JpXhRD_E73J720G5mnyMVcfkrkmiKMcYRbs7-uy4CH_4yS_YFA1r2q7bIT6qfkxpGgLOvU8shDeRWKiH5pqNDJhDZ4/s640/microblue_large.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></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;">It can be hard to find suitable pieces that appeal as much to the man of the house as to the laydee.  However, these microscope slides, with their delicate blend of science and art, seem to cross every T and dot every I on that tricksome front.</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/AVvXsEgPDXdgpaPRJNtyq4F_XuXaG3BsC30EnCw2NS6FMI_tpJKS7DzWpePInPUuOnEVNhOwbEXhLRTE2kDRQXJ1XctPsgSod2rABHKF8v3-5XXxi_ztG8cO_Lx-x4is1t_F4PFrY5Eo7wn54eo/s1600/microknats_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDXdgpaPRJNtyq4F_XuXaG3BsC30EnCw2NS6FMI_tpJKS7DzWpePInPUuOnEVNhOwbEXhLRTE2kDRQXJ1XctPsgSod2rABHKF8v3-5XXxi_ztG8cO_Lx-x4is1t_F4PFrY5Eo7wn54eo/s640/microknats_large.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></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 pictures, by <a href="http://www.hannahbrowninteriors.co.uk/#/shop/4569391070/MICROSCOPE-SLIDES" target="_blank">Hannah Brown Interiors</a>, were featured in the Guardian last week as part of a feature about <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2013/jun/06/fathers-day-gift-ideas-pictures#/?picture=410153840&index=6" target="_blank">Father's Day gift ideas</a> and I'm thinking they'd be just perfect for Mr Modern Country.</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/AVvXsEjD07ngFvOnHAd74ZKYp1dUXF5UZceh4e93noIPMzUrABIMW3EEhxkKzi0gKWpaWsXzJ3W01Vt8xvRtDTZ48L_zDwmztu2Z6Q2-HwEIywN0be4Y8gbZoHqi_YZesQO5DDIFMCGv6jvT3as/s1600/micro_group.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/AVvXsEjD07ngFvOnHAd74ZKYp1dUXF5UZceh4e93noIPMzUrABIMW3EEhxkKzi0gKWpaWsXzJ3W01Vt8xvRtDTZ48L_zDwmztu2Z6Q2-HwEIywN0be4Y8gbZoHqi_YZesQO5DDIFMCGv6jvT3as/s640/micro_group.jpg" width="334" /></span></a></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 clicked through on the link to find a whole host of treasures on the <a href="http://www.hannahbrowninteriors.co.uk/#/shop/4569391070" target="_blank">Hannah Brown Interiors</a> website.... <i>hello retail therapy!</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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_kDIM4F3pcf1dxy0ZBY_gvIWh5aDdkLO-56r5O7XdwsWC7hGLIE4zHl9RKMwRUM9zPg_pVlJG5tU_2hdvnkPH36i6KQ8jfGbY7Zs0pNAFsZmyzVr9aa5TJ4PxVvx0XJlWsx6qvPnnDA/s1600/HBI_postcard_ONP_front_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_kDIM4F3pcf1dxy0ZBY_gvIWh5aDdkLO-56r5O7XdwsWC7hGLIE4zHl9RKMwRUM9zPg_pVlJG5tU_2hdvnkPH36i6KQ8jfGbY7Zs0pNAFsZmyzVr9aa5TJ4PxVvx0XJlWsx6qvPnnDA/s640/HBI_postcard_ONP_front_2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></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;">My all-time favourite being these <a href="http://www.hannahbrowninteriors.co.uk/#/s-h-o-p/4569391073/Blown-Quail-Eggs---A-dozen/5853099" target="_blank">gorgeous blown quails eggs</a>, enclosed in a weathered timber frame.</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 height="616" src="http://www.hannahbrowninteriors.co.uk/communities/3/004/011/161/093/images/4593566688.swf" 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;">Perfectly masculine but also perfectly 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;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://www.hannahbrowninteriors.co.uk/communities/3/004/011/161/093/images/4593566582.swf" /></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;">These pieces are original, beautiful and steeped in natural history. C</span><span style="font-size: large;">ould there be a better answer to the His/Her conundrum? </span><span style="font-size: large;">I can't imagine anything more exquisitely Modern Country on my walls.</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;">All images via <a href="http://www.hannahbrowninteriors.co.uk/#/shop/4569391070" target="_blank">Hannah Brown Interiors</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Amazing wall art: Modern Country Loves

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Chic Modern Country Parisian Apartment Tour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Where else could this chic apartment be but Paris? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Doesn't it just scream '<i>I am the epitome of chi</i><i>c'</i> at you? </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/AVvXsEjS9kjqUVlghG30yJ8DGBEDfxzg0jnXvfRi5gu4-v2c8NudB3qOc6sXeb7w4i8DT1XSJWvn130MedDOWtnR3tK41LJPWRPuwPrU3wjugveYBlevoU99InwqfWkmkFb6uMU1-EnO5F5rA6s/s1600/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9kjqUVlghG30yJ8DGBEDfxzg0jnXvfRi5gu4-v2c8NudB3qOc6sXeb7w4i8DT1XSJWvn130MedDOWtnR3tK41LJPWRPuwPrU3wjugveYBlevoU99InwqfWkmkFb6uMU1-EnO5F5rA6s/s640/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_3.jpg" width="480" /></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;">Well, perhaps not <i>scream</i>. That's not very chic at all, is it? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps it would be more of a seductive whisper. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Either way, this is serious Modern Country Chic.</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/AVvXsEgs78bNFcRlRLtyMX6bhpetZDFSDSo767-e7pZ9Yi_5n7oWOtsiisvu4gS983ku2paLSqLLTiPiMVKd13j5QgZKMOt1Fssbkl2QnpFxbEkdEy2TX1mgrpePnYFdnGLrSClFooaUieyBrOE/s1600/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs78bNFcRlRLtyMX6bhpetZDFSDSo767-e7pZ9Yi_5n7oWOtsiisvu4gS983ku2paLSqLLTiPiMVKd13j5QgZKMOt1Fssbkl2QnpFxbEkdEy2TX1mgrpePnYFdnGLrSClFooaUieyBrOE/s640/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_1.jpg" width="480" /></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;">One of the things that I adore about the Modern Country look is that it can be interpreted in so many ways. Over here, this beautiful Parisian apartment, but over <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/anne-turners-cottage-livign-kitchen.html" target="_blank">there</a>, a gorgeous cottage painted in muted sea-greens. Both very different but equally thoroughly imbued by the wonders of Modern Country Style!</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/AVvXsEjXjaWMkpSIuTc_Y8eXFPmAFU8OU5f-3HlGVkT0yf0-FM_xRAteOp4mtlnea46yBfPswf92mXsQ_PhZTDaAH8cahW0j62MDU6VreZhls8VNybmWzEdqBhilVl-Be9BX0_DQjMDe18JZV-Q/s1600/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_3_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjaWMkpSIuTc_Y8eXFPmAFU8OU5f-3HlGVkT0yf0-FM_xRAteOp4mtlnea46yBfPswf92mXsQ_PhZTDaAH8cahW0j62MDU6VreZhls8VNybmWzEdqBhilVl-Be9BX0_DQjMDe18JZV-Q/s640/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_3_0.jpg" width="640" /></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;">It's the art that really makes this home work. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Imagine the place without those huge frames propped against the wall. </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/AVvXsEgDN9hWWKkMzd1BBhMFeGugiV_ETJ0CSPhYjTlXkDrNngh_S11CIoFZdDF0QTuibUBZ2aI3Mn3mAPuvTYWGdR-Q5WUJ7BhtmBFeMS1wpIRA2HvXjcIGunGOCH63GFmKgIWoeBFUvRuUOSQ/s1600/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_5_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDN9hWWKkMzd1BBhMFeGugiV_ETJ0CSPhYjTlXkDrNngh_S11CIoFZdDF0QTuibUBZ2aI3Mn3mAPuvTYWGdR-Q5WUJ7BhtmBFeMS1wpIRA2HvXjcIGunGOCH63GFmKgIWoeBFUvRuUOSQ/s640/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_5_0.jpg" width="480" /></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;">You'd be forgiven for thinking you'd walked into the sterile conditions of a doctor's surgery, would you not?</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/AVvXsEhdQC1pQOtHWlZW9rx3USsyJBY84rpySifgj4J649WsQuEh9e6XafPjiTJmm0M5zpE9LNaebAIKBZv5SMmcXKwsiXYA01iJXA9miRuCZTZ2Gwi0Wd7aXWjLjFWanKuBvvYZIlKtkZ2_q0I/s1600/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQC1pQOtHWlZW9rx3USsyJBY84rpySifgj4J649WsQuEh9e6XafPjiTJmm0M5zpE9LNaebAIKBZv5SMmcXKwsiXYA01iJXA9miRuCZTZ2Gwi0Wd7aXWjLjFWanKuBvvYZIlKtkZ2_q0I/s640/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_4.jpg" width="480" /></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;">It's the warmth of the mixture of predominantly black and white images that makes these enormous rooms a home, giving a very welcome shot in the arm of personality.</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/AVvXsEj6SJkSkbx2ntLJ2fNym__z4vuH7PpOl1YU-fLYhv2sfPc0ztq8vqIJANII7qvER8Y1ngRo31G084y8k3REM3waFr9UeRRf0zKZCteB6OEdW2KmSExXZXFeFLIc2iOA-G1GA4jRJDfRda8/s1600/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6SJkSkbx2ntLJ2fNym__z4vuH7PpOl1YU-fLYhv2sfPc0ztq8vqIJANII7qvER8Y1ngRo31G084y8k3REM3waFr9UeRRf0zKZCteB6OEdW2KmSExXZXFeFLIc2iOA-G1GA4jRJDfRda8/s640/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_2.jpg" width="480" /></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;">And I trust that the wit of that doctor-related shot-metaphor was not wasted on you, my friend. What a tragedy that would be. ;-)</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/AVvXsEgbclhuF3OIQ9vO-UNM5uxxO05qtL6deZM1XcsQKbZBEv0dSTTgvL19CHTiumWBsSQHNyN40Qj995oAZVewsc6GgCglvcEWYm-ZYlvk1tsZUs-H1Wcrrbs1V0A2PkIKx6OxaPEvGH6xWVc/s1600/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbclhuF3OIQ9vO-UNM5uxxO05qtL6deZM1XcsQKbZBEv0dSTTgvL19CHTiumWBsSQHNyN40Qj995oAZVewsc6GgCglvcEWYm-ZYlvk1tsZUs-H1Wcrrbs1V0A2PkIKx6OxaPEvGH6xWVc/s640/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_5.jpg" width="480" /></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;">The beautiful herringbone parquet is just heavenly. We're currently angsting over whether we should choose something very similar in our top floor.</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/AVvXsEgK3qSARuZdqS-GISWoBsOncU59_58qWhvHI7gBkaXgTjALbMV7mDtbPLLSEwYDrDE8Ij3i5UW4d_D1hgZtzjJSW83AoqQrZyw52IJg6RutFEOAWr_TVboKDDL5a3vhilH7_CMhWAU3EO8/s1600/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3qSARuZdqS-GISWoBsOncU59_58qWhvHI7gBkaXgTjALbMV7mDtbPLLSEwYDrDE8Ij3i5UW4d_D1hgZtzjJSW83AoqQrZyw52IJg6RutFEOAWr_TVboKDDL5a3vhilH7_CMhWAU3EO8/s640/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_9.jpg" width="480" /></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;">I think it has to be said that the owners pretty much struck property gold with this place. Could there be better home-bones with which to start a project? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Floor-to-ceiling windows? Check.</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/AVvXsEiPLGnRUPKctWtyYxSDO5xhwIYUonHc92_lfD-5w0RQZtuU4EyCe58Uj1nTpRWOMDtLPZSSKS7NdsFWIUMegHN4OmL95ZQ_N0YA1nosCCHHngMU7CmNTh3Q06zlF-8KcOSAHZM2BvdlYtA/s1600/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLGnRUPKctWtyYxSDO5xhwIYUonHc92_lfD-5w0RQZtuU4EyCe58Uj1nTpRWOMDtLPZSSKS7NdsFWIUMegHN4OmL95ZQ_N0YA1nosCCHHngMU7CmNTh3Q06zlF-8KcOSAHZM2BvdlYtA/s640/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_6.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">Ornate plaster-work? Check.</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/AVvXsEhdmsGvEzlJj5A-HhGX9vx_lJTP8wpRzcM5lUQ58TIICOnoiocJf5vcNRJX47qD2A7pynC_xNyf0OGeTDtIMgBOPu9tYiUJivQY-UYofKbXQbYj69DpIU-bgetlKr2LYPujKojfWyFCwns/s1600/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmsGvEzlJj5A-HhGX9vx_lJTP8wpRzcM5lUQ58TIICOnoiocJf5vcNRJX47qD2A7pynC_xNyf0OGeTDtIMgBOPu9tYiUJivQY-UYofKbXQbYj69DpIU-bgetlKr2LYPujKojfWyFCwns/s640/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_7.jpg" width="480" /></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;">Terrifically high ceilings. Check. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kerchingggggg!</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/AVvXsEgmzPUpJmlEmtcUMMe-teTxGUmFwR1QeDDLXJV79nD0yNRzaXNZ7drbbIzXKndZeiipIw5yI-E3X7zatab5TfcfCXgll-Vw3BZ5-1Exrbpv44ZMEIJWFKSyWF-bAHUCRiO8kS8fRt69sVE/s1600/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzPUpJmlEmtcUMMe-teTxGUmFwR1QeDDLXJV79nD0yNRzaXNZ7drbbIzXKndZeiipIw5yI-E3X7zatab5TfcfCXgll-Vw3BZ5-1Exrbpv44ZMEIJWFKSyWF-bAHUCRiO8kS8fRt69sVE/s640/Parisian_Apartment_of_Gilles_and_Boissier_afflante_com_8.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yep, I'm thinking we should move in tomorrow?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Whaddayasay?</i></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images via Afflante</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Chic Modern Country Parisian Apartment Tour

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Modern Country Loves: Pride and Prejudice Full-Text Poster

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Any regular reader will know that I'm a complete sucker for romance so it'll come as no surprise that Pride and Prejudice is one of my favourite book ever; it's surely the most romantic book ever written. </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="Pride And Prejudice Novel Poster" src="http://assets0.notonthehighstreet.com/system/product_images/images/000/862/305/normal_pride-and-prejudice-novelposter.jpg?1354012521" /></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 Mr Darcy and Elizabeth? They must be the most romantic pairing ever. <i>{Second to me and Mr Modern Country, obvs. ;-) } </i>Brooding handsome man vs beautiful, feisty woman: was there ever a better hero/heroine match to have the heart of every girl in the world beating faster?</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="Pride And Prejudice Novel Poster" src="http://assets2.notonthehighstreet.com/system/product_images/images/000/759/831/normal_pride-and-prejudice-novelposter.jpg?1346938111" /></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;">I knew, when I saw<a href="http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/theliterarygiftcompany/product/pride-and-prejudice-novelposter" target="_blank"> this full-text poster</a> of Pride and Prejudice, that I simply had to share it with you and pronto. It's simply perfect for</span><span style="font-size: large;"> any girl who wants an extra hit of first rate romance in her life. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Pride And Prejudice Novel Poster" src="http://assets1.notonthehighstreet.com/system/product_images/images/000/759/832/normal_pride-and-prejudice-novelposter.jpg?1346938182" /></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;">The poster is composed entirely of the full text of Pride and Prejudice but is printed in such a way that a space forms with the perfect image of Elizabeth and Mr Darcy. <i>*swoon*</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;"><img alt="Pride And Prejudice Novel Poster" src="http://assets1.notonthehighstreet.com/system/product_images/images/000/759/834/normal_pride-and-prejudice-novelposter.jpg?1346938206" /></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 an age when scantily-clad celebrity bodies are flaunted without a second thought, <a href="http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/theliterarygiftcompany/product/pride-and-prejudice-novelposter" target="_blank">this poster</a> is pure delight. You can feel the lurrrrve exuding from the image.</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;">Aaaaah!</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Images via <a href="http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/theliterarygiftcompany/product/pride-and-prejudice-novelposter" target="_blank">notonthehighstreet</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Modern Country Loves: Pride and Prejudice Full-Text Poster

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