French Dressing - for the Bedroom!

Divine rustic linens of billowing drapes; the gentle patina of wood, stone and plaster; sparkling chandeliers and fine ruffled bedlinen create the sublimely romantic French bedroom. 

Above image: Antiques by Une Ame en Plus discovered via Belgian Pearls the wonderful blog of Greet from Lefevre Interiors

Above images:1.Chandelier by Vox Populi 2.& 5.home linens from SHOP: Matteo discovered via Brooke Giannetti and her wonderful blog Velvet and Linen 3. Antique painting SHOP: Brownrigg @ Home 4.French antiques SHOP: Authentic Provence  

Above image:Daybed from SHOP: Aidan Gray

Above images: 1.INTERIOR DESIGN Corniche 2.& 4.home linens from SHOP: Matteo discovered via Brooke Giannetti and her wonderful blog Velvet and Linen 3.Antique mirror SHOP: Brownrigg @ Home

Above bedlinen from SHOP: Matteo discovered via Brooke Giannetti and her wonderful blog Velvet and Linen

Above image from antique SHOP: Atelier de Campagne 

Above images: 1.Antique chair SHOP: French Garden House 2.FABRIC: Cabbages & Roses Toile de Poulet Cotlin grey 3.Furniture & linens SHOP: Cote Bastide 4.Bottle SHOP: Olsson & Jensen 5.Linen FABRIC: Westbury Textiles 

Bedlinens SHOP: Bella Notte Linens

Above images: 1.PHOTOGRAPHERS: Gentl & Hyers 2.Embroidered linen FABRIC: Westbury Textiles 3.HOTEL: Borgo Santo Pietro 4.Detail from ANTIQUE ARMOIRE: French Finds 5.Linen FABRIC: Westbury Textiles 

Above image: Antiques by Une Ame en Plus discovered via Belgian Pearls the wonderful blog of Greet from Lefevre Interiors

Above images: 1. & 3.Furniture & linens SHOP: Cote Bastide 2.Bed linens from SHOP: Matteo discovered via Brooke Giannetti and her wonderful blog Velvet and Linen 4.Linen FABRIC: Westbury Textiles 

Above image: Photographer Tessa Francesca

Setting the Table

Rustic tables for relaxed, everyday dining from farmhouse to cottage, eat, drink and be merry!

Above image: scanned from Natural Decorating Book by Elizabeth Wilhide and Joanna Copestick

Above images: SHOP Cote Bastide

Above image: SHOP Cote Bastide

Above images: 1.Jeanne d'Arc Living 2.SHOP: Fen & Ned 3. SHOP & BLOG: G-Style

Above image: SHOP Cote Bastide

Above image: SHOP & BLOG: G-Style

Above image: Jeanne d'Arc Living

Above images:1.Antiques SHOP: Atelier de Campagne 2.SHOP: Garden Trading 3.& 5.SHOP & BLOG: G-Style 4.SHOP: The Textile Trunk (loodylady Ebay)

Above image:SHOP: Ruffled Linens 

Above image: Photographer Joanna Maclennan

Above images:1& 4. SHOP: Summerill & Bishop 2.SHOP: The New General Store 3.Antiques: Appley Hoare

Above image: The Textile Trunk (loodylady Ebay)

Above image: SHOP: Lombok

Above images:1.SHOP: Summerill & Bishop 2.SHOP: The Textile Trunk (loodylady Ebay)3.& 4. SHOP: The French House

Above image: PHOTOGRAPHER Katie Quinn Davies & Katie's brilliant blog filled with wonderful recipes: What Katie Ate

Hemp and Grain

Grain & flour sacks, hessian, scrubbed wood and laundered linen. Recycled, upcycled rustic elements are some of my favourite interior decorating items.

Above images: SHOP: Antique vintage European textiles The Textile Trunk (loodylady Ebay)

Above images: 1.Lillian August Designs 1st Dibs 2.The Textile Trunk (loodylady Ebay) 3.Art & Decoration magazine 4.Katie Quinn Davies photographer

Above image: Creator & artist of antiques - SHOP: Daryl McMahon  

Katie Quinn Davies photographer author of What Katie Ate

Above image: SHOP: Billet Japan 

Above images: 1.Lillian August Designs 1st Dibs 2.& 3. SHOP: The Textile Trunk (loodylady Ebay) 4.Mon Jardin & Ma Maison magazine France

Above image: scanned from BOOK: The Perfect Country Room by Emma-Louise O'Reilly

Above image: scanned from the August 2011 issue of Country Homes & Interiors magazine

Above images: 1.scanned from the August 2011 issue of Country Homes & Interiors magazine 2.SHOP: Cote Bastide 3.SHOP: Full Bloom Cottage

Above image: SHOP: The Textile Trunk (loodylady Ebay)

Above images: 1.E-magdeco 2.SHOP: Billet Japan 3.SHOP: LinenMe 4.SHOP: Red Ticking 1st Dibs

Above image: SHOP: The Textile Trunk (loodylady Ebay)

Above image: scanned from BOOK: Junk Style by Melaine Molesworth

Chateau Style

With soft hues & gentle tones, contrasting textures, lavish chandeliers & faded decadence the French chateau has a unique charm. Here are a few ideas on achieving the look.

Fabulous interiors from SHOP: Full Bloom Cottage

Sublime interiors from Cote Bastide

Gorgeous decorative items & furniture from SHOP: Eloquence