Romantic & Feminine Bathrooms

Inspired by Provencal farmhouses, English country houses and villas in Tuscany, these are some of my favourite romantic bathrooms. All unashamedly feminine in shades of the palest lilac, Palma violet, shimmering silver to blush rose and robin's egg blue. Blissful rooms to luxuriate and pamper!

Above image scanned from Homes and Gardens Magazine October 1999

Above image via: Location Agency 1st Option

Above images all: Stylist Eva Lindh

Above images: Location Agency: Light Locations

Above images: 1.Portland Mitchell stylist 2.& 3.Sandra Lane photographer 4.SHOP: Decorative Country Living

Above image via: Red Magazine

Above images: 1.Sandra Lane photographer 2.Jeanne d'Arc Living Magazine 3.Polly Wreford photographer 4.Nato Welton photographer

Above image: Hotel Loverlij

Above image: Photographer Spike Powell from Country Homes and Interiors

Above images: 1.SHOP:Gianna Rose Atelier 2.Sarah Richardson Design 3.Heather Bullard styling & photography via Heather Bullard's Blog 4.Sandra Lane photographer

Above image: Little Greene Paint Company featuring Dummonds bath

Above images: 1.Heather Bullard styling & photography 2.Jo Tyler photography 3.Balham House via Shoot Factory location agency 4.SHOP: Bliss and Bloom

Romantic French Fabrics - Blush Pink

This is the first in my series of posts about fabulous fabrics for French style interiors beginning with Pink. Oh so pretty shades of the softest blush through to deep rose in the perfect Toile de Jouy, faded florals and ticking stripes.

Above images: Kate Forman

Fabrics: 1.Titley & Marr 'Charlecote' Colour: Geranium 100% cotton 2.Nordic Style 'Toile' Colour: Red 100% cotton 3.Clarke & Clarke 'Cove Check' Colour: Pink 100% linen 4.Kate Forman 'Antoinette' 100% linen 5.Kate Forman 'Plain Linen' Colour: Pink 100% linen 6.Kate Forman 'Pink Ticking' 100% linen

 Above images: Kate Forman

Fabrics: 1.Bennison Fabrics 'Chinese Pheasant' colour: original on  oyster linen 2.Kate Forman 'Ophelia' 100% linen 3.Nordic Style 'Small Check' colour stone 57% linen/43% cotton 4.Bennison Fabrics 'Petites Fleurs' on fine oyster linen 5.Clarke & Clarke 'Dupion' colour: heather 100% silk

Above images: Kate Forman

Fabrics: 1.Kate Forman 'Isobella'100% linen 2.Clarke & Clarke 'Cove Check colour: red 100% linen 3.Clarke & Clarke 'Alderley' colour: multi 70% viscose/30% linen 4.Kate Forman 'Cameo and Ribbons colour: Tuscan pink 100% linen 5.Clarke & Clarke 'Gingham Check' colour: taupe 100% cotton

Above image: Kate Forman

An excellent retailer in England for most of the fabrics mentioned in this post is Fabrics & Papers, they carry a wide range of designers for both fabric and wallpaper.

Just a note: I have compiled these fabric combinations working from images online so please forgive me if in reality they don't work as well together! Most shops are happy to provide swatches.

Gilding the Rose

Blush tones, faded florals and gilded tints combine for a soft, romantic style.

INTERIORS: Shabby Chic

1.AGENCY:Sarah Kaye PHOTOGRAPHER: Polly Wreford  2.HOTEL:La Madone

3.PAINTING:Marie-Antoinette by Joseph Ducreux 3.PHOTOGRAPHER: Polly Wreford 

MAGAZINE: Red 

1.Cards and stationary from SHOP: Mulberry Muse  2.STYLIST: Kasha Harmer

3.EVENT PLANNER: Principal Planner

Furniture & decoratives from SHOP: Brissi

1.PHOTOGRAPHER: Chris Blott  2.PHOTOGRAPHER: Nato Welton

3.PHOTOGRAPHER: Chris Everard 4.PHOTOGRAPHER: Polly Wreford

Mansion: Magie des Lieux

1.Cards and stationary from SHOP: Mulberry Muse 2.INTERIORS: Shabby Chic 3.FILM: Marie Antoinette

1.PHOTOGRAPHER: Sandra Lane  2.SHOP: Jeanne d'Arc Living

3.PHOTOGRAPHER: Sandra Lane 4.PHOTOGRAPHER: Kristin Perers

1.Bedlinen from SHOP: Bella Notte Linens  2.MAGAZINE: Jeanne d'Arc Living 3.FILM: Marie Antoinette

1.Cards and stationary from SHOP: Mulberry Muse  2.Vintage bottles SHOP:Velvet Ribbon 3.Bed STYLING: Atlanta Bartlett 4.Lamp SHOP:Brissi 5.From BOOK: Family Lifestyle Home by Anita Kaushal

1.Bedlinen from SHOP: Bella Notte Linens 2.Cards and stationary from SHOP: Mulberry Muse 3.Cups & champagne Martha Stewart Weddings 4.PAINTING:Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo 'Pulcinella in Love' 5. Cards and stationary from SHOP: Mulberry Muse 

PHOTOGRAPHER: Angelika Buettner