Before
After
[very dull outside hence the poor light]
The main colours are now green and pink. I bought the really pretty curtains on ebay, aren't they gorgeous? I think they were £18 and came beautifully laundered and wrapped up - makes all the difference doesn't it? I made the 2 pictures - I grabbed a handful of lace, buttons and anything else to hand looked at what I had and then 10 minutes later I have these beauties. I made them by scanning in 2 old postcards, mounting them on card and then gluing them on to doilies. I then added lace, ribbon roses and anything else I could find that looked pretty.
The pretty wreath was another ebay purchase, one day I might embellish that too. I'm not sure about the CK paisley bed clothes, I bought them a while ago and I'm not sure I like them so they might get swapped for some embroidered cream cotton bed clothes. TK Maxx and department store sales are great places to find top quality bedding for less.
This bookcase was left by the previous owners and has come in really handy! We have the most eclectic mix of books you could possibly imagine.
There's the political/autobiography books. All my years worth of Country Living, Country Homes & Interiors (personal favourite of mine), Period Ideas, Period Living, The English Home etc. Then there are lots of gardening and cookery books. We have a lot of paperback books, largely because I used to get through a few of those a week traveling to and from London everyday on the train (one thing I miss about driving to work!).
