You all have listened to my ramblings about my love of England and all things British. Well, I happened upon the most amazing website and I have to share. I had seen this site before, but lost the address and was devastated. This Anglophile was bummed! Well thanks to Zaira at
http://littleemmaenglishhome.blogspot.com, I have found this wonderful site once again. After drooling all over my laptop keys, I pulled myself together and wrote this post. If you love dream cottages, old country houses, the countryside and places that look as though they are straight out of a Jane Austen novel, then you must visit
http://www.jjlocations.co.uk. JJ Locations provides sets and locations for film and photography shoots. I think I killed a good 2 hours at this website. There are country houses, city houses, farms, English and French. It is TO DIE FOR. Have I mentioned that it's TO DIE FOR? Ok good...just wanted to make that clear. So here's my favorite out of all the locations. I encourage you to check out the website and pretend that you can actually choose which one you will be living in. For a brief moment, I convinced myself that I would be packing up and moving to this one, never to be seen or heard from again because I would have no reason to ever leave. But then, everyone would want to visit me because it truly is perfection. This is actually a converted water mill in Wiltshire and it may be the dreamiest place I have ever seen. Enjoy and please tell me what you think.
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Love Love Love - a perfect boat house |
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Diamond grid windows and a black and white checkered tile floor...ahh |
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That wonderful English look - as if it was put together over decades, perhaps centuries |
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Tea, anyone? |
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I'm sure they are priceless, but the chairs would have to go - maybe a London apartment |
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What a beautiful vignette...shells, a silver hand mirror, floral curtains and a diamond grid window |
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This is where I would cut the thorns on the roses I would be gathering |
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You can't replicate this with a McMansion - why anyone would want a new house when they could have this... |
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Someone likes cups and saucers - I might have to downsize this collection |
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Swans are always welcome |
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Love the "horsey" look of this room |
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I would paddle that boat around here until I got to the waterfall and would then have to jump ship |
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Love the low ceilings with the beams - who needs a tv? only a good book is required |
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I see a few full time gardeners in this picture |
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Love... |
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Blue runner must go but I could probably overlook it if I had to |
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A lovely foot path |
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Gothic windows and wrought iron...another "AHH" |
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And a green house too? Beyond beautiful |
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An aqua door = happiness |
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Dilapidated and delectable |
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This is where I park my vintage Jaguar when I'm at home |
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Diamond grid, gothic door in a happy yellow |
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Let's not forget the geese - we must have geese |
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What a beautiful frame this arbor makes
Thanks for looking and supporting my blog! Have a great Monday evening. I need to go purchase lottery tickets if I am ever going to make my dream of living in England become a reality! |
5 comments:
Loved the post today. I can TOTALLY see us there! All we would need is an old broken down barn with rusty signs all over it!
what a lovely place to just dream... your blog is beauitful... your so in your element and I am so proud of you! Maybe one day I'll go to England and see some of those cottages but until then, I'll just spend time with you here! Much love for a blessed holiday season dear one ...
Love, love, love the pictures! I especially love the one of the black and white tile and the blue door. Beautiful!
Cynthia, I finanally figure out how to get to the comment section. :).
I really enjoyed this section and especially your quips. I spent 6 months in England and this takes me back. I'm also reading "Brideshead Revisited", by Evelyn Waugh (a guy) and your post has given me mental images for the . Call me when you can and Ill tell you about some other related stuff Ive been reading. Love you.
Uncle G.
Oops..."mental images for the story."
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