Farmhouse Style Loft

This is the home of boutique owner Anna Hillegass featured in Country Living Magazine. She owns this super cute store in Minneapolis called The Foundry Homegoods and her loft is just above her store. She loves to decorate her store and her home with great salvaged style.."I love older things that people have used and cherished," says Anna. "They have personality, character, and soul." I could not agree more.

Her father had bought this old foundry 30 years ago and used it for his own business. Once the neighborhood become hip and trendy she decided to open her own store and have her loft in the space. I love to hear stories like that....being able to live and work in a gorgeous space that you once played in as a child. Very cool..

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, A Delightsome Life

Inspired Collections

This home of Joanna Madden has the most wonderful collections. I love the way the shelves have been built to display her McCoy and ironstone pottery. Full of flea market and vintage finds each room feature an amazing collection of some type....luggage looks like one of her favourites...mirrors on shelves, platters on a wall rack..give so much character to a home. She also mixes fun textiles in an unexpected way, probably because of her fashion background. Great stripes, animal prints in grey and white and brown and beige tones look perfect against the pale walls. Lovely home...

Enjoy!

Trudy

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vai: Houzze

Country Retreat

 

This is a really super country retreat in South Carolina that two couples bought and renovated with great style. A fun kitchen and with super cool lights that follow a bit of a them throughout the house. I was looking for a new lamp for my bedroom today and came across some lamps with this rope not only around the wire portion of the lamp but also wrapped around the structure of the shade and it was so gorgeous! In fact they had many styles with this sort of treatment that I thought would be a great addition for a more rustic look. I also like the wire and metal coffee tables in the living room. My favourite room in this home is the screened in porch....I would love something like this during the summer months! 

photos: Alec Hemer

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

xx

via: Country Living

photos: http://alechemer.com/

Hamptons Cottage

This is such a fresh summer cottage in the Hamptons, very light, bright and relaxed. I love the wood plank walls and the rough hewn beams. Great lighting throughout and big windows keep the indoors bright and allow for a wonderful view of the outdoors. Furnishings are modern and simple mixed with cheery textiles and pops of bright colours....and what about that gorgeous pool! Of course you need that at your summer place!

I am working on a video on how to style your coffee table and dressers and I think this one in the living room is well done! What do you think?

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

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photos: Patrick Cline

via: Lonny

Country Home of Sarah Richardson

This home of Sarah Richardson is not new but it is still really good! All done in pale watery colours of green and blue, this home is on the water and so it fits so perfectly with the surroundings. Sarah always puts so many great fabrics in lots of different patterns but they always work so well together. And the mix of colours and tiles in the kitchen are so beautiful....

Don't you love the vintage red and white quilt on the bed? The life raft on the wall is such a clever idea..actually the whole house is full of fun ideas and it would be so easy to add some of these touches to your own home.

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

Photos: Stacey Brandford

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Trudy

xx

via; Country Home

Lake House

This incredible lake house from House Beautiful is the home of designer Thom Filicia. From the cool boat house on the water to the cozy kitchen this house feels just so easy and relaxed. Even with lots of cool layers and layers of accessories the view is really the star in this show and he makes the most of it. A low couch in the living room keeps the window wide open to better see the view and even the bed faces out toward the lake. So pretty with a mix of prints and colours throughout all on a base of creamy white. 

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

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via: House Beautiful

French Country Lodge

This beautiful country house, built in 1652, in Normandy France was once a hunting lodge. Owned by a local farmer for years, the home had not been renovated and that was just perfect for designer Charles Spada. he took this jewel and turned it into a gorgeous castle! It had almost all of the original features intact and all he had to do was fill it with antiques . Check the amazing chandeliers, amazing prints and fabulous plates on the dining room wall. Love....but really the best piece is the leopard settee...oh I want that...So Good! Really a country house in France is my dream...maybe some day...

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

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Trudy

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via: Weranda

Photos:  Andreas von Einsiedel

Country Home with Sarah Richardson

I used to watch Sarah Richardson on HGTV all the time and I always loved the homes she redid. They all had something similar about them that is so easy to live in and yet so beautifully done. She loves to put a lot of seating into her homes and she makes them comfortable, cozy and ready for guests. I really like this open plan space with the kitchen and living room together with all of these wonderful pale sea tones....but the rooms I like best of Sarah are the bathrooms. She does the best bathrooms, always in grey marble and chandeliers and lots of bright chrome and mirrors. Just what I want!!

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Trudy

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Via:sarahrichardsondesign.com

Photography by Stacey Brandford

At Home in Muskoka

This home on Lake Muskoka in Ontario is nothing short of spectacular! Take a look at the location in the last photo...absolutely stunning! The inside is equally as beautiful, fully done in white with accents from nature...a stone fireplace, rough wood counter top on the kitchen island and a wide plank wood floor. This house may be in the country but the furnishings are very elegant in their lines as is the architecture. The details are fantastic in the ceiling of the living room and the wonderful paneled walls that are different in almost every room. When you look at each photo it is incredible all of the different elements the designer and builder, Muskoka Living, have put into this home right up to the marble on the ceiling of the shower...So well done!

Linking with Savvy Southern Style, French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home, Common Ground Do

 

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

via: Muskoka Living

White Country Christmas

This beautiful home in the country has been lightly decorated for Christmas with wonderful greens and candles. Pretty flowers, the wreath hanging over the kitchen island and the bulbs on the window sill add just the right touch throughout the home. The silver decorated tree is the perfect touch in this white home...really lovely. Nothing overdone just simple beauty. Hope you are having a lovely weekend!

Enjoy!

Trudy

xx

Linking with: Savvy Southern Style,  French Country Cottage, Common Ground-Do, My Romantic Home, The Dedicated House  

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