Conflicts of Interests

No you have not stumbled upon some 'Autumns of a past life' post. You are looking at one of my major decorating conflicts. Am I in love with all white rooms? Passionately. Do I get all giddy and cheerful in the presence of soft pinks and greens together? For sure. Is there a dark old English side board fetish lurking somewhere in my psyche? Ahh. . . guess so. And in my dining room too.

This look originates from a past life staring at Brambly Hedge picture books and wishing myself into those teeny little mouse size rooms of my inner life. I would like to say that these were books from my childhood--but no. I discovered Jill Barklem, a British illustrator now mostly out of print, when my own children were young. Her illustrations are chuck full of charming little cottage rooms OVERFLOWING with stuff just like this.

I LOVE brown transfer-ware. Especially aesthetic movement era with birds and geometrics. And I have a very small collection because I'm, (a) out of room and, (b) I want to find it for nothing. So these are mostly stumbled upon, and some irresistables. Also here is my entire doggie collection. It will probably never get any bigger (see point (a) above). But I am completely charmed by and attached to it now.

For a long while things have just collected here while I have been concentrating on my shop. But blogging has a way of making you have a serious look around. I've never changed this sideboard seasonally except for Christmas. But I'm going to have fun (a) dusting off and (b) putting things away for a couple of seasons. Thanks for sharing my treasured conflicts and "before pictures." Now I'll go dream up something for "after."

"Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing."
Mole in The River Bank chapter of Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham.

Au revoir, ciao, and thanks for stopping by!

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