If Your A Minimalist, 'Look Away' - Tour a French Style Home

As my heading says, look away if your a minimalist or your style is contemporary, as this Georgian home is the perfect background for the owner's collection of French antiques. I love symmetry, it just seems to work effortlessly and there is a lot to be seen in this beautiful home. I also like the way the owners have mixed artifacts of differing materials such as brass, silver and ceramics. The two over-sized ceramic pots on the mantel below, are real 'statement pieces', their bold shape draws the eye away from the smaller more ornate pieces. With 5 bedrooms and so many beautiful images, I have picked out my favourites.

All images copyright of jjlocations.

I hope you enjoyed the tour, I have been inspired by the bedrooms as I am hoping to create a similar atmosphere, maybe a little less grand, in my own bedroom which is due for a makeover. This beautiful home is available for photo and magazine shoots. For enquiries or if you want to see more images, please visit, jjlocations. 

If you really love French style, check out my Pinterest board, 'French Style', where you will find lots more images to inspire you.

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Shelf Displays - Shabby, Chic, Sleek Or An Eclectic Mix

Are you shelves, shabby, chic, sleek or an eclectic mix?

All images above are owned by jj Locations, 

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Lee oxo

&

Poppy

Romantic Interior with French Flair

Bringing you some Valentine romance with the interior of this beautiful Victorian house.  This home has a surprising interior as it floats between French Period decor and contemporary to the extreme.  In all cases it takes on a "minimalist" feel.  My favourite is the French period doors leaning against the wall, I adore the aged patina. I love "distressed" and used old French Shutters for my own bedroom makeover. I have only included the romantic images, if you want to see more of this home and it's modern surprises, please visit the link below.

Click "here" to see more images of this amazing interior. This property is available for photo/film shoots, through jj Locations.

Please do not reproduce these images without prior permission from JJ locations.

If you love this style you will also enjoy this post:

White and Romantic Interior full of Swedish Antiques

or click "here" to see how I used some distressed shutters for a headboard

White & Romantique Swedish styled Interior

This unusual Grade 2 listed ground floor flat in West Sussex in Hove is full of unique features such as the trompe loeil angel wall painting, an amazing 1800's sleigh made into a sofa and many other beautiful pieces of  authentic Swedish furniture. If you love white interiors and shabby chic you will love this home, although I hesitate to use the word "shabby Chic" as this interior goes way beyond this and is in a class of it's own.  The location is available for film shoots/magazine/styling use, please visit jj locations if you are interested to see more photos or wish to make an enquiry for filming.

Images are copyright of  Swedish Interior Design 

I hope you found inspiration in this wonderful home

Lee oxo

&

Poppy

Mix Classic, Contemporary and Rustic it works!

Although I love French interiors and clean whites, I also love eclecticism and after living as an expat in various continents you end up with quite a mix of furnishing. I'd love to have my whole house with a French feel to it, but this would mean I'd have to part with pieces I've collected and cherished for years. So for now my own living area is a mix of periods, styles, fabrics and textures not dissimilar to the image above.

The room above is an eclectic mix of contemporary, antique and rustic. The contemporary clean lines of the sofa and the stark contrast of the rustic table are balanced by the elegant wooden antique side table. The dark grey silk lampshades of the side lamps are striking and draw the eye... (Gosh the artist in me wants to go and straighten up that lampshade on the left ☺). The beautiful fretwork screen seen in the second image balances the dark tone of the lampshades. To soften the overall appearance of the room, cushions have been introduced in muted tones. I think the silver cushion enhances the silver lamp stands, personally, however, I would have brought in another silver cushion instead of the green one as I am a bit of stickler for balance. There is a lot of texture going on in this room (so important), from the velvet of the cushions, slubby linen of the sofa to the rustic wood grain of the coffee table with it's heavy studs around its perimeter.

Overall I think this room is inviting and comfortable. I love the original shutters framing the exterior view of perfectly clipped hedges and topiary. I like that the owners are not afraid to display their collection of interesting ornaments. Sometimes we are looking for the "perfect look" and get rid of our ornaments but this is the difference between a "home" and a "showhome". I also enjoy the brave way they have introduced an assortment of cushions in differing sizes, colours and textures.  

I wonder what you think about this room, I love to read your comments.

 Images are reproduced with permission from jj Locations

The image is the living room of a Regency ground floor apartment in Battersea, London. The apartment is available for film and photo shoots, please visit jj Locations if you wish to see more of this apartment or contact jj Location them with regards to this property.  

I've been inspired and definitely

heading to Laura Ashley's sale this weekend  to

check out their cushions.

Lee oxo

&

Poppy

A Peek inside a Regency House

Years ago when I was working in London, I used to walk past a row of Regency homes and was always curious about what lay behind their walls. This beautiful house below was built in 1848 in Barnes, London and is a classic example of a Regency home. The property still retains all its period features and the interior furnishings have been chosen to compliment its age. Full of beautiful antique pieces, this is a home not to miss. 

I would advise you to take your time, pass through each room slowly as there is so much to look at in the way of period pieces, a feast for the eyes of those who love antiques. There are so many features I love about this property but one of my favourite rooms is the kitchen, obviously it's been renovated but the style is very much in keeping with it's period.


jj Locations are lucky enough to have this house on their books for film/photo shoots, if you wish to see further photographs or you fancy filming your latest period movie in this home☺, please contact jj Locations for use of the property,a link can be found at the foot of this post.

If your interested in photo displays, more ideas can be seen "here" 

jjlocations 

Please do not re-use any of the images in this post, they are reproduced on LCArt with prior permission from jj Locations.

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A Peek inside a renovated Victorian home

Victorian Factory - apartment conversion

A New England style home in London

We hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Sadly my mother is not doing too well at the moment and so staying with me. Poppy and I are therefore a little housebound. However, we will be beach walking if I can get my son to babysit his grandma and the sun comes out....so, come on Sunshine where are you Summer is nearly half way through, or at least it feels like it!

 Lee oxo
&
Poppy