Home Inspiration Today

 Where did Spring go? Are you a lover of dining outside?   I sure am and we try do do it as much as the weather will permit Simple tables are beautiful in the garden and does the food taste better outside?  I have saved a boat load of images from magazines over the years  and love to pull them out for inspiration   Now that we all use Pinterest we can save our favorites digitally  and look at them everyday if we need to....  I'm not sure which magazines I pulled these from  but I suspect some are over ten years old  But it is wonderful how a beautiful garden setting  and a dining table are timeless  Wicker in the garden.....a classic favorite  And of course cafe' style chairs....love this table!!!!  those lanterns!!!!  modern farmhouse dining  shabby and weathered with hydrangea....so pretty  a little photo inspiration  for the long weekend coming up  these last three are from our little house...

Have you ever watched the BBC series Lark Rise To Candleford? It ran for 4 seasons finally ending in 2011  but you can watch it now on Amazon or Netflix.   The series is set in 19th century Oxfordshire England with wonderful character actors, many of whom you will recognize from your favorite Masterpiece Classics such as Downton Abbey. As with all BBC productions, the costuming and sets are wonderful.  It is worth watching just for that but the semi autobiographical story lines are charming, funny and sometimes a little sad  There is love and gossip  jealousy and envy, all of which make the series great (and the hats are over the top great!!!)   what I enjoyed most were the characters of  Twister and his wife Queenie   Twister is a lazy lovable curmudgeon who sells nuts for a living and when he's not sleeping, complaining or hiding from Queenie  he drinks away the rent money then stumbles home to sit in his chair by the fire  With no mo...