Interior Design Interview, with exclusive photos and more...x

Interior Design interview!

Including exclusive photos and quotes!

Hello everyone, my apologies as it seems like it has been forever, but we have been very busy in the VCR office, so tired from everything, it will all be worth it though!

A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to visit a local Norfolk interior designers home. As usual I wanted to share my experience with you!

The house went through an amazing transformation in little time, I was amazed by how quickly it all came together.

I took some photos to share with you, in hope that you can see the amazing interior mind behind this creative, spacious house as much as I can!

This house once had a very unpractical layout, but now it is a wonderful spacious home!

The house has been completely turned around, what is now a gorgeous kitchen/diner was once where the staircase sat, smack bang in the middle of the room and it had many unneccessary door ways, some leading to the same living space! The stairs were completely knocked down, and moved to a more practical area of the house, this created a great sense of space. 

*Picture of the Kitchen/Diner not available , sorry for inconvenience*

As you enter the house, you are greeted by a lovely living space. However this was not once the case, this room went through a transformation, particularly pointing out the gorgeous fire place, which clearly went through a gorgeous re-vamp.

Throughout the house there are fabulous touches that really give it that artistic edge.

This rooms clever layout, makes the most of the space.

I love this wardrobe! Has a lovely element of Shabby Chic to it.

Front Door , from the inside.









There are 2 bathrooms situated in the house, one main upstairs and then a convenient wet room down stairs, believe it or not however this wet room was once nothing more than a coal room. I simply love the use of the plum colour!

Everywhere you look a sense of adventure and flavour comes out of the house, there is a wonderful selection of abstract paintings, bursting with passion , and also pictures representing loved memories.

This is not only a stylish HOUSE to be proud of but a sentimental HOME bursting with personality down to the very last minor detail.

Here are some  features in the house!

Moving on upstairs it only gets better, where the stairs originally would have came up to is now a gorgeous master bedroom, with the wardrobes really making the most of the space.

Just Lovely!

I simply LOVE the bathroom, the featuring colour is simply gorgeous, it has the simplicity of a normal bathroom but has that extra touch of glam brought in by the dainty and detailed mirror. Just an amazing piece.

                 In Love with the bathroom. Inspired me!


Upstairs also, is a guest room, which is practical, simple and just lovely, lucky guests is what I would say!!

You think all that is lovely, well I have saved the best part of the house till last... the Glorious garden, such a lovely place, so relaxing and peaceful, but full of energy and laughter too. You can see there is real consideration behind the garden layout, especially to enhance the wonderful views.

Stylish Chicken coop!

 Gorgeous Flowers!

Lovely Landscape!

  Wonderful Details!

                  

House, from the back! Gorgeous patio area!











How long did all this take , I wonder? 

The house was brought by the designer on the 29th of November 2012, Builders where in by the 5th of December. Including a 3 week Christmas break for everyone, the house was ready to move in by the 1st of March 2013. Although at this point one or two appliances in the kitchen weren't quite ready to use.

I just can't believe how quickly it all managed to come together! It really was designed by a very careful and keen eye. 

The designer says "I love living here" and also passionately claims, that to her she sees her house just as her home.

It really is a gorgeous home and a house to be proud of, this house is the perfect mix, having the best of both worlds!

Many Many Thanks to everyone who helped give me the opportunity to be able to write this article.

Me and The Interior Master Mind!

Thank you again for reading, my lovely's, will speak again soon! Much Love, Buttercup x

The photos shown on this article are VCR property. 

Vintage Instruments

Hello readers,

Today I'm going to write a little bit about vintage instruments and the classical music that was played with them.

 First of all, I'm going to start with one of my favourite instruments, the guitar. In early 1935, there was a guitar called "A martin 000-28" and is one of many pre-war guitars you can buy!

Secondly, an instrument maybe greater than the one before...  Ukelele's! In 1939 there was a ukelele called "Gibson EH- 185 Lap Steel." And some of these had aluminium head stock, these types are rare nowadays but still available to buy.

So now what? We've got the instruments, now what do we play? Well, examples include the celebration of Arnold Schoenberg's transcendence of tonality in chromatic post-tonal and twelve-tone works and Igor Stravinsky's move beyond metrical rhythm. These were all played in the early 20th century as classical vintage music.

 I hope you enjoyed this article,

 Snowdrop x

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Vintage Photographs

Oh my , 
I really love Vintage photographs  , you know the ones that are so creatively done , and so beautiful. I myself am not a good photographer , but i would love to be .So this blog article is for all people that are , or want to be, Vintage  photographers. Good Luck!
( Maybe post your pictures on here if you want , I would love to see them!) 

There are lots of things you can photograph , and make vintage. Such as landscapes , Norfolk is ideal for these. With its pretty little countryside .You simply can't get that signature English countryside look anywhere else .Nature such as trees and flowers are very often featured in vintage photographs.

A rule of vintage photography , is to opt for one or the other , very simple : i.e just one main thing in the picture , or to have lots of things , in a "cluttered" fashion. 

Many cameras , computers and phones have affects that can make your photos look vintage. But i must say i prefer the natural photos , that our taken at just the right time of the day , so they have wonderful lighting . Dawn is really beautiful for this , and so is dusk.

I always love to see pictures of people dressed in vintage clothes. It really makes my day to see someone sticking to this beautiful style. Because without people like that , the style would be gone by now.They keep the fashion alive and fresh. I love to see those photos , with the people with their bright lipsticks and big hair. Its a lot of fun to be one of those models too , so maybe you and your friends could get together and do something like that , it would be lots of fun for you all! 

So there are some ideas , i must say that i am not very wonderful with photography, but i am truly inspired by the photographs i see every day. Hope you enjoyed reading this article :) 

Keep on telling your friends about us , and like us on your google + and stumble upon. 

Yours , 
The Country Rose xxxx