CLEAN SHABBY CHIC

It's a bit too hot to blog today. Actually, it's a bit too hot to think altogether. Feeling the need for some white rooms to cool me off, I popped by Shootspaces to see if they could help a damsel in distress. Naturally, they could (they're British, after all).

This should be just the house to charm the shabby chic-enthusiast in us all, although it's very clean and not too romantic.

See the Dualit toaster in the photo below? It's the ridiculously expensive one I considered buying a while back, under the pretext that if one just toasts enough old bread, one eventually has saved the expenses. But a girl can only eat so much toast, so in the end I opted for a cheaper (read: less expensive) version.

Second-hand shopping ideas for the kitchen: old framed flower prints, white porcelain, nice tins, old cutlery with bone handles (remember not to put these in the dishwasher, they'll crack up after a while).

I suspect there's been a good deal of paint distressing going on to make the dining room furniture look like this. I like the real thing, i.e. old furniture and original peeling paint, although it's not always easy to tell the difference...

There's nothing distressing about the bathroom though!

My favourite room is this fabulous nursery, which is so cheerful despite being totally void of plastic junk: