Tranquil home..

This 100 year old house located on a heath near a forest in the beautiful 

Netherlands has captured my heart with it's simple yet warm charm.

You can tell the love and attention that has gone into restoring the core structures

of this home - the neatness comes through strongly without making it feel formal.

I like the little 'stable door' of the main entrance and it reminds me of the holiday

house in the South of Sweden where I spent so many summers growing up.

Isn't this little pedestal tray with candles and flowers cute - I can smell the flowers

all the way to Sydney.. Lily-of-the-Valley are so wonderful and grow in large seas of

white in the Swedish forests. Again, this brings back lots of happy childhood memories.

Doesn't this look like a nice place to rest with a good book or magazine?! The large

tufted ottoman / upholstered coffee table is fantastic and can move in here any  day!

Simple and gorgeous. Perhaps a tad too 'safe' overall, but a wonderful restful base

for a home never the less. I could definitely move in here and be perfectly happy.

Very brave move to plant bamboo, by experience this timid looking plant has a very strong

will and can spread like wild fire if not kept at bay by a green but firm thumb! Also note the

cute little lanterns hanging from the parasol (that seems to be floating in mid-air.. ). Gorgeous.

Again, just clean, simple and uncomplicated elegance with ample focus on functionality

and practicality. Adore that little decorative feature sitting on the bench giggling.. :)

I have never been a fan of turning a bed head on a window like this. I simply don't think it is

good feng shui and I tend to sleep badly and feel unsettled in bedroom arranged like this. I do

however like the charcoal coloured beams, the little chandelier and the general simplicity of

the bedroom. I think it is always wise to keep bedrooms quite uncluttered and 'clear'.

 Cute room for this young boy and a newly completed nursery for the baby that's on its way..

All in all a lovely home with integrity and preppy casual elegance. A place to live & love.

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x Charlotta