Showing posts with label Hooked on Buildings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hooked on Buildings. Show all posts

Monday, June 1, 2009

Hooked on Buildings


I have been checking out Julie's Hooked on Houses site again, totally addicted!   Will be getting loads of inspiration for when I get to start building my house.

Anyway Julie got me thinking; it took me back to my root's & I came up with these three buildings that have different characteristics.  Photo's courtesy of my Mum, thanks Mum!!

The top photo is a little cottage in the village of Chaddesley Corbett in Worcestershire; the wisteria climbing on the building is just gorgeous.

Stratford-upon-Avon

This one is from Stratford-upon-Avon, where William Shakespeare was born.  It is such a quaint country cottage; it makes you want to go to the village for a cream tea. 

The Crooked House

And finally there is this wonderfully shabby building.  This has now been converted from a miner's cottage, to a public house.   The illusion is enough to induce an unsettling effect in the stomach; either that or one too many pints of Mild (a dark English beer) have been drunk!   What a building this is The Crooked House, in the Black Country in the heart of The Midlands, England. Inside the flooring is level so you don't fall over (only after a few pints). 

I have added a link if any one wants to read about some of the history.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Hooked on houses

It's Sunday morning & I thought I would have a blogging morning.  The way I am going, its going to last all day; so much to live up to.

I have found some exceptional bloggers that are ooozing talent.  I have so much inspiration going through my head at the moment, it's spining.

A lady called Julie has this blog Hooked on Houses.  My gosh it's full of fantastic homes, I am so addicted; you have to go see.  I have just brought a block of land & will be hoping to build some time this year so I will be looking all the time now for ideas.

I found Julie's blog through Kay Ellen who is a talented Interior Designer from America.  The way she has captured the mood with her photographic images is stunning.  You can read her blogging experience, which is featured in Artful Blogging magazine.

Kay Ellen has inspired me today with her blog so thank you.