City of Bath

City of Bath

The City of Bath is a Roman City situated in the Southwest of England. It is located in the leafy county of Somerset which is known for its rolling hills and apple orchards where cider is produced. 

Bath was first founded as a settlement by the Romans at around AD 60.

Bath is the largest city in Somerset and is located very close to the region's capital, Bristol.

Victoria Park- Bath

Bath as a city is famous for many reasons. First of all it is known for it's stunning architecture which has left here by the Romans and the Georgians. Much of Bath is built using bath stone which is a golden coloured which was quarried for locally. 

Bath is most well known for the Roman Baths which are located in the city centre. Bath is what was known back in roman times as a spa town, this is where Romans would come to relax and cleanse themselves in the hot springs. 

Bath has a very hilly landscape and is known for the 7 hills that connect the city together.

Bath is known to be one of the most beautiful cities in the UK and is extremely popular with tourists. Other roman cities in the UK include Chester and York.

Interesting facts:

• The famous author Jane Austen once lived in Bath and she wrote some of her novels in the city.
• Famous residents include Hollywood actors Johnny Depp and Nicolas Cage who owned apartments at the Royal crescent. 

This is my post on the City of Bath- Enjoy!!!

Royal crescent from an overhead view.

Royal crescent from a head on view.

Roman bath's from the inside.

Bath Abbey- Services are held every Sunday. 

Great Pulteney Street.

Jane Austen lived at No. 4 of the apartments in the Bathwick area shown in the above picture.

This is the Jane Austen museum located in the Centre of Bath.

Holburne Museum- Many famous artists exhibit their work here. This is a well known museum situated in Bathwick.

Don't forget to checkout Sally Lunn's Bun's and have a great cup of tea and a scone!!

High Style Design, Fabulous Frocks and Narnia with Whimsical Characters

Good Morning Readers

Today I want to share with you an eclectic mix of some favourite books.

High Style is an Interior design book about Hollywood Regency interiors. It is by Ron Woodson and Jaime Rummerfield. If you like Hollywood Regency then this book is definitely one to add to your collection. Below, I have pictured it with some items that are truly heavenly.

The book is a great read and very architectural. I know you will appreciate the lovely pictures and glamorous interiors of that time as well as of today.

Fabulous Frocks by Jane Eastoe and Sarah Gristwood is a couture frocks collection of many and varied beautiful dresses. It is such a happy and celebratory book for the lover of garment design and couture. You can see both the cover and a spread below. Works as a nice display item as well don't you think?

Narnia by C.S Lewis is a classic. The giraffes in Tuxedo's reminded me of the whimsical characters in Narnia so I decided to put the book with them on my side table. The version of Narnia has the famous stories that have been filmed and a few more - it is the whole collection. Well worth reading for young and old actually.

So, I wish you all a good time exploring the many facets of life's beauty and creativity as embodied by the examples from this blog.

Enjoy!

Designing displays with books and trays!

Hi Readers,

This is my first post since before Christmas and New Year, I would just like to take this opportunity to wish everybody reading a Happy New Year and that they enjoyed their time off during the holiday season.

We are now two weeks in to the New Year and I'm sure many of us have mad new year's resolutions so don't be upset if it takes time to get used to them, just stick to it and you'll be fine!!!

Over the new year I did a lot of reading and these are some of my favourite books that I have now decided to incorporate into some of my designs.

The picture above showcases some memorobilia from the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee.

If you like working with different types of decorative carvings, you can also use them as
accessories on tables. These are some of my favourite design pieces.

I enjoyed finding this tray at a little antique shop.

Using the tray I have made a display using a wooden carved inlay showing

the past American presidents and I
have also combined it with the current president Barack Obama's

biography.



In this display below I am showcasing the wooden carving, the Barack Obama biography

and books with a Cartier Pen case.

Enjoy, and have a great day!!

Celebration of the Queen's Jubilee 2012

Good Morning Viewers!

Long time no see. I had to take a Summer break. This Summer was special because of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. So, in my return blog I just wanted to share with you how I have created some features of interior arrangements that celebrate the Jubilee. In the main I used items that I already had and combined them in settings that gave them an architectural feel.  Books and decorative pieces were juxtaposed with each other to give a sense of balance and scale. I hope you get inspired because you can do anything you want in decoration - as simple or as creative as you want. A key technique is using items you already have and MAKE IT YOUR OWN TASTE! :)  

All the best - Enjoy!

God bless all the Mothers in America!

Good evening ! This is repost after first posting it on UK Mother's day with some new thoughts added for US Mother's Day.

I hope all is well - I just wanted to share with you some thoughts about Mother's Day. Please remember family on her day. A mother is about who has been through the test of time. It can be a mother or step-mother. It can be sisterhood or a good friend. It can be another's mother, or mother-in-law. And let's not forget a grandmother!

So give a gift of kindness - I hope you ejoy these ideas.

Black and White Vintage Pictures

Good evening viewers, I hope you have had a nice week.

Today I would like to share with you some of my favourite vintage black and white pictures, I love these pictures because they are classical and have a timeless effect.

Enjoy, Have a good weekend!