I want to live in upstate New York on the weekends – I want a home in the woods just like below and I want to bake bread and garden and cook and potter and maybe learn to knit! Monday to Friday I can commute to London and work I’m thinking – although that’s not particularly eco and responsible I realise.
Below is the home of model Shannan Click and photographer Dan Martensen and I am beyond jealous. I love the simplicity of how everything just slots together nothing is pretentious and everything feels as if it has always been.Texture which is in abundance in this space creates a rustic charm and provides a casual. boho lived in vibe. By applying wood to your walls – you instantly create another visual layer. I did it at home in a little nook in the basement and painted it out the same colour as the walls. My house was built in 1860 so some of the walls were slightly imperfect and tongue and groove is a great way for covering them up and adding texture at the very same time.
Adorable!
Records piled on the floor under a rustic old table with layers of rugs skimming the floor – heaven.
Are you jealous yet – I am – its the perfect little weekend country pad – for pottering around in wellies, lighting fires and listening to jazz.
Photography Grahm Atkins Hughes
Panelling city style – a nook in my basement where I put up some tongue and groove and painted it out the same colour as the walls adding another layer of texture. Its super easy to do – think of it as DIY in a lazy Sunday afternoon kind of way. Its all in my book A Girls Guide to Decorating which is the most perfect Christmas present one can buy. Can I say that?
alone?
No, no no, Maud my puppy goes everywhere with me plus I will have Miles Davies, John Coltrane, Chet Baker oh and there is this schmuck I know – so a whole bunch of creative guys and us girls of course.
Hi Abigail – just saw a feature of your beautiful house on Skona Hem:
http://www.skonahem.com/inspirerande-hem/hemreportage/abigail-i-underlandet/
everything looks gorgeous as always!
Thank you for your kind words have just checked it out – the pictures were taken quite a while ago so the house has changed somewhat since then but its interesting to see – had forgotten how it used to be
yes, I can relate to all you say Abigail… I’d like to hop into that little wooden bed too – the whole concept reminds me of ‘Goldilocks and The Three Bears’ !!!! better with jazz and wine on the side though, and pelting rain on the roof!
Also, LOVE that doggie pic of yours in your basement. Did you find it, or is it a commission of your doggies? it’s gorgeous – looks a bit ‘paint by numbers’ ish from a distance? x
Pelting rain even better. The poodle in my basement is a proto type for a new lighting range. I just had him made when our cleaner accidently knocked him of the shelf and he broke into a billion pieces. Couldn’t bear to throw him away so stuck every single piece back together and there he sits. Very soon they will be on our website x
yes I love that poodle TOO – i actually meant the picture of the doggies you have there ? …. I have a gorgy gnome that I have to glue together too. The cracks don’t matter when you love something – like people too isn’t it really! o
Sorry the picture of the dogs from a sweet little vintage store right now my house