whats your style?

As you know I am not a magpie I am a squirrel.

The subtle difference between the two

 is the ability to control the gatherings

and to find unusual items that make an interesting home.

The squirrelling has in the past included magazines

Every now and again they strike a chord with me

and the homestyle I've been secretly living is broadcast to the nation.

Obviously I like to share,

but sometimes I want to shhhush the magazines

and my their wonderful ideas.
I'm an arts and crafts kind of girl,
(you'd never guess right?)
Charleston House and the Bloomsbury set, Barbara Hepworth and Grey Gardens
are all a big inspiration to me.

 The latter being a recent find.
Grey Gardens is a film based on a real documentary
depicting the tragic, but uplifting life of a mother and daughter.
The main character is the decaying once glamorous house.
If you can, I urge you to find a copy of the original documentary,
then you'll understand where I'm coming from..
it's a faded beauty kind of thing.

 Starting this year with a new room,

some of my oldest finds are finally finding their place in this house.

This little glass dish was one of my first finds in a charity shop,

it's one of my favourite things 

I've had it over twenty years and probably cost pennies.

These two platters have similar stories.

I particularly love the smaller one.

They are both pretty shabby*,

but that's the look I like.

*(never to be confused with shabby chic)

When you are scavenger collector like me,

you cannot beat the rush  of finding an unusual object.

 Anyone remember this purchase from Shepton Mallet fair?

I finally got round to covering it with a piece of vintage fabric.

Many would paint this piece,

but I actually like brown furniture.

Remember when I said I had stuff squirrelled away in the loft?

Well, meet the bar stools found in a junk shop nearly twenty years ago.

Sometimes hoarding can be a good thing.

They are in original condition rust included!

I quite like them how they are..

I started hanging some of my old plates,

that's another post!

Have a lovely weekend whether you are a magpie or a squirrel.

I believe snow is forecast,

I'm an old fashioned girl so let it snow!