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The best inspiration I've found for my house. Love all of these.

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youaremyfaveparties:

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A lot of what I do doesn't come from a "school," it comes from my Britishness. I like the idea of using heritage, reexamined and reapplied through my head.

Jasper Conran, Home by Stafford Cliff

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We bought a tiny stone cottage and we spent a year doing the place up, without spending much money. We didn't care any more about how the house looked; in fact, we'd been so force-fed on this over-the-top room-set look that now we didn't give a toss, and we still don't. We don't do showcase homes..... We don't want to spend too much on posh furniture; a nice big Aga cooker, a big piano, good horsehair beds, quite lean on the electrical side, we're kind of reassessing the possessions we own. We want to put our money into the fabric of the building. It won't make for a very photogenic home because it's all simply done, but that can be nice. The really important things are clean (spring-fed) water, wood from our own land, food from our own garden I make my own cider. My idea of heaven is to pick my own food, cook it, eat it, sit by the fire, and then go to bed on a wonderful mattress, I mean, come on, you can't argue with that... We have cats and dogs, and I once came back to find a horse in the kitchen being given my last beer.

-Nick Ashley, from Home by Stafford Cliff

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bonnietsang:

Another gorgeous backyard wedding w/ Bash, Please.

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24freedinners:

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"I do not envy the owners of very large gardens. The garden should fit its master or his tastes, just as his clothes do; it should be neither too large nor too small, but just comfortable"

-Gertrude Jekyll

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Photo by me.

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jhnmyr:

I just came back from seeing an amazing exhibit by the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson at the Musem of Modern Art. I was lucky enough to get to accompany a few of my friends at Leica Camera and have a walk-through during closed hours.

The one thing that struck me after seeing hundreds of his photos is that not a single one of them features a shallow depth of field. With faster lenses being made, it’s easier than ever to feature the subject of the shot in focus while leaving everything behind it a blur, and while it’s immediately satisfying to look at, it definitely lacks impact from a storytelling perspective. I’m guilty of taking pictures that way, and I think I’m going to try moving away from it. (Interesting that Cartier-Bresson was also a painter, which would explain why every detail in the photo was in focus - you can’t paint a blurred background.)

this post may come off a bit highfalutin, but if you’re a fan of photography you should definitely check this exhibit out.