bloomsbury style – lizatthebeachhut.com

I just can’t help myself..

This is our new fireplace.

Oh ok then; it isn’t really…

If it’s not the actual walls of the house, there’s another special place that’s getting the treatment too

Although we could comfortably move into this Bloomsbury inspired living room, it might be a bit of a squash.

Because this is a dolls house…

A bookcase filled with books and me on the tv at last!

We all have a project or two by the armchair!!

Love this tiny blue and white tea set

Perfect for the French dresser, with a landscape mural on the kitchen wall

Sink and aga and abstract art!

Hand painted Monet table

Distressed painted chair

Just waiting for a guest or two to drop by.

The Bathroom contains the smallest accessories youve ever seen!

His and hers sink

And a rather spectacular toilet !

Even a dressing area.

Next for the paintbrush is this bedroom set

A dressing table for the coolest lady

Complete with enough perfume for any diva..

Looking forward to seeing how the rest of her room and the other bedrooms evolve.

While we wait, there’s always the basement garden to potter in

As with all gardens, this one is still in bud

A seat on the tiny white iron furniture.

Plants and trees and grassy areas framed by a Rousseau inspired backdrop.

The outside of the house will be finished later. Plus the attic room and bedrooms. There is still plenty of detail to add and that is a lot of daylight hours! A half finished tree will still be there on a rainy day!

And until the Autumn, it will be real plants that are tended to. The painted ones can mostly wait while the sun is shining.

With love and all the wonderful details

Liz at the beach hut xx

One of the most inspirational places I went to when I was at school was Charleston Farmhouse. Charleston Farmhouse is a 16th century property in East Sussex that was transformed by the artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and their friends. Visiting the house and garden felt like stepping into something familiar and also new and exciting too.

Typical Bloomsbury Style painted border

As soon as they moved in, Bell and Grant began to paint every surface in the farmhouse, transforming it into a living, breathing work of art. Over the following decades, Charleston became a gathering point for some of the 20th century’s most radical artists, writers and thinkers known collectively as the Bloomsbury group. It is where they lived out their progressive social and artistic ideals.

What would our quirky home inspire? ..

There are touches of Bloomsbury inspiration all over our home. Not least in the hall archway, painted in recognizably chalky colours and patterns.

Blended with our Venetian Inspired Hallway

Of course, not everyone can be a fan..

‘Toys and books’ Italian style on the painted wooden door

A few clues as to what hides behind the door…

Although only for those of a certain size

With a big imagination

Before the sunshine became just too tempting to stay indoors any longer;

as many things as possible got a Spring makeover.

All under the watchful gaze of my trusty companion Mabel

Who approved the new mural by hers and Horace’s dog beds. And the new book at the side of the stairs.

Lastly for today, the upper corridor has had a makeover. A little alcove, home to various pets and bookcases until now, has been framed with a hand painted border, edging a blast of bright turquoise which makes the ‘escape to the chateau wallpaper pop!’