Tuesday 2 November 2010

The Vintage Ladies at...."Mary's House"

Here is a real treat for my regular readers, some of you I know have been waiting to see these photos for a few weeks now, and they are finally here, beautiful images of Mary's home, my lovely new friend who adores all things vintage. To briefly recap, I was introduced to Mary by my friend Lilius and was invited to see her amazing home back in the Summer, since my first visit I have been keen to return to her house and photograph it for you all to enjoy as well.
Since becoming friends with Mary we have met up a few times with Lilius and my other lovely friend Sarah, who is also a vintage fan and amazing crafter. We all get on so well together and really enjoy one anothers company, so much so that we will be meeting up on a regular basis to either create things together, visit places and generally enjoy spending time together doing what we love, creating and talking vintage. So we have decided to call ourselves the "Vintage Ladies" and I will be sure to blog about our escapades with you right here.
But just feast your eyes on the wonderful gems in Mary's home, her Kitchen is divine, the moment you step into her home you are constantly ooooing and aaahhrring at every turn...

You do really need several visits to truly take everything in, each time I have been I see something I missed the previous visit.
In the photo above Mary is busy making tea before we began our little tour of her home. Below, a few items stacked on top of Mary's kitchen dresser.
The tiles surrounding Mary's kitchen are to die for, so, so gorgeous, just take a look at the scrumptious soaps by her kitchen sink, pictured below....
After moving through the Kitchen and dining room, we then walked through the lounge, where this little fellow was resting below....
And on up to Mary's bedroom and attic rooms, which were full of truly scrumptious goodies, including this amazing sewing box, below, which I am extremely envious off.... I was simply drooling by this point...
Just cast your eyes on the array of trinkets and treasures below, there was so much to see at every turn.....


Below Sarah tries on a vintage lace collar, with a little help from Lilius! Mary's attic was crammed with gorgeous haberdashery cabinets and old suitcases jammed full of vintage lace, little tins and packets of vintage sewing memorabilia, old quilts and vintage fabrics.




So folks, I hope you've enjoyed your visit to Mary's house, courtesy of us Vintage Ladies... And Mary, if you're reading this, thank you so much for a fantastic day.. luv you lots xx

(Mary & Sarah with vintage quilt)

4 comments:

Lenae May said...

OHHH MMMYYY GOOODDDNESSSS!!!!
I want one of everything!!!
Too spectacular for words! That green cupboard I could find a great home for...hehe!
Thanks for sharing, Mandy! So fun.
Lenae

SoCalWendie said...

Ohh I remember Mary, isnt she the one that made that wonderful hunger inspiring plum cake? Her house is just gorgeous!

anna said...

What an amazing home! I especially love the tiny shelves for all her beautiful small treasures...

Greedy Nan said...

give me that house and its contents!!