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by Karen Barlow
So if you're like me and still not finished (or really even started) your Christmas gift buying, I thought I'd put together my gift guide for some ...
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by Karen Barlow
Following on from my last blog about Charleston House, we also visited the home of war photographer Lee Miller, whilst we were in East Sussex.
I've...
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by Karen Barlow
My visit to Charleston House was my second. The first time I visited, which was around seven years ago, the public were forbidden to take photograp...
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by Karen Barlow
I recently wrote about our city break in Stockholm which you can read here and here.
After three nights in Stockholm we boarded the train to Copenh...
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by Karen Barlow
So in my last post I wrote about our stay at Ett Hem in Stockholm which you can read here.
After spending 24 hours ensconced in Ett Hem we decided ...
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vintage
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by Karen Barlow
I can't remember how long I've been following Alejandra on Instagram but she was definitely one of the first people whose images captured my imagin...
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by Karen Barlow
I have wanted to stay at Ett Hem ever since it opened in 2012, after a 6 year renovation, which transformed this Arts & Crafts house into a 12 ...
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by Karen Barlow
Last year we spent a week in Malaga and took a 48 hour road trip to Granada. I don't know why it's took me so long to write a blog post about our t...
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by Karen Barlow
When we bought our house 25 years ago, it was two rental flats and in a sorry state. We had, what we thought at the time, a healthy budget, but tha...
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prints,
repurposed,
toilet design
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by Karen Barlow
I'd visited Paris a couple of times before last year but they have always been quite fleeting visits for a few days. However in 2022, my daughter s...
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by Karen Barlow
So here we are again. It's September and as well as the month that it's back to school and the transition into Autumn, it's also now known as secon...
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interior design,
paintings,
prints,
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by Karen Barlow
This year I turned 59 and so with my next big birthday milestone within sight I started to realise, without sounding morbid, just realistic, that t...
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barcelona,
Blue House,
Charles Rennie Mackintosh,
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Eileen Gray,
Frieda Khalo,
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Luis Barragan,
Mexico city,
Mies Van de Rohe,
national trust properties,
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Rennie Mackintosh,
The Alhambra Palace,
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william Morris
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