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December 13, 2014 by Claire (The Captive Reader)

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Posted in Library Lust | 16 Comments

16 Responses

on December 13, 2014 at 05:04 | Reply everydayhas

Yay! Fireplace! That’s what I need right now 🙂
- on December 13, 2014 at 07:07 | Reply Claire (The Captive Reader)
  
  You did make a special request a couple of weeks ago, so I posted this one with you in mind. Glad you like. 🙂
  - on December 13, 2014 at 07:48 everydayhas
    
    Aww! Thank you!
on December 13, 2014 at 05:38 | Reply sallyjanevictorious

Oooooooo! Fireplace, matching wall covering and fabric with big, blowsy flowers, fainting couch, and, of course, the wall we can’t see is completely covered with bookshelves. Just add a fluffy dog rug in front of the fire, and it’s perfect. Thanks for several minutes of delightful fantasy.
on December 13, 2014 at 05:52 | Reply lifeonthecutoff

Most excellent!
on December 13, 2014 at 06:03 | Reply Lisa

It certainly looks comfortable, but a bit too floral for me.
on December 13, 2014 at 06:54 | Reply Susan in TX

I love this one! A perfect morning room from which to plan the day. 🙂
In other news, I’m loving Angela Thirkell, thanks to you. Just finished Wild Strawberries, after having read the two preceding it, and looking forward to more.
- on December 13, 2014 at 07:06 | Reply Claire (The Captive Reader)
  
  That’s wonderful news, Susan! I am always so happy when other readers discover (and like) Thirkell.
on December 13, 2014 at 09:16 | Reply susanintorontos

Perfect.
on December 13, 2014 at 09:19 | Reply Susan D

Perfect
(3rd time trying to post this simple comment)
on December 13, 2014 at 12:49 | Reply marilyn r

This is it!
on December 13, 2014 at 23:06 | Reply Harriet Devine

Goodness — it’s a bit busy for me with all the florals, but the fireplace is definitely a winner.
on December 14, 2014 at 02:38 | Reply Margaret Powling

No, this is far too ‘busy’, it’s very over-blown Laura Ashley early-1980s blowsy, décor and this went out of fashion – thank goodness – in the late-1990s and, hopefully, will not return. It’s not even country house chic in the style of John Fowler or Nancy Lancaster. But it has a lovely fireplace and there are some good architectural details. With the wallpaper ripped off and something plain on the walls and perhaps a rather nice check or chinoiserie fabric on the chairs I think it would look much better – or reverse that treatment and have chinoiserie on the walls and plain fabric on the chairs … I’d love to get my hands on this room and give it an elegant make-over!
on December 15, 2014 at 14:02 | Reply Jenny @ Reading the End

That is good heavens a LOT of flowers for one room!
on December 21, 2014 at 19:26 | Reply Karen K.

Wow, that’s a lot of flowers. I agree with Margaret, I’d rip off the wallpaper and recover the chairs — but I’d paint the walls because I hate wallpaper, and keep prints or stripes on one chair. I love the idea of chinoiserie fabric, or maybe toile. Blue and white, definitely!
- on December 21, 2014 at 19:26 | Reply Karen K.
  
  Oh, and it needs a dog in front of that nice fireplace. A golden retriever. Or a Newfoundland!