Cottage Tabletops

I wanted to share with you some of the tabletops in our English cottages. They were both decorated in what we think of as English Country Style. A delightful mix of old and new and things well loved and books and plants.

The window at the top of the stairs at Pitts Cottage. A simple lace curtain and a Christmas cactus -- one of only two windows on this side of the cottage.

The master bedroom at Pitts Cottage -- a wonderful old chest, a rose patterned bowl and pitcher and a Spode Blue Italian pitcher filled with dried flowers including some lavender.

A chest in the bedroom at Blue Row -- books, a footwarmer (so necessary on cold English winter nights) and a bouquet of flowers (my addition!)

The buffet in the dining room at Blue Row -- an oak barley twist lamp, a delightful old clock, a Spode Camille blue and white tureen (mine!) and a bouquet of white carnations. This is my tabletop! For this buffet is normally the "hub" of Blue Row, with a book of information and the guest book and such. But I thought if I lived there permanently that the buffet would look like this!!!

I'm joining Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday. I can't think of better tabletops to share than the ones I lived with in England for the last month or so.

We're heading home today -- and I will be glad to get home and back to Linderhof. It has been a trip of a lifetime but, alas, Linderhof is beckoning and I'm eager to be there.