If you prefer the modern, look away now

We love the character, uniqueness, and sense of history that older objects can impart. Whether it be a set of tiny teaspoons, the lovely turned legs of a console table, or even a whole house, something intriguing from ye olde shoppe or just a found object, there is something about these adoptees that warms the cockles of our heart so much more than the mass produced or the new.

The challenge with this new house of ours is in ensuring we can create that atmosphere with a careful blending of old and new. I think we may have found something very special to set the tone. How about an1860's French stained glass hall light? I can just imagine opening up that front door of an evening and seeing the rich colours thrown by this beauty, with the hall and lovely timber staircase continuing beyond, and the Victorian arches opening up either side to the formal rooms.

It's all there in my mind's eye.