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Coleton Fishacre - Inside the House

Coleton Fishacre has been described as "the perfect combination of the simple architecture and high standards of craftmanship of the nineteenth century Arts and Crafts movement with the modernity of the Jazz Age." I was told that there are not that many Art Deco style houses in the UK and this is one of the few private residences that are open to the public. Among the furnishings are Lalique wall lights, an eighteenth century Venetian chandelier and a carpet designed by Marion Dorn. Most of the furniture was designed by the architect of the house, Oswald Milne.   After Rowland and Freda Smith bought the house in 1949, they did not make many changes and the furnishings that they didn't use were stored. After the National Trust took over the property, they meticulously recreated the furnishings based on photographs that had appeared in Country Life magazine.   The library, pictured above and below, features a celebrated wind-dial map that was created by noted mapmaker Georg...
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Pink snow?

No, but it looks like it! These are fallen blossoms from the Yoshino Cherry trees that were featured in a previous post. We have had a lot of rain for the past two days and unfortunately the beauty of the trees was short-lived. I'm not going to complain about that though because last year at this time we were experiencing the early stages of drought that lasted all year.



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  1. AnonymousApril 6, 2008 at 7:19 AM

    I think that having all the fallen petals on the ground is so lovely. It kinds of extends the beauty of the tree's flowering and makes for very mystical pictures.

    Jan Always Growing

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  2. MarieApril 6, 2008 at 2:35 PM

    The pink "snow" is beautiful :)

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  3. GailApril 7, 2008 at 7:48 AM

    Phillip,

    Hello, that is the perfect kind of snow! Lovely photos...we have had lots of ran and my hope is that we can over come last year's drought but some plants are gone forever.

    Gail

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  4. WayneApril 8, 2008 at 3:43 AM

    That's the only down side of gardening. The flowers don't last long enough. But that is also what makes them so special!

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  5. Annie in AustinApril 8, 2008 at 8:22 AM

    The beauty may be temporary, Phillip, but it's real! I like the photo of the birdbath - it seems to be calling mythical birds to come for the petals.

    Annie at the Transplantable Rose

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  6. chuck b.April 8, 2008 at 9:29 AM

    Wow, that's nice. Maybe some of my neighbor's cherry petals will blow in to my yard now that he's removed some plants that obstructed it.

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  7. AnonymousApril 8, 2008 at 10:53 PM

    God's dandruff.

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  8. RandyApril 10, 2008 at 12:32 PM

    Wonderful photos Phillip. Your garden looks like an absolute paradise. I would never leave it.

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