This unique and spacious doubled fronted Victorian home in London is chock full of original architectural features, French furniture, modern kitsch, and sparkling wallpapers, giving it an edgy feminine boudoir chic style. In this living room, the owner gets away with mixing furniture styles and lots of pattern by keeping it all in a singular, subdued palette. To take the full house tour, check out this slideshow!
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This romantic Georgian Villa in Reading, UK, which is used for photo shoots, has floor-to-ceiling living room windows, a dining room with a huge open fireplace, as well as fireplaces throughout, three bedrooms, and gorgeous natural daylight. As you can see in this living room, the home blends great bones with high quality furnishings for an utterly sophisticated appeal. Take the full tour when you check out this slideshow!
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In this 5,500-square-foot London house, an eclectic range of furniture from the 1930s onward is spread throughout three floors and two roof terraces, proving that high style needn't demand high prices. Patterned upholstery, vintage wallpaper, and a bold use of paint colors makes this home full of personality, not stiff polish. To take a full tour, check out this slideshow.
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This stunning Victorian in Queens Park, London, which is used for photography shoots, features a beautiful bedroom and bathroom in muted colors, a living room with a bay window and working fireplace, an open plan kitchen with zinc surfaces, a garden and shed, and most importantly, lovely light. In this serene bedroom, shabby chic is the rule, not the exception. Well-loved textiles and a cool palette give the room a soft vibe, and antique furniture adds sophistication.
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Forgoing a shepherd's pie ottoman or a Wimbledon coffee table, London-based architecture and design practice Fat created England's Dreaming as a tribute to its native country in furniture form. The antique chaise is covered at one end by a mini English landscape, juxtaposing scales and references, prompting the lounger to "Lie back and think of England." I only wonder why Fat didn't choose a traditional English piece of furniture, such as something by Thomas Chippendale; we all know that the chaise lounge (longue) originated from the French.
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During a housing shortage in England after World War II, planners turned to prefab to help with the rapidly expanding populace. The Excalibur estates in the town of Catford (located in the borough of Lewisham in greater London) were built to shelter new families temporarily and were only expected to last for 10 years. Now, 60 years later, those houses are still inhabited.
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Even though the lil guy (or girl?) is just a half-ounce and one-and-a-half-inches long, it'll eventually grow to be closer to seven inches and two pounds. This Chinese box turtle was born at the Bristol Zoo on August 12, and can live to be over 50 years old!
As happy as I am to see this newborn, unfortunately these turtles are endangered in the wild because they've been hunted for their meat or for medicinal purposes for too many years – good thing this one's safe!
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This hair color is not the only recent change in Lily Allen's life – she picked up a new dog yesterday! Meet Honey, the rescued pooch from London's Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. The singer shared her thoughts on the pup in a blog post last week:
Anyways in other news, I'm getting a dog from Battersea dogs home, I found her on the weekend, and after a visit from a rehoming officer hopefully, I'll have her by next week.
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