a home of their own

Stella Tennant and David Lasnet have one of those grand, quintessentially British country houses, 

reminiscent of the ones that get featured in Vogue UK a lot. 

Bit messy & chaotic, as it would be with four kids, but also light-flooded & rather au naturel.

Something befit for a granddaughter of the last of the infamous Mitford sisters, Deborah.

 

 

  
"Years later, when Nancy invited some undergraduate friends from Oxford to lunch, my father waited for a pause in the conversation and said loudly to my mother at the other end of the table, ‘Have these people no homes of their own?’"
Wait for Me!, by Deborah Mitford

“Rose doesn’t like the flat country, but I always did – flat country seems to give the sky such a chance.”
I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith

respite

This holiday season University sadly got a foot in the door & asks for some work to be done. It's all a bit stressful; so very much not what this season and holiday stand for. However, the few days before & after Christmas are reserved for family and as such completely off-limits to any sort of work whatsoever, except 'work' done in the kitchen, of course. Tonight will be spent in the company of a certain Doctor and the Crawleys. I've also taken some time off reading for Uni & finally immersed myself in the absolutely charming world of Cassandra Mortmain, while wolfing down one Lindt chocolate after the other and making a witches' cauldron-worth of eggnog.

How are you spending the holidays?

"I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. That is, my feet are in it; the rest of me is on the draining board, 
which I have padded with our dog's blanket and the tea cosy."
I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith