Thursday, January 20, 2011

"I wish" {an English countryside dream}

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My sister sends out a family newsletter every week. This last week she asked each of us to finish the statement, "I wish". Other than wishing I were in Oregon holding my new niece the first thing I thought about was, "I wish I were on a getaway with just my husband". Of course at the moment I already had a few ideas and one consisted of packing the above and going to the English countryside.

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The above is Lime Wood, a boutique country house hotel in England. It is set in the heart of New Forest National Park, just an hour and half drive from London. I would actually welcome the chance of precipitation that is so common in those parts.

{all hotel images from Lime Wood}

{top images: cashmere scarf 1, suitcase 2, rain boot 3, travel journal 4, umbrella 5}
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15 comments:

  1. Sara CaldwellJanuary 20, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    I want to hear more about how this weekly family newsletter works!!

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  2. Full HouseJanuary 20, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    Ok Sara, thanks for the comment. I would love to tell you more about the family newsletter...stay tuned.

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  3. vmichelleJanuary 20, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    I've had very vague ideas about visiting the English countryside, but thanks to this post my fantasies can now be much more specific! I'm ready to dive into that bath.

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  4. Stephanie SabbeJanuary 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    We are trying to make it to Enlgand this spring after the baby comes

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2011 at 10:41 AM

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  6. Full HouseJanuary 20, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    I am laughing out loud right now @ the boycottamericanwomen...way to make a funny.

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    I am with you!! I can't wait to visit the English countryside one day. To walk where Jane Austen walked would just be so amazing. Love this post!

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  8. angela | the painted houseJanuary 20, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    You and I both are dreaming of escapes today--mine, to colonial Mexico. Although, I do dig this spot you have found across the pond, so they say. One of these days I'd like to bathe in front of a fireplace...that is, after I get fat, cheat on my husband, and divorce him, and take half his money to buy an old crumbly English estate.

    I have to say that I didn't read "bolt hole". See? Disgusting American woman.

    Hope you are having a wonderful day, C!

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  9. MaryBethJanuary 20, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    I wish I lived in any one of those houses.

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  10. LauraJanuary 20, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    I love everything about this post!

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  11. Jess RoyJanuary 20, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    Thanks for sharing! Yikes, I'm in love....

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  12. Brendan GertnerJanuary 21, 2011 at 1:55 AM

    Roofs in England are perfectly designed - it fascinates me a lot. I'm gonna change the roof of my house soon and I'm gonna print-out the 3rd picture and show those amazing gables to my roofing contractor. Vancouver has a lot of good houses with beautiful roofs, really - but I have no clue how do they make it work. I think my contractor can make me a similar roof as these English houses since roofing contractors (BC-area) are good with their work.

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  13. jenchakJanuary 24, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    I'm having trouble with the links... that umbrella must be mine!

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  14. Julie HollowayJanuary 25, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    Why did you have to show me gold Hunter boots. Must have now! Oh, and some gorgeousness going on at your blog. I hate I haven't been reading as much. Hope y'all are well.

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  15. Full HouseJanuary 25, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    hi jenchak the umbrella is from here:

    http://www.openingceremony.us/products.asp?menuid=2&productid=29234&key=umbrella

    tanks for stopping by.

    xx - CB

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