Crazy goings on at Gardenalia!
Last week, my esteemed Editor Jenny and I spent two days hunting for Treasures, both for you lovely lot and for my home here at Pinks Barn in the Cotswolds. Jenny and I have such similar taste and love playing house when there is time to do it and my budget allows. Jenny is at present a flat dweller and I think she encourages me as she has not got the room for all this stuff!
I am on a bit of a mission to sort out a problem area in the courtyard (you will see what happens very shortly) and I wanted to refresh various areas in the house. I collected Jenny from Bath and our first stop was along the London Road in Bath, where we browsed in the very eccentric Gardenalia and I bought a wire chicken and some plants.
Next up was Gabriela Knight who has a glorious barn filled with painted furniture, cushions and other treasures just 15 minutes outside Bath. My window seat was the beneficiary of this visit with a new rug and some more cushions! During lockdown, I had made two bolster cushions from a very tired and damaged crewel work picture and the two kilim-style cushions have joined them.
Out for lunch to the Thyme Estate in Southrop near Fairford (more about this in another Jotting) and then finally to Cotswold Reclamation for a couple of hours of complete heaven.
Give me a few weeks and I will be able to show you what has been going on here at the house. I’m all fired up to tackle that problem bit of the garden!
What is is about rusty things? 
Treasures at Cotswold reclamation
A very inviting window seat but not much space to actually sit down!
Garden ornaments as far as the eye can see! Cotswold Reclamation is filled with treasures
