Traveling Thursday: The Olde Bell and The Crown
It’s a double feature on today’s Traveling Thursday.
Sometimes, even we city girls crave a little country. More specifically, English country. Like right now, I wouldn’t mind a little fall getaway to either The Olde Bell or the The Crown- or both! They are described as “modern day coaching inns” and are the creation of designer Ilse Crawford. As if I didn’t worship her enough!
First up, the Olde Bell:
I want this tub for my house. Heck, I want the whole bathroom for my house.
Don’t you just want to sit at this table and warm up with a cuppa and listen to the fire crackle?
Then a glass of champagne before dinner?
This is the Crown:
Loving the color palette here:
What a cheerful spot for breakfast:
I love the windows!
And it doesn’t get much cozier than this:
Don’t they just look like rural bliss? Did you notice the strategically placed tea pot in just about every photo? Just one of the many reasons I love the British!
Happy Traveling Thursday and bon voyage!
(Photos: 1-7. The Olde Bell 8-14.The Crown)
I love your pictures!
What an atomsphere!!
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Magdalena/Color Sepia
Oh my goodness, I would so be there if it was physically possible. I LOVE this post.
xoxo
Yes Alek, they do look like rural bliss. I could park myself by the fire and be very happy.
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When I lived in the UK, places like these were my regular surroundings as I sipped hot brandies. Lovely and cosy. I can well believe that they may own more than one teapot, but I bet that's the same red Roberts radio they moved from the bathroom to the bedroom for the shoot…
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lovely place…thanks for tip:)
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They look wonderful – and so clean! We went to Blenheim Palace again yesterday and the village of Woodstock is full of places like those… very posh indeed!
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Oh, the windows..! I have serious window-envy – they're all beautiful.
-maria
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Perfectly English without the stuffiness and the chintz. Totally refreshing…definitely rural bliss at it's best!
.-= nkp´s last post ..Utterly Enchanting =-.
i definitely crave more city chaos vs. country calmness but ye olde bell is the cutest thing ever!
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oh these are so darling…i would love to spend a week there!
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Rural bliss, indeed! Thank you for a little escape on this cold + rainy Thursday.
Cheers.
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Hi! This images are so lovely… I would love to spend a few nights in that dreamy hotel
I would love to spend time in both inns! So charming. That little breakfast table looks like heaven.
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I want that rocking chair sooooo badly! Sigh. I pretty much love anything Ilse Crawford does.
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Lovely! Great tub and the little outside chairs and table are too cute.
xo,
cristin
If I had to do 'rural' this would definitely be the way to go…but of course, I would need a lot more champagne!
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Gorgeous post and gorgeous inn! I'd love the opportunity to spend more time in the English countryside…ah well, maybe next summer?!
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wahahahahaaaa i want a vacation!!!
i'll take that whole bathroom too. so pretty.
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Yes yes yes! Take me to both of these places so I can escape all my stresses and enjoy a cuppa! They are lovely!
PS. Your title says, "Tuesday"..did you mean Thursday?
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Crystal: OMG, I just changed it! This is how scatterbrained I am these days. I have no idea what day it is. Thank you!
Well, you're in my neck of the woods now and thanks for loving me (as in the British !!!!) Of course, there is a pub, just like the ones shown, in most cities, towns and villages throughout Britain but, unforunately, many are closing down, due to the recession ec. Not all of them are as beautiful as these two that you have shown, Alek. Thanks for showing a litle bit of Britain. XXXX
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Guess who stayed at the Crown? Hugh Grant in "Four Weddings and a Funeral", … and The Guy last month. Gorgeous.
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OH my, this is perfect. One of my favorite memories of my time spent in England was driving around the tree-covered lanes until we found a hidden pub in the middle of nowhere. Really, it was amazing inside. The Crown looks likes a place I would have loved..
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Oh. This must be life at its best. I love the natural colors the softness and the simplicity.
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yay england, i'm moving there in 11 days!
I miss English pubs! These are just lovely.
Absolutely beautiful. I get in this exact same mood when the weather turns cold, too.
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