diani living » Nesting http://dianiliving.com A Life Less Ordinary Wed, 22 May 2013 04:25:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Tree House http://dianiliving.com/2012/blog/tree-house/ http://dianiliving.com/2012/blog/tree-house/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:11:45 +0000 dianiliving http://dianiliving.com/?p=4097 Tree House
I love this as another Fall inspiration. As the focus shifts from the outdoor living of Summer, to the indoor nesting of a cooler climate, this modern, yet rustic home, must help maintain a beautiful sense of living in nature. Keeping a cozy sense of balance, and simplicity. Love! Photo Credit: Elle Decoration]]> Tree House
I love this as another Fall inspiration. As the focus shifts from the outdoor living of Summer, to the indoor nesting of a cooler climate, this modern, yet rustic home, must help maintain a beautiful sense of living in nature. Keeping a cozy sense of balance, and simplicity. Love! Photo Credit: Elle Decoration]]> http://dianiliving.com/2012/blog/tree-house/feed/ 0 Stella and her Groove http://dianiliving.com/2012/blog/nesting/stella-and-her-groove/ http://dianiliving.com/2012/blog/nesting/stella-and-her-groove/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 07:00:31 +0000 dianiliving http://dianiliving.com/?p=2385 Stella and her Groove
  I’ve always admired the way Stella McCartney lives her life and how she juggles a career and family life. I was so inspired and fell hard for her mansion in the English Countryside when I saw it featured in Vogue a couple of years ago. Here is a little of what Vogue wrote to describe the gem of [...]]]> Stella and her Groove

  I've always admired the way Stella McCartney lives her life and how she juggles a career and family life. I was so inspired and fell hard for her mansion in the English Countryside when I saw it featured in Vogue a couple of years ago. Here is a little of what Vogue wrote to describe the gem of an Estate that her and her husband found:
 "En route to a charming Wiltshire farmstead Stella and her then boyfriend discovered a house of solid if unromantic aspect fashioned for landed gentry during the endless reign of Mad King George (although an earlier wing dates to 1629). Later Victorian incumbents had planted some funereal fir trees, and into the twentieth century the vegetable garden was still so abundant that local villagers told Stella they remembered market stands set up at the gates for the surplus. Beyond this there had been little attempt at beautification inside or out, and latterly the fearsome major had retrenched to one room in the house, bricking up the kitchen’s vast inglenook fireplace and renting out bedsits upstairs. But despite the house’s desolate air, Stella was drawn to its handsome Georgian proportions and to the infinite possibilities of the land around it. And she and Alasdhair realized that it had the potential to be “a peaceful family home: It was very powerful.”“We planted a million trees here,” she adds. “We’ve made another Eden.” The couple, who were married in 2003, were helped in this mission by their wedding guests, who were bidden to give trees in lieu of more conventional presents. From these they created a heart-shaped copse. Gwyneth Paltrow gave copper beeches. American relatives gave redwoods. Valentino and Tom Ford each grandly sent allées of linden trees from Germany. This arboretum has since been much embellished, guided by head gardener Anthony Tyler (who had previously worked on the estates of Lords Weinstock and Lichfield)."  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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]]> http://dianiliving.com/2012/blog/adam-levine-not-just-a-pretty-voice-a-pretty-home-too/feed/ 0 A Sneak Peek into my Nest: from Kenya to England to Butterfly Beach http://dianiliving.com/2012/blog/nesting/a-sneak-peek-into-my-nest-from-kenya-to-england-to-butterfly-beach/ http://dianiliving.com/2012/blog/nesting/a-sneak-peek-into-my-nest-from-kenya-to-england-to-butterfly-beach/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:00:12 +0000 dianiliving http://dianiliving.com/?p=621 Diani Living
A Sneak Peek into my Nest: from Kenya to England to Butterfly Beach.  Flowers, puppies, fruit, and pillows.  Rattan, ceramic, hide, and driftwood.  All with a splash of lemon.   The full tour, complete with twigs and feathers, coming soon.  ]]> Diani Living
Diani LivingDiani LivingA Sneak Peek into my Nest: from Kenya to England to Butterfly Beach.  Flowers, puppies, fruit, and pillows.  Rattan, ceramic, hide, and driftwood.  All with a splash of lemon.
 
The full tour, complete with twigs and feathers, coming soon.
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