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  • Botanical Nature Printmaking Workshops

    by Natasha Baker
    Botanical Nature Printmaking Workshops In collaboration with beautiful and interesting locations. The Nature Printer shows you how to preserve th...
    Posted in botanical, nature print, nature print making

  • Meet us at The Country Brocante this September

    by Penlen Blogger
    A country affair in The Cotswolds.  Come and find us at a beautiful event held by The Country Brocante on 15th - 16th September 2023 at Thyme, So...
    Posted in brocante, cotswolds, event, home and garden goods, lavender field

  • The wisteria season

    by Penlen Blogger
    Fragrant purple blooms. It is the wisteria season and the Cotswolds has a splattering of this fragrant climber. The west side of the cottage has a ...
    Posted in decorative, England, flowers

  • A Cotswold country cottage

    by Penlen Blogger
    Roses over a cottage door. Perhaps a quintessentially English tradition which can be seen in villages across the countryside in England. Typically ...
    Posted in Cotswolds, cotswolds cottage, cottage, England, flowers, roses, summer

  • English afternoon tea

    by Penlen Blogger
    The garden in June is glorious. The roses are in full bloom and the fragrance wafts in the warm sunshine. The setting lends itself for an afternoon...
    Posted in bowl, flowers, French, italian, summer, tabletop

  • Layering textiles in the home

    by Penlen Blogger
     Using pink, natural and soft tones. The decorating mission continues at home. Over time we have collected various textiles in pink, natural and...
    Posted in living room, textiles

  • Springtime, murals, fragrance and flowers

    by Penlen Blogger
    Welcome to Penlen Garden. The house is full of blooms and fragrant flowering bulbs brimming out of their little pots. Natures wonderful palette of ...
    Posted in basket, decorative

  • Another Fleeting Trip to Florence

    by Penlen Blogger
    Siena and Tuscan Flat Breads.  We could not resist returning to Florence in such a short space of time as there were too many things that we had ...
    Posted in Food, Italy, travel

  • Spring flowers and bulbs

    by Penlen Blogger
    Displaying spring flowers and bulbs in the home. Spring has arrived with its plethora of freshly cut blooms and sprouting potted bulbs. I love to ...
    Posted in basket, decorative, flowers, garden

  • A Fleeting trip to Florence

    by Penlen Blogger
    Tuscany, coffee and sweet treats. Our visit to Florence took an unexpected diversion via Pisa due to 'special weather’.  We later learned due to t...
    Posted in Food, Italy, travel

  • Living With Antique and Timeworn Ceramics

    by Penlen Blogger
    Ceramics and their different origins. For centuries we have used ceramics, made for a multitude of uses from decorative purposes, tableware, stora...
    Posted in ceramics, tabletop, tableware

  • Living With Swedish Antiques

    by Penlen Blogger
    Swedish folk art and Scandinavian contemporary.  Antique and vintage Swedish ware and folk art is increasingly rare and hard to find and many of o...
    Posted in basket, Swedish