Garden Department of Works

This room is where all the garden chat takes place and HER treasures live. We get closed in here when we try to eat the very delicious compost HE makes for the garden, or get in HIS way while HE turns said compost with HIS tractor (this is very important work) Some days we all have fresh herb tea in here and there is always a jar of biscuits for HIM and one for us too, so a happy time is had by all in this room. 

Bella taking centre stage

Me looking out and longing to be there

The inspiration board where all her faves end up

Thats me wanting to get out for a compost snack

HIS compost bays

 

laundry bliss

SHE says the laundry is Martha Stewart's fortune because it's every woman's fancy. 

At Lynwood the laundry is upstairs. This makes it so much easier for HER (and Lisa) when they face the pile on Monday morning after a house-full. 

Downstairs in the mud room there is another washing machine for the stuff that lives downstairs like our dog towels, tea towels etc., but you've already seen that.

From my position down here on the floor  (most of the time) I don't mind that she loves the laundry so much as it provides me with a lot of chewing opportunities.

Don't you love all the old family pictures hanging here ? The black frames go so well with the black & white tiles.

As you can see, the laundry provides a lot of basket opportunities - THEY are very relaxed with what I do, but I am absolutely not allowed to chew them, sort of.

Clothes basket in THEIR bathroom

Laundry basket on wheels for sheets and towels

this is the Bumble repair department (I particularly like gnawing on the socks - as you can see below my favourite colour is orange !)

The present wrapping dept.

The upstairs laundry has a bar fridge and tea making goodies - everyone can help themselves to that first cuppa of the day without parading downstairs in their PJ's.

Once again, HER devotion to Porthault is on display.

The cleaning arsenal

 I 'found' this sock on the laundry floor but I will take it back.

Tea with Pammie

 Pammie Benson invited me to tea (she did include THEM) to meet two other four footeds of the Shi Tzu variety, her friends Snuggle and Milly Maine. They lead a very happy and totally different life from me in the city (I think they get treats from Victor Churchill , thats about as smart as you get in the treat dept.) Pammie made THEM the most delicious cake and lapsang souchong tea and we all took a peek at the house so I could show you. SHE says Pammie has always had enormous style and done everything with huge generosity and aplomb. The Benson household is always full of family friends flowers food and fun.

Snuggle and Milly very at home on the sofa, aren't they adorable!

guest bedroom

Pammie icing the cake THEY all ate in front of us.

Tomatoes grown by Pammie in their Palm Beach garden

Pammie saying goodbye

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Teenage haven

This is where my two footed teenage cousins have spent many happy nights, where out of sight of the grown-up's they are free to gorge on midnight feasts (I love exploring all the chocolate wrappers the next morning), play their very strange music and stack a huge amount of discarded clothes in giant piles all over the floor.

The attic expands from two beds to four and has been known to sleep up to 10 teenagers - sometimes the kids take their bedding up to the widow's walk to sleep under the stars. I do wish they would invite me up there - I know I would love it !

This is how it looks before the teen invasion - wait until you see the doors that SHE designed for the bathroom and storeroom. SHE says that SHE was channeling Miles Redd in New York. All the fabrics up here are from Pigotts Store

this old Kilim rug THEY found in Istanbul when visiting THEIR great friend Bige.

Indian tablecloths as blanket covers

these stairs lead up to the widow's walk

The twig table came from Joe Vinks

hello Mr. Redd !

The lights in the bathroom came from Restoration Hardware whilst the bathroom fittings came from The Bath House in Sydney.

the view from the pair of dormer window's

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