Treasure trove

As a lover of vintage porcelain, I am always on the lookout for the best shops in town. Lia's shop House of  Seasons in Rotterdam Kralingen is my favourite! Lia sells a wide range of brands, from Emma Bridgewater, Greengate & Meander to the beautiful stationery by Paperstyle. She has quite a substantial collection of vintage china and tins too. Her shelves are lined with pretty floral teapots, cups and plates. To me Lia's shop is like a Treasure Trove.

So far I did not manage to get out of the shop empty handed. It's the perfect place to buy presents, or find something pretty for your tea in the garden. Like the floral bunting in my last post.

It's always a joy to visit the shop. Lia is a kind hearted woman, who always has a cup of tea ready when visiting. She serves it in a most beautiful Emma Bridgewater mug, which makes it taste extra special :-)

When you haven't met Lia yet, please pop over and meet her at her blog House of Seasons.

Don't forget to take part in my giveaway.

Have a lovely Wednesday,

Madelief x

A sense of style

Pippa from the Bed & Breakfast Tower House kindly permitted me to post some pictures of her lovely house on my blog. Today as promised some photo's of the bedrooms, the dining room and the hall. Doesn't it all look pretty?! I simply could not stop looking at all the beautiful things she had collected over the years. I hope that Pippa will start a blog one day, so that she will share her sense of style with us all.

Happy weekend!

Lieve groet, Madelief x

The Mad Hatters tea party

Finally I found some time to join Irma's party 'stapelen op vrijdag'. I emptied my dresser and was amazed at the amount of cups and plates I had collected over the years.

My eighteen year old daughter watched me put all the porcelain on the table. She had a grin on her face and was shaking her head. A blogging mother is one thing, but a mother who piles cups and plates and takes photographs of it is something else.... I have a feeling it will take a while before I will be taken seriously again! Anyway, I made the piles and the photographs and had a huge mess on the table afterwards. According to my daughter it looked like the Mad Hatters tea party from Alice in Wonderland. She was right!

In between I had some time to finish my cup of tea and enjoy the magazine that Anja from the blog Sofies Haus sent me. Inside the magazine is an article about Anja's blog! Anja, once again thank you for sending me the Wohnidee. I enjoyed your article and the magazine very much!

I also want to welcome my new followers and say thank you to you all for leaving comments and taking part in my giveaway!

I wish you all a happy weekend! I am off to see The Kings Speech! Have you already seen it?

Lieve groet, Madelief