I've already introduced you to 1st option site before. They have quite a number of lovely houses and I have featured them several times. Just go to these posts if you missed them: here, here, here, and here.

Today's shooting location is called Craft House. Colourful, huge, and full of interesting ideas. I left out some of the rooms I didn't quite care for, but if you'd like to see them all the link is right at the end of this post.



































If you'd like to see some more images of this house just go here.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend. It's a long one here in Peru as today is election day and tomorrow is a school holiday. See you tomorrow then!

This morning takes us to a four-bedroom two-and-a-half bath historic house in Surrey, England. It is on the market for 999,950 pounds ($1.5 million).

Portions of this 2,332-square-foot home date to the 1600s, when it was two separate cottages. The structures were combined around the turn of the 20th century.

In 1975 the house was nearly razed to accommodate a new highway. Demonstrations led to a rerouting of the road, and the house was then deemed a “building of historic interest” by the Surrey County Council. It is in Lyne, a village about two miles outside of Chertsey. London is about 45 minutes away.

This photograph would have been perfect without the flashy car. I'm guessing the roof must have been thatched before they renovated it.





The house retains historic details like exposed beams on the walls and ceilings, brick fireplaces and casement windows.


That TV set is a flaming eyesore. Pretend it's not there. Cover it up with your hand and enjoy the beam framed fireplace.


Another brick fireplace in the dining room.





Fantastic windows and doors in the conservatory. Love the metal framed table and charis.


Two of the three bedrooms upstairs have exposed beams. The master has three exposures; the two smaller bedrooms both have washbasins.

I linked this post at Leah's blog who was hosting a Toot your horn MckLinky party this week.
And I'm linking it once again today at Melissa's The Inspired Room. Thanks Leah and Melissa for these MckLinky parties! Great way to explore and find new awesome blogs!

Photography Jonathan Player for The New York Times
A few more pictures right here.

Linda Cobbett transformed an old mill and stables into a family home. For it she was awarded Best Period Renovation 2010 by Period Living Magazine. There is a very interesting article here on the story of the restoration of this old Victorian Mill.



























Hope you are all having a great week! See you tomorrow my friends!
All images from here.

This 1860 Cotswold stone cottage in Oxfordshire was voted Best Cottage in magazine Period Living Readers’ Awards 2010.
Caroline and Anthony Borgman spent £29,150 to renovate this once dark cottage, and turn it into the home of their dreams. If you'd like to read the whole article and the details of how much they spent on each project just click here.























Hope you enjoyed today's tour my friends! See you tomorrow.
All images from here.

I have mixed feelings about this English manor. I was doubting whether to post it or not. On the one hand it is a magnificent building, with breathtaking gardens, no doubt about that, but, on the other hand I am not too fond of the 60s retro style used in some of the rooms. So, as you see, I finally decided to go ahead and post it though I did not include all of the pictures. If you'd like to see what rooms I left out just go to the AD article right here. I'd love to read your thoughts on this house!



Built in the early 1900s by architect Edwin Lutyens, this 12-bedroom country house is located in Marshcourt, in the Hampshire, England, about 75 miles to the southwest of London. Lutyens blended Tudor and Jacobean features (paneled rooms, carved staircases, mullioned windows) with neoclassical details (marble columns, elaborate plasterwork ceilings). New York based interior designer Robert Couturier was in charge of giving it a more contemporary look.

























This of course is the ball room. Quite grand. I know you need lots of space to twirl around but wouldn't you add at least some comfortable -and stylish- seating to rest a while before the next waltz?

















This is the back of the manor.



















Photography by Tim Beddow

All images and from here.