Rose Chintz

Thanks for your sweet comments and well wishes. I'm not feeling any better, yet. But I'm an optimistic. Doctors are going to find what's wrong, they just need a little time, since it's nothing as easy as the flu. I kind of wish I had the flu...

Among my health problems, I must confess an addiction, an addiction to English china.

Parmi tous mes petits problèmes de santé, il y a une dépendance assez prononcée pour la vaisselle, surtout la vaisselle anglaise. Je l'entretiens au lieu de la soigner en cherchant de nouveaux services sur le Bon Coin.

To find cheap but beautiful things, I use a French Internet website of classified ads.

 

A few weeks ago,  I found someone who wanted to sell a Johnson Bros Rose Chintz teaset, in a little harbour town located ten minutes away from The Little White House. I sent an email and the next weekend I was knocking at the seller's door to see the tea set. 

Il y a quelques semaines un magnifique service à thé, le célèbre Rose Chintz de Johnson Bros, était en vente dans le petit port situé à quelques minutes de chez moi.

She had a very modern flat. The living-room (the only room I saw) had a white leather sofa, black coffee table and a huge poster of a double-decker on a wall. When I saw the teaset on a very modern glass table, it was whispering "take me home, take me home, I don't belong here". 

L'appartement dans lequel je suis allé le voir était très moderne, canapé en cuir blanc, table basse noire laquée et poster géant d'un bus londonien sur tout un pan de mur. Le service des années 40 n'y était pas à sa place et il me suppliait de l'emporter loin  de là.

Trying not to look too interested I asked "Don't you have any dessert plates?" "Oh, I have all kind of plates if you want to see them!" Of course, I wanted to see them. The glass table was too small and on the floor the lady put 19 dinner plates, 5 soup plates, a covered vegetables dish and some serving plates, along with the dessert plates I had asked for. 

D'un air aussi détaché que j'ai pu, j'ai demandé à la vendeuse si elle n'avait pas les assiettes à dessert assorties. Et là, elle me sort des assiettes à dessert, des assiettes plates, des assiettes creuses et des plats!

I knew it was stupid to buy that when the whole house is still in renovation, so I told myself, if she asks for 150 euros, I'll say "no", pretty sure that she would ask for a lot more and that this would seal my fate! 

J'étais déchirée entre l'envie d'avoir ce service et la pensée qu'il fallait économiser pour la rénovation de la maison... Mais finalement, je n'ai pas résisté à la tentation. J'ai même exposé une partie du service sur mon buffet entre deux phases de travaux! C'est la trêve hivernale pour les gros travaux en ce moment!

"How much?" I asked with a too high-pitched voice (it happens whenever I get nervous). "110 euros, is that too much?" I didn't even bargain. Everything was in my car before she could change her mind.

Because it's winter, the renovation is on hiatus for a little while, so I decided to display my new purchase on my dining-room buffet... Please keep in mind the dining-room isn't done at all. The walls aren't even painted since some of them needs to be entirely redone!

The picture was taken before tea became forbidden to me... And I really hope this won't be a life-long thing!

Les photos ont donc été prises avant que je ne sois interdite de thé! J'espère juste que cette interdiction, due à un problème de santé, ne sera pas pour toute la vie!

If you want to make fun of me, you can try to see in the above pictures: the weirdly placed phone plug, the untrimmed and unpainted door, the weird and to be changed molding on the buffet... This is a house in renovation!

Do you have an addiction to anything decoration-related?

See you soon for the recipe of this banana cake à-la-Magali you can see in the pictures.

I'm partying with:
Cottage Style Party at Lavender Cottage Garden
Tuesday Teacup at Martha's Favourites
Be Inspired at Elizabeth & Co

Winter Blues Wednesday at DIY by Design
Home at Rose Chintz Cottage
Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time
Home and Garden at A Delightsome Life
Welcome Home Wednesday at Vintage On A Dime
Open House Party at No Minimalist Here
Time Travel Thurssday at  The Brambleberry Cottage

Home Sweet Home at The Charm Of Home
Thrifty Things Friday at The Thrifty Groove
Pink Saturday  at How Sweet The Sound
Table Top Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life
Everything but the Kitchen Sink at Funky Junk Interiors