Mr Straw’s House – A step back in time

Stepping into the National Trust-managed Mr Straw’s House in Worksop is like stepping back to 1923. As previously outlined in my blog post on Victorian and Edwardian houses to visit, this is my favourite such place and I have drawn so much inspiration from its internal features and décor in my own restoration. The house... Continue Reading →

Vintage grocery shop – turning my dining room into an old store

Edwardian 1900s grocery shop Mr Victorian chocolate cabinets

Deciding to sacrifice my dining room into a vintage grocery shop was probably my maddest of ideas. Well, we all have mad ideas – well at least I hope so! My dining room was originally a shop which closed in the 1960s and the shop window was bricked up in the 1980s. It was originally... Continue Reading →