Modern House Minimalist Design

  Virtually unchanged in design for many hundreds of years, Staddle Stones, (also known as mushroom stones) were originally used to raise barns and granaries off the ground.This kept the produce from spoilage by damp, and also prevented mice and other vermin from interfering with it, as they couldn't climb past the staddle stone caps.Due to regional influences,they come in various types of stone

  Virtually unchanged in design for many hundreds of years, Staddle Stones, (also known as mushroom stones) were originally used to raise barns and granaries off the ground. This kept the produce from spoilage by damp, and also prevented mice and other vermin from interfering with it, as they couldn't climb past the staddle stone caps. Due to regional influences,they come in various types of stone with slight variations of form. They are extremely popular as garden ornaments especially in rural areas such as The Cotswolds and The West Country (UK). In Middle English staddle or stadle is stathel, from Old English stathol , a foundation, support or trunk of a tree. Staddle stones used as garden ornaments. Source here   An old barn supported on several Staddle Stones at Boscombe, Wiltshire. Source here   A building sitting on staddle stones, at the Somerset Rural Life Museum. Source here   Granary, Weald & Downland Museum. Source here   The store hou...

  ‘Catesby’s’ is the name of an interior design store sheltered in a Georgian house at Catesby Court on the North Norfolk coast in the UK. Because the Georgian style is my favorite English architectural and interior design style, the story about this house caught my interest! So before I tell you more about the housed in interior design store, I need to tell you something more about this gorgeous

  ‘Catesby’s’ is the name of an interior design store sheltered in a Georgian house at Catesby Court on the North Norfolk coast in the UK. Because the Georgian style is my favorite English architectural and interior design style, the story about this house caught my interest! So before I tell you more about the housed in interior design store, I need to tell you something more about this gorgeous residence. Parts of the house date back to the 16th century, but it owes its current appearance to the 17th century (when Wells-next-the-Sea, in the county of Norfolk had a thriving port trading with the Hanseatic League of countries ), when a wealthy merchant transformed it into the house we see today.  He was clearly inspired by European architecture, installing tall Belgian-style windows that flood the rooms with light. The façade of the house has Belgian-style windows as you can see on a lot of old houses walking down the streets in Bruges or Antwerp. The courtyard of t...