Pauline's white house

 Welcome....as we await Summer here in South Africa...with one day to go to the official Spring day on September 1st, I would like to share this with you..

In our neighboring village ~Somerset West ~

 a short 15min drive towards the ocean,

my friend Pauline has a beautiful home. From the minute you arrive at the huge French iron gate at the entrance, you enter her serene white world. It is amazing how calming white is...to be "inside" white.. I wonder from one room to the next, and never want to leave....

Just outside the kitchen door...the perfect spot for a  cup of morning tea
and planning the garden "to do" list.

When in growth season, the vine finds it's way right into the orangerie and Pauline admits to this old iron bed as being one of her favorit places to relax..

The dining room table is always ready...

to share with friends and food platters straight from the kitchen

"A la Pauline"

Pauline's faithful gardener Piet, seen through the window

Vignettes in grey and white, leather and stone
glass, scrubbed wood
  old precious books, stone cherubs and vintage lace...

more old books, more old wood..could there be any better marriage.

I adore the combination of old leather with al the white linen and lace..

every corner in her house is inviting, serene and calm...

more calmness...

sharing more kitchen images:...choose a bread board..

carefully selected white enamel and scrubbed wooden bowls

old linen and lace needs a special place to care for..

Laundry

old and happy finds...lace , linen, mono-grammes..

Picture perfect

behind these old rusty trellis: bathroom bliss

...and as we leave this lightness of whiteness for now,  

impossible to capture in this image -

 Most beautiful views over the "Hottentots Holland" mountains,

 and you might just see a seagull visiting inland...

Few words - the images speak for themselves... this is a beautiful home styled by Pauline and enjoyed by herself , her darling husband and daughter....their ever welcome  dogs and lucky friends....

Have a lovely week

Colette x

Thank you Pauline!






it would be very hard to choose one favorite object in this house...
but if Pauline said: Colette, one item for you...
it would be this

original old leather cushion from forefathers ox wagon...

All images by La Brocanteuse


Related to this post:

* Pauline's white house Update

*On Rue Orleans 

* Weekly vignette