I’ll let you into a secret, which there is no point keeping until the end of this post as you’ll guess by the number of photos. This room was my favourite of the whole Giant Houseplant Takeover. It wasn’t MOH’s though, and in another spoiler, I’ve not shared that room yet (and there’s only one more to go after this post).
In truth, I was captivated by this room as soon as I saw it. Lots of people were, and I had to push my patience levels to the edge to take photos without hands and heads appearing, waiting patiently (which is unlike me) for people to move on, so I could nab their spot. But it was worth it.
Even on the day I’d toyed with putting my vote token against one of the other rooms, but deep down I knew which one had captured my heart. Not the kitchen with it’s cleverness, or the room that’s to come which was spectacular.
Maybe it was the drinks trolley, maybe the details - it was another room where looking up paid off. The light fitting though is very similar to the one we have in our dining room - clearly I was meant to like this room. Our light has five arms and bulbs, this one only 3 and apart from the length of the chain - and the plants for lightbulbs - it’s exactly the same. Spooky hey?
It was the detail as well as the plants. The ivy pattern on the cups and saucers, the frothy plant spilling out of the champagne bottle. We spent quite some time trying to work out what was in the glasses, but failed. Either way, we weren’t about to find out by having a taste (even if we could have got close).
It wasn’t even the “drinks globe” although that’s a classic that absolutely fits with the brown furniture.
Apart from the plants on the chairs, and the dodgy green liquid in the glasses, wouldn’t it be fun to have dinner here?
