French bed takes centre stage

I hope you have all enjoyed the summery weather that we've been having over the last week.

Dave and I decided to give the shop a refresh and moved everything around. Despite putting more country furniture and French furniture on display, there seems to be more space in the shop. Not sure how that one works, but I am really pleased with the results.

Here's the new view as you come through the door, immediately in front of you is our cutlery table covered with all the cutlery ranges that we stock together with cutlery baskets, table mats and a big bunch of fresh flowers from my friend Trina's lovely shop in Rhayader.


Look left and see a Chichester 5ft dresser laden with spongeware pottery

Look right and see a display of candles, painted accessories and kitchenware with tons of buckets and baskets below the table.

Here's the lovely French bed that sits in the middle of the shop, home to Mr and Mrs Bear and the most sensible cushions I have ever seen. These cushions are the width of a pillow, so they can sit on your bed and not only look lovely, but provide full width support for those times when you want to lounge around in bed reading, writing your blog entries etc.

If you have a look at the pictures that show the back of the shop, you can see some of our huge quilt and cushion collection, which can be found at our specialist quilt and bed linen site New Country Quilts.

Well, that's it, mini tour of our shop complete for now, time to put the kettle on and carry on working on the new version of our website. As I keep saying, it should be ready any time now, I can't believe how long it is taking to complete, but promise that it is worth the wait.

Chat soon, Liz

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