Before getting distracted again and going off at a tangent [never been known eh!] I thought I'd pop up some of the delicious interior details from Standen House for any fans of the Arts and Crafts movement. It was built as a weekend home for the Beale family in 1891 and a place to escape to from their London life. Eventually they moved here permanently in 1912 and it is one of the first properties in the country to have had electricity installed right from the outset. It's a strange mixture of the modern combined with the ideals of William Morris and Philip Webb. It manages to be effortlessly elegant whilst homely all at the same time. The light was much better than on my previous visits so I have been able to capture more of it.
It's never a chore to come back here again. I adore it.
꩜Aril꩜
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