Charleston, England

This summer, I found total inspiration during a visit I paid to Charleston, south of England, 3 weeks ago where I visited the home of the artists Vanessa Bell (sister of Virginia Woolf), Clive Bell (Vanessa’s husband), and Duncan Grant (Vanessa’s lover).

In the 20′s, during the very formal Victorian times, Vanessa and Virginia, daughters of Leslie Stephen a writer and critic, adopted a very bohemian lifestyle, fulfilling their lives with art and beauty. With other artists friends, they formed the Bloomsbury Group and their house became the country meeting place.

I totally fell under the spell of the house they inhabited in the 20′s in the south of England. The interior was painted by Vanessa and Duncan, and decorated with their potteries and paintings. It is absolutely exquisite, with the most amazing colors, patterns, something of a rural lifestyle that seems so appealing!

Without getting into so much of the details (because I really need to research more about them), I just wanted to post some pictures of the house for its aesthetic, its color palette and just to inspire.

Adjacent to the house is a magnificent English garden with the most beautiful flowers, left slightly wild and abandoned, being a little to long, just exquisite and natural as it should be.

This house has been one of my most inspiring visit of the summer. I am not surprised that the bohemian house has been the backdrop for fashion and celebrity photo shoots.