I absolutely love nosing around salvages places and Dorset Reclamation didn't disappoint. There was so much to take in and such good variety too: Garden ornaments, outside furniture and gazebos, fire places, baths, loos, mirrors, windows, gates, doors, door knockers and handles, wood .. you name it, they had it!
I could very happily have taken home these two stone planters but sadly the price tags were enough to force me to walk on ..
I think I may have a selection of these when I have my Georgian rectory in the country ..
Interesting display of goods ..?
I love these staddle stones, which were originally used as supporting bases for granaries, hayricks and game larders. The stones lifted the granaries above the ground to protect the stored grain. Nowadays they are a part of our agricultural heritage and very much synonymous with the English countryside, certainly in Dorset where they are seen by the sides of roads or as traditional garden features.
Oh yes, and they had butlers' sinks too .. which is really why we went.
My new herb garden.
Have a lovely week, rumour has it it's going to be good!
What a coincidence. I'm also having a Georgain rectory in the country one day! I will pretend I am Elizabeth Bennet and sit sewing in the parlour all day.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab place, I love the old light switches. I would have had fun there but would have probably left with the hump due to not being able to buy it all!
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Great idea for a herb garden. I hanker for a butler's sink in my kitchen but it's not going to happen I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteI've been catching up after a bout of elderly parent visiting. Love the old bottle you found the other day. Sounds like your weather has been good and hope it continues that way for the school hols.
Cheers
Helen
Thanks for the link - we will have to go and have a look as it's not too far away. I love those sorts of places. I remember playing leapfrog over staddle stones back when - now they are expensive to buy! Your herb garden looks great and reminds me that I have an old butlers sink at my mother's house whic we rent out now and maybe I will ask if they want it and if not bring it here.
ReplyDeleteoooh butlers sinks. I have one or two (or more...) of those in my garden. hubby hates when I want to move one.....
ReplyDeleteI quite enjoyed this post and the pictures. Especially the one with the knobs! I love antique, elaborate and robust looking door knobs! And thank you for the 'butler' link. Never knew the difference!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun way to pass some time. I've got no idea what price those gorgeous things might be, so I shall dream away that it might all be mine if only we lived closer. T x
ReplyDeleteLoving the herb garden idea, our belfast sink is currently a stagnent pond :-( oooh that place looks like a treasure trove.
ReplyDeleteBet you could spend hours there hunting through stuff. Herb garden look lovely.
ReplyDeleteLove your herb garden. I also love reclamation yards and could happily spend an entire day snuffling around in them! x
ReplyDeleteLove your new herb garden!
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how peoples taste changes over the years. When I was a little girl we had a sink like that in our house and my mother could not wait to get it out and get a new shiny stainless steel one in!! Now they're so sought after!
Vivienne x
Like Vivienne my mother could't wait to get rid of her 'pot' sink. Very unforgiving on the best china, but good for hand washing a double cotton sheet - wouldn't want one in my kitchen but the herb garden is great.
ReplyDeleteI've heard the same rumour - currently it is comfortable and not too hot on the east coast.
ReplyDeleteLove your new herb garden.
Nina x
What a lovely shop.
ReplyDeleteI could go around for hours.
I love your new herb garden. A friend of mine found an old discarded butler's sink languishing behind masses of weeds and brambles in their garden!
ReplyDeleteFantastic array of door knockers and handles.
Jeanne
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Have you watched the Victorian Farm and Edwardian Farm series? We loved them so much!! I learned a lot, and I think we may have even seen those staddles in there! On our visit to our Amish friends this past week we saw some of the Edwardian practices still in use -- like stooks in the wheat field!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely enjoyed this post! I have a little hardward fetish, so those knobs and stuff are right up my alley. Next time in the UK, the Dorset Reclamation will be on my itinerary.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic place to dream and while away a few hours, I've never visited a reclaimation yard but OH says there's one quite near us.
ReplyDeletePretty herb garden.
lily x
What a fabulous place! I could mooch around for ages oohing and aahing at all the lovely stone stuff!
ReplyDeleteLove the herb garden!
Rachel x
What an Aladdin's cave. I really must find a salvage yard near me and take a look.
ReplyDeleteIf it were me, I think I'd have to buy the two massive lions. Just need a big house in the country..
Cute herb garden.
Xx
I just wrote a long spiel and then bloomin blogger wouldn't post it, grrrr! Anyway, reclamation yards are like Aladdin's cave aren't they, and your herb garden looks fab! Vanessa xxx
ReplyDeleteHeh heh, I have a herb garden just the same as that, or at least I did last year- this year we have been lazy gardeners and it's overrun with mint. Yours is much more pretty! I love a good rec yard too (no surprises there!) Laura x
ReplyDeleteIsn't pottering around such places just the perfect way to spend a few hours. Our local version has closed down and is much missed.
ReplyDeleteHi Kate..your butler's sink looks just right as a container for your herbs..great idea!
ReplyDeleteI was in Bere Regis just last week on my travels - good job we didn't know there was a rec yard there as we might have been tempted by something that we no room to take home!
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