Luscious and Delicious = Liscious, Where I Didn't Die But Went To Heaven

On Friday I promised you heaven if you checked back in today. Well here it is.

On Wednesday I wandered into Jericho the fabulous Bohemian area of Oxford. Whilst snapping this picture of old Tea and Coffee prices I noticed a shop along the road had a big red ribbon hanging out of the upstairs window.

I wandered along and saw this. Liscious is a shop I could happily have moved into and it even came gift wrapped.

On closer inspection I saw this amazing Dolls House in the window. You even get a picture of me if you look closely.

Even the door handle was heart stopping.

I looked to the right and more treasures came into view.

By this time I was more than a tad breathless. This shop has everything a designer dreams of.

It was all too much and I had to speak to someone. Out stepped Fran Cundy the co-owner, with her sculptor husband Walter, of Liscious. They previously owned Ruby Tuesdays which is a legend in it's own time. Fran was charming, wacky, funny and very knowledgeable. This lady really knows her stuff.
Time for a tour.

Everywhere I looked another eye catching display hit me.

Vintage hats, antique mirrors, bronze figures and

chandeliers galore. Nothing goes to waste at Liscious, scraps of fabulous fabrics go to make bunting.

The back of the shop has a room full of stunning vintage clothes and shoes and even more fabulous pieces of furniture.

This gold dress felt like water running through my fingers when I touched it.

Off up the staircase which has been given a brilliant shabby chic look. Now, on the first landing there was a painted black room with sumptuous Morrocan style pieces in but my camera just wouldn't do it's stuff - sorry.

On walking onto the second landing I was confronted by an enormous room with painted white floors and walls furnished with more exquisite pieces.

My God they even had my all time favourite Fortuny Lamp.

Another room led off this one with an antique plan chest with lamp shade sitting on it. This was one seriously fabulous shade. I'm not finished yet as

I then discovered there was a basement that had a room full of vintage linens and trimmings.

Another room with a beautiful French Daybed and Screen. Everything was exquisitely dressed.

Even more Chairs and Mirrors in yet another room. Liscious not only stocks everything a designer needs but all of it is available for the public to buy. Liscious will design your home, upholster your old furniture, order you stunning fabrics and welcome you with open arms and a friendly smile which to me is essential.

This picture and

this one were taken in their previous showroom, the new one, in Jericho, is a work in progress, if this is a work in progress I can't wait to see it finished.

Well you didn't think I would come away empty handed did you? I bought this, I can't think of a word good enough to describe it, French Silk Embroidered Fabric for our lounge curtains which will be backed in apple green, silk velvet.
Well I promised you heaven and think I delivered it in spades don't you?

In and Around Oxford

On Wednesday morning I drove into Oxford, parked up (that was bloody expensive) and wandered down Queen Street - Wow. This is a junction where you are overwhelmed by fantastic buildings all around you.

Walk up an alley way and you are in Radcliffe Square and this is the Radcliffe Camera, one of the reading rooms of the Bodleian Library.

Surrounded by more fantastic architecture

on every side.

Walk away via another beautiful alleyway - St Mary's Passage

The indoor market has a medieval feel and even has it's own old post box in the middle.

We stayed just outside Oxford along the Thames, sat and ate a delicious meal at this riverside restaurant which was on a lock and watched the canal boats passing through.

Took a stroll along the river where trimmed hedges and weeping willows are de rigueur.

I don't like to imagine how much a house, with its own mooring, costs here.
On Monday I will be showing you the Toast shop and another shop I found in Jericho (no kidding) where I didn't die but went to heaven. I met an Oxford version of me. COME BACK MONDAY AND PREPARE TO BE BLOWN AWAY.

A Journey Through England

We set off for Oxford on Tuesday morning and the weather was glorious. We needed a tyre change so we stopped in our local market town of Bellingham and dropped the car off at our local garage. A walk around the corner and there sits a bench overlooking the river for you to sit and rest. How's this for a waiting room?

Cuddy's Well sits opposite the garage, the locals call it The Concrete Dustbin but I think it's charming. The steps lead up to the Church.

On the other side of the road a charming row of cottages in a little private lane.

A stop for coffee and cake on our way West at The Melmerby Bakery taken in the garden with views to die for.

Passing the edge of the Lake District. I love these hills that look as though someone has punched them.
I have just got back so will be posting more tomorrow. Time for tea methinks.

I Am Off To The Dreaming Spires of Oxford

Harvey has some business to do in Oxford so we are off this morning for a leisurely drive down the country. The weather is glorious. We shall take the scenic route down the west passing through

the Cotswolds. My camera is fully charged so you won't miss a thing I promise. Ta ta for now.

This Is Why I Only Use French Paints

Well can you blame me?
These from Maison Decorative in Marseilles. Visit their site, it's a visual delight.

Gorgeous Reflective Candle Sconces

Not only are these Candles Sconces from Beyond France very beautiful but they give twice the light by reflecting it out into the room. Clever.

Happy Tape From Japan

I can think of a million things to do with this amazing Japanese Happy Tape which is simply a sexy version of masking tape. Even more colours and patterns over at Happy Tape