Wherever you are, I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Ours was one to savour - my first free weekend since August. We started off at the new David Nash exhibition at Oriel Mostyn in Llandudno, which was pretty interesting. I'm not a big fan of sculpture, but I like Nash's processes and how his works continue to evolve even after they have been 'completed'.
Photo from Oriel Mostyn's website.
Next stop was Penmaenmawr, from where we hiked up a hill for a lovely walk amidst neolithic standing stones and stunning views of the coast and mountains. We had a picnic lunch overlooking a bay sprinkled with sailing boats, before completing the walk and returning to the village.
On the main street through Penmaenmawr is an antiques shop called Perry Higgins
(the website doesn't seem to be working right now!). Now, I'd heard
about this place from some friends, and we passed by it
in the car back in May, but nothing prepared me for how incredible it
is. It is a warren of a building, with three stories and a warehouse crammed to the rafters with antique
furniture, domestic ware and bygones. Everything was beautiful and there was just so much of it that we will have to make a return trip to have a proper rummage through it all. I didn't take any photos, I was so
completely overwhelmed, but here are a few photos which I believe are from the website (via here).
We came away with two towel rails, a painted mid-century cabinet which we will use to store linen for now, a pair of bedside tables and a beautiful French bookcase/display cabinet that was a steal for its quality. I may take photos of these things at some point, but you know I'm not very good at that. On top of all this, the owner drove our purchases to our house on the same day! It was all very satisfying.
There. Enough of my jibber jabber for now!
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