Bitten by a minimalist bug

I have just had a lovely few days away staying with some friends first in Bristol and then in Bath. An adventure made slightly more exciting given the fact I fly down to Bristol as it costs so much less then a rail ticket.. ridiculous really and a shame re the 'carbon footprint'' but its hard to justify 219 squids on a 5.5 hour train journey when its quicker and cheaper to fly ( less then 25%) - except of course I got delayed due to the European air traffic strike - but I had my sketch pad and a book to read so it wasn't too bad.

The friends I visited have both got lovely interesting houses and my very good chums I've known since we were at school together have just had the most amazing extension built. They are just going through the process of moving back into the living space and starting to colonise it, planning colours and schemes, it looks pretty fantastic now so I'm really looking forward to seeing it develop...

panoramic view of very splendid space with the dogs and their carers..

Trouble is .... I come back home and I'm oddly energised with a passion for minimalism, for white clean lines, for open spaces and massive windows.... I even quite fancy a dog!!! ( my friends are owned by two bonkers canine creatures) - its always the same for a few days until I get back to normality and realise its not really for me - I can absolutely appreciate it in other spaces and it would be an interesting experiment to see how long it would take me to totally over fill and over colour such a glorious clean space.... wish they would let me ha ha ...

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