- 3 days ago
- 5 min read
My Grandmothers Kitchen By Georgie Finn
I received an interesting message on Instagram after sharing images from The Englishwoman’s Kitchen. Georgie Finn (@ginginfinn) got in touch, prompted in particular by the first photograph, a room entirely wrapped in strawberry wallpaper, walls and ceiling alike, with curtains to match. It immediately reminded her of her grandmother’s ‘cherry’ kitchen from the 1950s.
She sent me photographs, not just of the kitchen but of the whole house, an old Victorian vicarage in the Fens where her grandparents lived from 1940 to 1965. Her grandmother, clearly someone who cared deeply about interiors, had photographed every room and assembled the images into a small homemade album made from thick watercolour paper, each page separated by protective tissue leaves. It feels like a quiet act of documentation, preserving a carefully considered home for posterity and, for Georgie, a lasting reminder of her grandmother’s creativity.
For me it felt like opening a time capsule of domestic taste. And yes, the cherry wallpapered kitchen made my heart particularly happy.
