Inside Gavin Houghton's tiny ‘playhouse’ of a cottage in Oxfordshire | Design Notes

[@torreymadison94]

Please don't ever stop making these videos. So much inspiration from seeing how other creatives lovingly build and collect what makes their homes

[@kimstahl6833]

Those dogs adore him. I love the green walls .

[@tigermoon44]

It looked like it was comfortable and esthetically pleasing to the eye. You can't beat a little cottage with beautiful foliage around you. Yes, it definitely had a cocoon vibe to it which is always comforting. I could hang there and be happy!

[@edramirez1240]

The British and the Irish know how to nail the cottage style perfectly.

[@nell8170]

We certainly do!!

[@neweverymorningmercy3491]

The one unframed oil that he said was a "lucky find" there's a frame in the video where he's side by side, face same angle as painting and I would swear it was a self portrait had he not said "lucky find". This cottage is so cozy...maybe one day.

[@sineadkellyartist]

Agreed - it’s his double!

[@fullofhope6978]

I thought the same! 😀

[@andgo1400]

"The dogs love it" and I love it too. I was smiling watching the video.

[@aiai-j7i]

What a sweet couple--I like the rhythm of their lives. A little cottage is my dream, one I cannot seem to realize for lack of money but I like to live vicariously through these videos and make my apartment and balcony garden just as cozy. Lots of vintage items, plants everywhere and objects found in nature.

[@malgozata1875]

I am very inspired by Gavin's many talents. He paints, does pottery, makes his own pillows, etc. I am like this myself, but sometimes think that I should just focus on one thing and become better at it, instead of just enjoying different arts and crafts. I too love green color and just about everything I paint is green, all of my lamp stands, and furniture. I do love watching these videos. Here, in Miami, where I live, there is so much pressure for just one style of decor, minimalist, at this moment. So, it is so nice to see how other people in the world are creative, walking their own paths, not succumbing to the mainstream decorating style. Very inspiring and encouraging. Thank you Gavin and Boz. Thank you House and Garden.

[@lauratonelli7875]

The mix of color and patterns is beautiful! It all goes well together, what a beautiful cottage!

[@DreamingCatStudio]

Ahhhh. So relaxed and relaxing. He said, “The dogs love it” at least twice. Says so much! I’d love to visit.

[@vanessaisom8620]

I could see the Bloomsbury set living there! And myself actually, it's beautiful! I would love to see your other homes, and how they are decorated. Please House and Gardens........future episodes........

[@marquamfurniture]

Well, Vanessa, you have the perfect name to be living there! 😊

[@fullofhope6978]

Oh yes!

[@annjohnson8437]

Such a warm, welcoming home. The adorable pups lounging around made me smile! 😊

[@larkmurry7808]

Merci, Gavin (and partner)! Enchanting...

[@pinkowl4738]

He has a great disposition and so humble. Lovely home. Thank you.

[@nell8170]

What a glorious cottage, absolutely love the way they have furnished and decorated it....the bearded guy in the painting reminds me of my husband! TFS

[@lindakuzak7067]

Love, love, love! Now, I want to take a pottery class and paint my walls green!

[@juliehock6059]

Love, love &n love the acid green wall, especially with pink. The roses in the garden add to the wonderful ambience of this cottage.

[@barbarawillis5187]

I love English cottage living. This visit is very inspiring for ideas. Every cottage needs those adorable doggies.too. Thank you so much for the visit with Gavin and Boz. This video is getting multiple viewings from me.

[@vmurt]

Love how he displays all his own art.

[@anndelgado1810]

Beautiful! And the dogs are too cute.

[@ThePearlsofGray]

This is what I want, Bloomsbury Charleston farmhouse all the way! Its my ultimate inspiration for my own home!

[@rozchristopherson648]

Greetings from Pennsylvania, USA. I really like the way they have brought things into the home that mean something to them personally rather than just "museum" pieces. Beautiful.

[@a697ag]

OK, those are the calmest Jack Russells I've ever seen Love everything in the Kermit room!

[@susansue3289]

Love the home. Love to spend the day just looking at all of the art and soaking in the coziness of the place. Always fabulous videos. I enjoy watching them over and over.

[@goldenviolet]

Love all the self made pottery, and paintings. What a house. You wouldn't be in House & Garden if your house was not exciting.

[@betsy1789]

Really nice atmosphere there, I do love the casual elegance, very soft and personal. Nice to see peaceful people and their pets in such a wonderful environnement full of creativity.

[@ShopSRJ]

So charming 🥰🍀 and excellent painter!

[@phronsiekeys]

OK, now I need to see London and Morocco! Stat!

[@metislamestiza3708]

@3:17 " in my work i'm known for using green a lot" "dogs listening attentively* - love this cottage!

[@gabriellam8604]

Gorgeous cottage, very little l would change and that is saying a lot! Would move in right away.

[@luluandmeow]

What lovely talented people, and sweet dogs, thank you for letting us inside your home

[@louisechainey2940]

I live near Chipping Norton and NEED to know the name of your fav shop 😁 Your home is simply beautiful, you must be feel very peaceful and settled there.

[@bunnyfrancis7006]

Thank you so very much for sharing your cottage. Hello from the US . Pennsylvania to be exact. Your are welcome any time.

[@michelemeric9062]

I love your cottage, so British. Thanks to share.

[@terryarrow702]

These videos are wonderful. A dreamy country cottage. I love the ceiling candle 🕯 light fitting. If everything goes bang in the night at least you have that. The pretty white patterned chair is gorgeous. But the dogs are the best in this video. So cute & well behaved.

[@soniatriana9091]

Wow! Talk about appreciating a great video! This presentation was phenomenal! Gavin was so relaxed & honest, I love how he chooses to decorate this cottage! I can’t even imagine what his other homes are like! It would be awesome to see his Moroccan home!! Thank you for this fantastic video!!

[@aina8318]

He is truly inspiring, love his view on pattern.

[@carolebuckle7977]

This cottage would be loved by any age from 5 to 100 , such fun 🤩 xxxx🇬🇧

[@zeynepobrien6921]

Hi Gavin, Your art inspired me so much. You gave me ideas and happiness. Continue to do more videos please 🙏💚

[@tomreadsthings7145]

I loooove these videos! Love seeing traditional british designer homes

[@theresaholden7580]

I love your style. The garden is lovely. Oh my, I love your dogs. I also have two Jack Russells, my babies.💙

[@brendawood6712]

The green color is my fave

[@tesstess3371]

Dreamy cottage, and those pups...

[@user-yg6pv8vs5m]

what a dream cottage with a gem of an outdoor space! I'm greener than those walls with envy....LOL!

[@hazel1960]

Timeless I think very quaint

[@brendawood6712]

Plates are fabulous

[@donnafuller3029]

I love the green walls! 😍

[@agnieszkaogrodnik9326]

OMG! There he is! Gavin, someone is desperately looking for you..

[@harryt154]

Amazing sanctuary! Amazing creator!

[@PS-bs8oe]

Lovely plates!!and "grog" is beatifully rustic& rough.

[@isabelgada2927]

Me encanta, hermoso, acogedor y que bello son eses ternuritas de perritos 😊❤❤

[@kandisue1753]

LoVe LoVe LoVe your charming cottage! Thank you for sharing!

[@orangemanbad]

I just love homes in the English countryside

[@Zluka-Kluka]

Love this green!

[@jlynn732]

Calm and Relaxing

[@kes2016]

Love the candle lighting at 3:06

[@cathykristensen4440]

I would LOVE to have some of his art!!! Those plates are AMAZING!

[@jet7865]

Beautiful 😍

[@rmonson5002]

Wow. Talk about living your best life. 💕

[@sheenamcguire5225]

Heaven. And greens are my favorite

[@jayne1905]

Love this !! My style completely!

[@juliehock6059]

Exactly, and I shudder when I think of people ‘decorating’ their abodes in funereal greys without a spot of colour. Pictures and thoughtful combinations enhance a home.

[@radiostationoffice]

Beautiful and very inspirational.

[@stephenstokesberry3767]

Wonderful, everything

[@hisomeonetrackingmuch1309]

I think your paintings are quite good!

[@twistoffate4791]

Funny, but I was thinking about the paint pattern by the ceiling and wanted to ask a question & right then he began talking about it. Also, I love pink & green and dogs, too. I like these guys.

[@ginafriend1690]

Cool sketching! Love the garden area. I love color, but that green isn't for everyone!

[@elizabethhealey5609]

I love you decor , you house is gorgeous , enjoy watching you video , thank you very much to sharing🥰

[@ninianmacmillan-keith7435]

Gorgeous man🫢

[@Zone10Permaculture]

My favorite element was the Iranian qalamkar woodblock print textiles. On the table and the back of the sofa. 😁

[@paulinedoyle1807]

Great plates

[@tamjg]

What a delight!

[@buickinvicta288]

Charming, love it!

[@fullofhope6978]

This was a sheer delight 😊 😍

[@ellabailey4829]

God how gorgeous 😍

[@d.l.n.7133]

Perfection ❣️

[@v_iika]

I want to see their Moroccan home too!

[@susanbaldwin9050]

Totally gorgeous 💚💕

[@redroselace9545]

8:05 lovely place to sit and enjoy anything

[@hoang1706]

A happy couple!

[@forestdesingermagazine]

So beautiful so amazing

[@marquamfurniture]

Houghton's plates reminded me of jean Cocteau's work. Elsewhere very much Duncan Grant.

[@marquamfurniture]

Small persnickety edit to description: "Gavin Houghton's rented cottage in Oxfordshire, shared with his partner photographer Boz Gagovski..."

[@IMAInteriors]

I like the house and how real it is... and as an arachnophobic living in an old house myself... can I point out that NO ONE ever talks about how having too many things is a spider magnet? it´s the only reason why I haven´t covered the house in chintz yet hahaha

[@NicolesNaturals]

Me too, I have a severe phobia of spiders and after planting several trees in my backyard I have noticed more and more throughout the years. So it's a trade-off. Do I want my gorgeous trees along with all the spiders? Or a bare, ugly backyard with very few spiders. I'll take the trees and ask my husband and kids to kill the spiders haha

[@IMAInteriors]

@@NicolesNaturals I'm so glad to hear that... I mean, not that you have spiders, but that we are real people =) I´ve always lived in apartments on really high floors (so nothing can crawl all the way up). About a year ago I moved to an old house surrounded by woods and the previous owner LOVED unkept plants, so we have bougainvilleas everywhere... they are gorgeous, but the spiders are pretty big too. Now I´m getting used to it and I even feel bad about killing them, but whenever I see one of these houses I keep thinking about their owners and their apparent no-fear of bugs hahaha

[@natashadavies9569]

I try to pare back to the objects I really like but I find the resident spiders companionable. Sometimes I name them and it's always a little sad if the cat murders one. The cat is companionable too of course.

[@IMAInteriors]

@@natashadavies9569 that’s nice to hear Natasha. Can I ask you something rather silly to someone who isn’t afraid of bugs? Do they ever try to get in your way? I hate sitting on a comfy chair only to find a quick spider coming out to check what’s going on. Have you ever been biten by one on that type of situation? Sometimes I feel like I fear them unnecessarily 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@juliepalfree15]

@@IMAInteriors Depends where your house is in the world! Here in the very middle of England, spiders don't bite - no honestly. I have always lived in old houses with lot's of all types of spiders and I like them, they keep down flys and knats and random bugs. The big ones that pop out in the evening to take a stroll I especially like. The ones that appear in the bath are a nuicence I must admit, but just catch them in the 'glass and paper' way and put them out - please don't kill them.

[@ambricem]

I LOVE these!!

[@jean2927]

Your a talented guy, the cottage in lovely…😊

[@andrewwale9740]

‘A tiny playhouse of a cottage’ - hilarious. It’s a very reasonably sized house for the vast majority of people.

[@a.mie.533]

...love it ...

[@kathysteri]

Wonderful house. What is the name of the pink rose in your garden? It is really pretty.

[@Cordelia-again]

I love the videos but hate the intrusive music that drowns the interviewee out.

[@luciejeandin1708]

Does anyone happen to know the name of the green paint? It's absolutely fantastic

[@itsthepens]

Anyone know the maker of the lovely floral chintz on the button-back chair at 1:27 ? I thought it was Braquenie or maybe Warner House but it’s neither.

[@als8368]

Looking for this chintz too... Not at all Braquenié (specialty in Indiennes and historical fabrics from the XIXth century)

[@maggiefisher48]

i love how the white dog thinks hes talking to him because he cant see the people behind the camera...xx

[@maggiefisher48]

you can almost see him thinking ...wow this guy talks to himself about himself all the ruddy time.

[@gabriellawilkosz6112]

I do love these videos as aesthetically they are very pleasing to me and it is interesting seeing what quirks artists and creative people have in their homes. However - I think your narrative and copy is completely tone deaf and it has really struck a nerve. In the middle of a housing and financial crisis it would be interesting to see features from those who maybe only have one home... it would be more representative of real life for most of us out here fighting to make ends meet. Not all of us can afford to even rent our own homes never mind a cottage in Oxfordshire as a 'play house'. I have been a fan of this channel for a while but your content is getting more and more one-sided and only appeals to people who are in certain spheres of society. Huge tory energy

[@gabriellawilkosz6112]

it also reinstates the belief that in order to have what you as a publication define as good taste, you have to have obscene amounts of money.

[@RivkaPotchebutzkyArt]

Unfortunately good quality materials and good locations are expensive and not everybody can afford them.. I do believe that such videos are important for inspirational reasons. We need to see lovely things and good taste. There are tuns of cannels on KZbin that are all about DIY and how to save a d how to thrift and how to decorate with small budget. I am so greatfull for this chunnel that allows you to enjoy and get inspiration from nice and wonderful creative ideas in quality places and durroundings.

[@verenamartini8695]

@@RivkaPotchebutzkyArt I agree totally ! I'm here for inspiration and dreaming. I thank these people for opening the doors of their beautiful homes to me, I'm not sure that I would do the same, a home is so personal...

[@gabriellawilkosz6112]

@@RivkaPotchebutzkyArt I agree with you Rivka - it is important to see such things and fascinating at the same time, I find a lot of inspiration in this channel too. I am aware those other channels exist, and enjoy those too! However it is a different type of video instructing 'how to' as opposed to being a platform to showcase creatives with smaller budgets, there is a real gap in the market for this and it is more about variety of different characters and people than anything. Those who have enough money for more than one property do not make up the colourful fabric of current life and what is deemed good taste in my opinion. It is more feedback for the Channel as it would be nice to see those who fall into those brackets represented through publications such as House & Garden as the world becomes only more habitable for the richer people in our society. Interesting creative folk exist outside of these paradigms.

[@kmarch6630]

So stop watching if it upsets you so. By watching and commenting you are actually putting more money in their pockets.

[@als8368]

Hello, anybody who would help me to find brand and name of the fabric which upholsters this cosy armchair that Gavin Houghton calls "Gigolo" while describing his green living room? I tried quite a few different options on Internet (description like plum/flower/branches/ English/floral chintz/fabric interior/upholstering...), even google image search which didn't give me any results. I would be very grateful if you could give me the tip ;)

[@davidcattin7006]

Will pay you for those plates! PLEASE!!!

[@bridgetmcgrath3964]

Fab

[@teardrop720]

The gigol armchair is to die for

[@laurenbujakysanders1153]

Does anyone happen to know what the name of the paint color in Gavin’s bedroom is?

[@lillustpotion]

It’s gorgeous isn’t it?!!! 😍😍😍

[@nagolhayze9366]

8:52 jam packed full of cliches, almost like a SNL sketch. Awesome. Ps. By the way, I love the two dog children.

[@judypratt2868]

odd painting in bathroom

[@swaters5127]

Of course he has a Jack Russell .