Jamie's Italian

By. far. the best food we had in Oxford.  This may have been due to the fact that it was apparently the only restaurant aware of the existence of garlic.  Even still - pretty fabulous food matched with an even more fantastic eclectic interior design...yah, what I'd give for just 1 casual day in Oxford.

Inspired by 221B

Ok... now that my favorite TV show is airing in the UK, I can't stop thinking about Sherlock and trying to catch all the hints I can about this new season.

[BBC Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.
Currently airing in the UK. Set to air in the US May 2012.]

 That being said, I wanted to share one of my favorite aspects of the show: the wallpaper.

I love this wallpaper. 

[Wallpaper by Zoffany]

In re-creating 221 B Baker Street, they did such an incredible job with the ecclectic assortment of wallpaper that, no matter how diverse, work so well together.



[Notice the three different patterns in this one shot alone?]

[Yet another assortment of patterns.
And yes, this is a still from the second season of Irene Adler (Laura Pulver) with Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch).]



[A pattern from Mrs. Hudson's flat, technically speaking, 221 A Baker Street.]

I'd really like to have a bold pattern on at least one of the walls of my future library (preferabbly something like the first one).

But if I did... I might not be able to resist the urge to spray paint a yellow smiley face on it.



[Smiley face courtesy of "The Blind Banker." Gunshot holes courtesy of "The Great Game."]

But don't worry, I wouldn't shoot at such a gorgeous pattern =)