Photos by Drew
1990s rayon tank top: thrift store
Boater hat: My Breakfast Shop
Skirt: thrift store
Sandals: Chelsea Crew
Old Coach bag: thrift store
On last November’s trip to the abandoned Nolan House we took tons of photos and even a video, but we’ve been talking about visiting the place ever since because, really, it’s too magical of a house to visit only once. I think I want to start going there yearly or even every six months, if only to see how it changes over time. Fortunately not too much changed since the last time we saw it. Drew said that the back of the house was rotting out a little more–I definitely noticed more holes in the floorboards where you could (scarily) look straight down and see the grass below. There were less bees, but also less posts holding up the staircase railings. The outside of the building looked pretty much the same, except that the little split rail building in back got torn down, and that was probably the saddest change of all.
Things we saw today: lots of bees, dead butterflies in spiderwebs, grasshoppers, horses, a cicada (in shell), and a gigantic owl sleeping in the rafters over the front balcony. It was the most amazing thing; we couldn’t get any close-up photos of it, but I think it might have been a barn owl (is that the kind of owl David Bowie is in Labyrinth?).
Our main reason for going back was to scout out locations for a project we’re working on with a friend. It is refreshingly non-blog related, though vaguely fashion-related, and I’m sure I’ll be posting about it eventually! But we couldn’t go there without taking blog photos. Even if all my outfits these days are quickly cobbled together from what I find in the thrift stores and maybe more practical than interesting. Today it reached 100 degrees! And strangely I’m ok with it.
These are such lovely pictures! I wish I was half the photographer Drew is. Your outfits always seem interesting to me–I love your vintage looks. Great straw boat hat too.
really splendiforous pictures. x
These are some of the prettiest pictures I’ve ever seen on your blog. Must be something about that house.
You live in Georgia, right? I’d love to live in one of those states in the US one time. Like, Sally Jane Vintage
always takes the most amazing pictures in complete abandoned and desolate places!
It’s a shame that it’s not inhabited though, for the preservation of the house!
These pictures are incredible; they look like they came straight out of an issue of Lula!
Your pictures are so beautiful. I wish we had landscapes and houses in Holland like that but unfortunaltly we haven’t.
Wow, lovely! As always.
These pictures are so amazing! I really love old houses like this–revisiting them as the seasons change is half the fun, imho.
Your outfit is so pretty too!
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I really love that third shot so much!!!!
The coloring in these photos is so lovely!
Gosh, that house is seriously amazing. I don’t blame you for wanting to visit it all the time. I love even more that you saw horses and an owl! How cool
I think I shall go look up your previous post on the Nolan House to re-read the history of it. It just looks so grand.
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Love all the photo’s this week! It looks like such a great place and in much need of repair!
you always have such beautiful photos. i think thats what makes your outfits look even more beautiful.
the sky in that last one is luminous.
so gorgeous, looks like a screenshot from a film.
your outfits don’t look cobbled together, either. you’re too good at them!
these are so wonderful! I love the hat in the window and stairs photographs. how lovely xox
your photos always turn out so amazing! <3
Wow Rhiannon, this outfit is beautiful!
Just lovely!
Absolutly beautiful photographs, I love the lighting in all of them.
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Fantastic photos, and I for one really like your outfit. Simple but very floaty and elegant.
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Beautiful photos and how exciting to see an owl!
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You’re as lovely as can be, favorite lady! I love that first photo–you’re making me wish my boater hat fit me a little better! I’ve had the worst luck with straw hats! Yours looks perfect, though, not as scary to wear out as boaters! I love these thrift store outfits–I’ve been living in that sort of outfit lately! Also, that owl sounds incredible! As does the house overall….what a dream! xx
So stunning. I love the mix of separates. I seriously want to live in Nolan House, deterioration and all.
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This is so nice, the picture of the stairs reminds me of grey gardens.
Wow these photos are so dreamy! Your outfit fits perfectly to the milieu
-Sara
If you ever come to Canada, when you go home, you can stuff me in your luggage so I can visit these places, too, kay?
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Lovely photos! The one on the stairs is quite spooky! What an amazing location!
-Emma
I just love how you take photos at all these wonderful old places! It’s awesome! And your outfits always match where you are perfectly! Love it!
-Jordan
That is such a great location! I love the vintagey feel of it. Love the outfit too!
Looks like a lovely day out,wish there were places like this in England for picture taking!
love these photos! the outfit with the house and background, too too perfect. the third to last is definitely my favorite, it’s so joyful!
I love the picture of Drew! What a lovely trip.
I think I need to search ebay for some vintage Coach bags because every time I see you wearing a gorgeous purse it always seems to be a vintage one from Coach!
Wish I could have seen the owl, I love them! Also love how you rely on David Bowie to identify what kind it was haha.
all so lovely <3
These photos are beautiful (: Every time you travel, you make me want to visit Nashville! xo
Amazing, ethereal pictures. I can see it in a magazine spread.
such a lovely simple outfit
and a great colour palette!
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This photos are so beautiful Rhiannon! I would love to visit all the gorgeous places that you travel to!
oh how i wished i lived where you do! such beautiful places and interesting sites.
lovely outfit, as usual.
wow, the pictures are so gorgeous.. like everything: the outfit, the light, the location….
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my goodness, these photos are amazing! Absolutely stunning, makes me want to travel to the states
my god, these photos are almost as unbelievable as the first time you two visited. And no worries about the outfit, I like these thrown together looks that are made for the southern summer heat!
Love the photos, they’re so whimsical! ^.^
You look so cute!
that picture of you climbing the stairs is absolutely perfect.
I love your hat! The pictures are absolutely stunning, as always.
Oh, you’re gorgeous and simple silk blouses remind me of the way my mom dressed when she was younger and I thought she was some kind of strange, magnificent swan. And Drew takes the best photos! You guys are a crazy potent creative team.
Love, Jenny
How I love this! (and the Bowie/Labyrinth owl reference!) I always feel a little hypocritical for loving abandoned, derelict historical structures, since I’m trained in a field that is pretty much dedicated to preserving them. But I love seeing what happens to things when we don’t mess with them, too…nature has a beauty of its own when it takes over architecture. Absolutely beautiful photos!
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