Interior Design x Staffordshire Dogs

I love seeing how people decorate with antique Staffordshire dogs, so I thought I'd put together a lookbook for inspiration. (If you would like to submit a photo for the collection, send me a note on the contact page.)

 

Butter Wakefield

Luke Edward Hall

Carolyn Williams

 

From Homes&Antiques

 

Ella Jerman

 

Chloe Fineman

Photo Credit: Andrew Bui

 

Carleton Varney

 

The Staffordshire Affair

When my mother visited a small seaside town near Southport, an old English woman recounted a local legend. Once upon a time, in a little bungalow next to the sea, there lived a woman and her two Staffordshire spaniels. She was careful about the placement of her spaniels in the front window. When her husband was at home, she placed the spaniels with their backs to each other. When he went to sea, she turned them so that they were facing. The woman's lover would pass by the house, note the orientation of the spaniels, and know whether or not he could sneak in for a snuggle.

This is from the Fano Island in Denmark, but the idea is the same...

Photo Credit: Tim Graham