Thursday, December 17th, 2009
The kitchen is very festive right now. It’s also tidy, which is a bonus, so I took lots of pictures this morning and thought I’d give you a wee tour.
This is the view from near the sink by the coffee maker. We’ve been working on the island in the middle recently which is almost finished. [...]
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
I’ve not really got much to say today, which makes a change I know. I just wanted to show you our tree in the entrance hall.
I have a love affair with Christmas trees which light up a darkened space. They emanate a light that is available at no other time of the year but Christmas [...]
Friday, December 4th, 2009
You can’t see it from here but hanging along the top of the dresser is a whole string of gingerbread men Christmas decorations.
Let’s have a closer look…..
There they are.
I like things made out of gingerbread at Christmas. It holds just the right amount of nostalgia for me without making one look like one collects dolls [...]
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
At this time of year the emphasis can very much be on the dining table; the colour of the table cloth, the size of the place-mats, the font you use to write the name cards, it goes on… but what about the chairs?
They are equally as important as the table and often overlooked in the [...]
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
The tree is up and sitting there looking rather pleased with itself. I have a few more decorations around and about in this room but I didn’t want to do too much decorating until I’d seen the tree finished.
OK, so here’s the bit where I sound all floaty …BUT…..
A Christmas tree in the room brings [...]
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
First of all may I take this opportunity to wish all of my American friends a wonderful Thanksgiving. Have a fabulous day one and all.
Second of all may I take this opportunity to show off my Christmas Chair for this year. Inadvertently I always seem to end up with a Christmas Chair in my home [...]
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
So here it is, my Gingerbread House for 2009. I’ve made it early for two reasons.
1, Because I’m obsessed with Christmas
2, Because I like to give you, the reader, a chance to decide whether or not you’d like to make one. There’s nothing worse than being presented with an idea that you would have loved [...]