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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Love Christmas, Hate Waste? Last year was the first year that we hosted Christmas in our new house and we went to town. We bought and we cooked and we ate. But we didn’t eat as much as we bought or cooked. This year we were the hosts once again and we did it differently. I knew this year that if [...]