The birds are back. They wake us before the alarm goes off and I have to say it’s the most delicious way to start the day. I think perhaps Robert and I are consciously listening out for any signs of Spring as that means the babies are getting closer to being air-born.
The arrival of the [...]
What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Posted in Corners of My Home, Decorating & Design, House & Home, Spring Living
Kitchen Dresser Makeover - Spring 2010
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Good morning to you all from a very sunny West Sussex. We have been doing a lot of de-cluttering here at the house since the sun has come out. There is still a lot to do but I think this sudden rash of tidiness has something to do with the imminent arrival of two more [...]
Posted in Corners of My Home, Decorating & Design, House & Home, Makeovers/Before & Afters, Spring Living
Pantry Make Over - Labeling the Jars and Another Free Download
Friday, January 29th, 2010
If you’ve been reading my site for any length of time you’ll know that my Autumn project was to give my pantry a little makeover. Well, Christmas kind of took us over a little bit so it’s now been transferred to a Spring project. And we’re making great progress.
Yesterday I finished the design for the [...]
Posted in Decorating & Design, Downloads, Free Patterns & Downloads, House & Home, Makeovers/Before & Afters, Organizational & Housekeeping
The Collection - Bunnykins by Royal Doulton
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Collections of things scare me somewhat. Collections usually mean something that I have inadvertently collected not something that I have consciously collected. You know the thing - piles of magazines, heaps of clothes that I no longer wear, hotel samples, boiled sweets at the bottom of my bag. They are the sorts of collections I [...]
Posted in Corners of My Home, Decorating & Design, House & Home
How To Make Christmas Chair Backs
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 [...]
Posted in Christmas Crafts, Christmas at Home, Crafts & How To's, Decorating & Design, Holiday Crafts, House & Home, Winter Crafts
This Year’s Christmas Chair
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 [...]
Posted in Christmas at Home, Decorating & Design, House & Home, Makeovers/Before & Afters
This Year’s Gingerbread House
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 [...]
Posted in Christmas Crafts, Christmas at Home, Crafts & How To's, Crafts for Children, Decorating & Design, Holiday Crafts, House & Home, Ned & Nel, Winter Living
The Pantry Makeover update - Cupboard Curtains
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
When we moved in to this house the room that is now my walk-in pantry was an office and the boxes on the wall were used for filing etc.. The boxes are awfully sweet and really quite useful but as I was going to be using them for ‘food stuffs’ I felt I wanted to [...]
Posted in Decorating & Design, House & Home, Makeovers/Before & Afters
The Trim’s The Thing A.K.A. Creating Corners
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
I’m all about creating corners at the moment. Little spaces filled with magic and a lack of cynicism that inhabitants and guests alike can pop into when the urge takes them. I believe this is because Christmas is fast approaching and I always want the house to have the feel of a cosy nook around [...]
Posted in Corners of My Home, Decorating & Design, House & Home, Makeovers/Before & Afters
Making Over a Standard Lamp - A.K.A. “You need more pink”
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
My mum occasionally comes out with statements that you can tell have just that second entered her head and promptly left her mouth. Actually, I say that my mum does that, WE ALL do that in this family.
It saves time.
My Mum’s last statement was, fortunately, a statement that I agreed with and had actually thought [...]
Posted in Corners of My Home, Decorating & Design, House & Home, Makeovers/Before & Afters
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