Dreams are funny things. Some dreams have the power to hurt and some have the power to heal. Dreams have the power to get us up and out in the morning as we work towards achieving them and dreams have the power to keep us buried with the bedclothes over our heads as we dread [...]
The Big Wooden Table of Dreams Where Everyone is Welcome
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Posted in Decorating & Design, House & Home, Makeovers/Before & Afters
Foot Stool Before & After + A Little Makeover
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Today I’ve got a before & after for you and a wee makeover that has given this corner of the entrance hall a fresh new look. This is how this footstool looked last Summer. It was one of those purchases that was far too cheap to pass up even though I had no idea when [...]
Posted in Corners of My Home, Decorating & Design, House & Home, Makeovers/Before & Afters
Makeover – Al Fresco Artists Side Table
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Welcome to Friday and welcome to St. George’s Day here in the UK. It’s a beautiful day already in West Sussex and the weekend is set to be warmer than it has been so far this year. My condolences to all the runners taking part in the London Marathon, I know you like a bit [...]
Posted in Decorating & Design, Entertain & Celebrate, House & Home, Makeovers/Before & Afters
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
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 [...]
Posted in Decorating & Design, Downloads, Free Patterns & Downloads, House & Home, Makeovers/Before & Afters, Organizational & Housekeeping
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 [...]
Posted in Christmas at Home, Decorating & Design, House & Home, Makeovers/Before & Afters
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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When Making Over a Room, Where Does One Start? With the Blanket Cupboard Of Course!!
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
When Making Over a Room, Where Does One Start? With the Blanket Cupboard Of Course!! The weekend that just past started off so rainy. It came down steadily for several hours at the start of Saturday so as Robert was busy tiling something wonderful for behind the Aga I set about making mischief in one [...]
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