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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Monday, September 28th, 2009
I had been keeping my eyes peeled for a suitable table for the living room for some time. So when I saw this table sitting in a charity shop window, smooth and gentle in its shape, I knew it was the right one. It was hurried in to my car for the grand total of twenty pounds [...]
Friday, September 4th, 2009
Hello & Happy Friday!! I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to this weekend. I’m looking forward to it for the simplest of reasons – Robert the Husband and I are heading in to a town nearby to ‘check it out’. One of the joys of moving house, all the discoveries to be made! We’re also staking [...]
Friday, August 21st, 2009
Do you have a set of drawers at home which you feel need a bit of love and attention? I do. The inside of a set of drawers is often an area that can get forgotten but this simple project is rather cute and gives a lift to any tired drawer interior. I have a set of walnut drawers [...]
Friday, June 12th, 2009
A New Town, A New Chance to Go Thrifting. Friday is the day for either Bake Fest Friday – Something Sweet for the Weekend or a craft project. Well it would seem that since moving in I have been overloading myself not with craft projects per se but with restoration projects. I’m a huge fan [...]
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Line Tales When Robert the Husband & I first lived together in a small apartment in London we had a special place for the clothes drier to go. On a small but perfectly sized piece of hallway outside our bedroom. You didn’t bash into it should you need to get up in the middle of [...]
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
I picked up this darling mirror in my local town for £10. I saw it in a thrift shop window being fondled by a man wearing a rather short pair of shorts. Surely not, I thought to myself, that mirror wouldn’t suit him at all. He needs a mirror with army camouflage adorning every corner, [...]
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
If your town or city is anything like mine then you’ll notice that there has been a conserted drive to eliminate the use of plastic bags. People all over the world are now heading back to their faithful re-usable shopper and if a plastic is ever used it is promptly re-cycled. Another noted trend is [...]
