Lemon meringue, Apple, Peach, Steak and Kidney, all of them types of pies. Pies that I love. Occasionally, as in the case of my lemon meringue pie for instance, it is necessary to half-bake the pastry that lines the pie case before baking the filling of choice. If you were to line the pie case [...]

I found myself up in London yesterday and in the office of a dear friend. She was telling me how she had just had a huge de-cluttering session at her house and how she was now going to start on her office. I asked her whether it felt good to have her entire home ‘sorted’ [...]

Hello! I wanted to show you something today and get your opinion on it. It is this sweet white wooden trug. I call it my New England Trug as anything wooden and painted white reminds me of that part of the world. It was designed and made by my Dad in an evening, he’s good [...]

I have a room that is full of ‘bits’. It has been emptied since we moved in and now it is full again, of other ‘bits’. This room will either become the dining room or the snug and is just off the entrance hall next door to the kitchen. If I can’t find  something it [...]

My folks popped over last weekend and offered their help here at the new house. I was thrilled because one of the things I had my eye on repairing was the old wooden dryer hanging above the Rayburn oven in the kitchen. The wood and cast iron pieces that constructed the dryer were actually still [...]

I have four rooms in the loft at this new house. One is an office, one is a small space where my sewing machine and craft supplies are kept, one is a bathroom and the last room is this one. It is a craft room but will double up a guest room as time goes [...]

Yesterday was the day that I turned the house in to an absolute bomb site. You see I started a giant spring clean and the way I do it is to make an enormous mess first and then spend a week getting it all cleared up, much to my mum’s bafflement. She would do it [...]