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 [...]
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Well, hello there cowboys and girls! Welcome to Kindling 101 with ME!! All I’m missing to go with the smug grin is a Christmas sweater….perhaps I’ll dig one out for next time.
If you’re anything like me and have an open fire or log burner that you use during the colder months then gathering in the fire-making materials will be [...]
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 of [...]
Monday, September 14th, 2009
This, my dear friends, is the inspiration for my pantry makeover. I found this soda fountain poster in a vintage memorabilia shop while in L.A. and carried it, by hand, home with me.
The pink and the green in this print are the starting points for my pantry’s makeover.
So, with that in mind we set to [...]
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
I know you love a makeover as much as I do.
I like nothing more than seeing the creativity in some people come to the fore as they redo parts of their homes. Before and after shots are my faves so I thought that today I would show you my autumn house project.
I’m giving my pantry [...]
Friday, March 27th, 2009
A Love of Budgets and Keeping It Real at Home
I have discovered something. It’s a discovery that I am thrilled to have….er…..discovered.
I LOVE BUDGETING!!!!
Yep, I love it.
My name is Cherry Menlove and I love to budget. Great to meet you!
I’ll explain.
I am working at the moment on a new project that will enable me to [...]
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Blazing a cosy trail at the start of the year!
There was a time when I simply couldn’t stand this time of the year. January, February & March were all cut from the same seasonal cloth in my opinion – dreariness! It was cold, dark and dull with no signs of spring and the post-Christmas [...]
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 we had [...]
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
There is something about Friday nights that we look forward to in the Menlove/Hafner household. I’ll be honest, unless we have plans to go out or have guests arriving we always do our grocery shop on a Friday night. We arrive at about eight thirty pm, start at the top end where its warmer and [...]
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
My email inbox is an area that needs to be kept organised otherwise things can get very messy. I could miss important messages, notifications from people and questions that I have promised to answer. Not to mention messages from friends suggesting times to meet up for drinks and supper in town!
One thing that I am [...]