Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
On Friday afternoon my kids were having a nap and I instagrammed a picture of my dark wooden painted staircase. I really like the shape of the staircase but not the colour. And you can see that it has been painted or stained this dark reddish colour as some of the lighter paint shows through [...]
Thursday, August 16th, 2012
So, yesterday I posted about how I was going to be painting a dresser in my kitchen so that the colour matched my taste in decor a little better. I was going to prepare, prime and then paint this particular piece of furniture. I even posted pictures of the two pots of paint I was [...]
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Last week I was absolutely determined to finish off renovating my bedroom wardrobe before moving on to anything else.Then the shelves arrived in my kitchen over the weekend and now of course I can’t leave this room unfinished. So, I have this dresser. Now I LOVE the shape of this dresser. I like the [...]
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
I’m usually pretty good at making decisions. I recently made a huge decision overnight and I have no problem with doing that. But I could not get my head around the wallpaper issue at the back of the wardrobe. I think it’s important to use what you have available especially if you have perfectly good [...]
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
I’ve had this set of Ikea bookshelves since Robert and I lived in our flat in London. They have moved four or five times and are nearly falling apart. Until they do fall apart I shall continue to use them because I like them. However I wasn’t so keen on the grey and white striped [...]
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
Every house has to evolve in to being a home, I don’t think they just automatically become that way. I think they are like children, you have to give them a certain amount of attention and nurturing and then when they are ready and able they start to pay you back for the time you’ve [...]
Thursday, June 7th, 2012
Very rarely are people able to move in to new homes and have all the work they want to have done carried out by builders and decorators immediately. Some structural issues may have to be tended to for the sake of the building and there may be a certain amount of money put by for [...]
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
Hello! I’d just like to say that I am very proud to be British right now. The streets are still lined with bunting and the Union Jack continues to fly from most of the gardens and windows in our neighborhood. I’m very glad that we have regained our beautiful flag from certain ugly and disgusting [...]
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
This fabulous fireplace is in the room the Robert and I are currently sleeping in. I say currently because there is a room that would be better for us as it has more storage space but this room is opposite the children and we want to be near them right now. Anyway, I was [...]
Friday, May 4th, 2012
This weekend is a long weekend for some of us. Here are some of the things we were meant to be doing, should be doing, would like to be doing…. Building a fence. We’re quite good at building fences as you can see here! Having a barbeque. Nope, not going to happen. I’m still in [...]
