WONDERING WHERE THIS PAINTING CAN GO IN YOUR HOUSE?
HERE ARE SOME ROOMS WHERE ID LOVE TO SEE IT.
OR IT CAN BE YOURS!
No, not my walk in wardrobe silly! That's all very much on hold and still only utterly fabulous in my head.
This is the Edwardian wardrobe I started in November, telling my husband I could do it in two days.
Yeah. I'm not sure what happened there. But Christmas came and went and the wardrobe sat in the kitchen looking a bit silly.
The thing is, it was boring to paint but I really want/need to get stuck into other more exciting things so this wardrobe needs to go.
Just boring old white eggshell (Dulux diamond hard- AWESOME STUFF) and slight distressing.
I don't even have a 'before' pic of this one. How naughty is that? This is the best I can do...
What I am going to do is;
Other than that I really want to thank you all for answering the questions in my last post. That was SO helpful. I was surprised that green was mentioned more than blue. Your kitchens all sound so much lovelier than mine!
But I'm working on that.
My daughter and I head oop north tomorrow for half term. I'll make the most of doing nothing much for a few days as it'll be all systems go when I return!
This is the Edwardian wardrobe I started in November, telling my husband I could do it in two days.
Yeah. I'm not sure what happened there. But Christmas came and went and the wardrobe sat in the kitchen looking a bit silly.
The thing is, it was boring to paint but I really want/need to get stuck into other more exciting things so this wardrobe needs to go.
Just boring old white eggshell (Dulux diamond hard- AWESOME STUFF) and slight distressing.
I don't even have a 'before' pic of this one. How naughty is that? This is the best I can do...
...which is quite rubbish. Just gives you an idea of how brown it was.
So, why is the walk in wardrobe on hold and what are the more exciting things I hear you ask?
Well, my dream has come true. I've been asked if I'd like my home in a home magazine! Would I?
WOULD I?
So much so that I had read one sentence of the email and a noise came out of me that wasn't even human. It was very loud and sort of fog-hornesque. And then it happened again. My poor husband thought I was having some kind of seizure.
Eventually he asked me to leave the office for acting like I was ''on drugs.''
I couldn't even call the lady for a few days as my voice would have come out all fast and squeaky and she'd have changed her mind.
So as great as this is, I then started freaking out about how much I need to get done. Which is good because since that email, I've finished the dining room curtains, mended a hole in a skirting board, filled a hole at the side of a built in cupboard and finished the wardrobe above!
I've also worked out just what is achievable and what isn't in the time frame that we have. This is why the master bedroom has been shelved. I really want to build all the units myself and it's going to be a year long
project I'm sure.
- Paint the floors upstairs.
- Paint my daughters bedroom furniture
- Perhaps make some bedding.
- Perhaps upholster a chair.
- Perhaps make some curtains.
- Give the kitchen a CHEAP makeover - cupboards, tiles, worktops you name it. On a shoe string. Magazine worthy I hope. And I'm thinking of using scaffold boards!
- Sort out the 'new' dresser with a new back and some paint.
- Revamp the armoire on the landing.
- Perhaps steal a sofa. (We'll have no budget left by then)
Other than that I really want to thank you all for answering the questions in my last post. That was SO helpful. I was surprised that green was mentioned more than blue. Your kitchens all sound so much lovelier than mine!
But I'm working on that.
My daughter and I head oop north tomorrow for half term. I'll make the most of doing nothing much for a few days as it'll be all systems go when I return!
I'm very much hoping to start my own business this year and although I don't want to go into it too much at this stage, rest assured you people will be the first to know when I get it up and running.
No, it's not Brush-on-a-Stick or The Checked Curtain Company.
It's a kitchen related product. What I would LOVE from you wonderful readers is a bit of market research. I may do the same with my facebook friends but after the dresser comments I realise what you like and what my facebook friends like, are poles apart. (You guys having the BEST taste obviously!)
What I need to know is:
( Eg; 1. White. 2. Black. 3. Red. 4. Cream. 5. Neutral.)
My very own kitchen is; 1. skanky beige. 2. skanky beige fake wood. 3. that would be beige again. 4. anything but beige. Cream? 5. Neutral.
See how easy it is? Once I'm a successful business woman with a multi million pound empire I promise to do a giveaway of one of my extremely valuable and most desirable products. Pinky promise. And whosoever speaks below is automatically entered. But we're still in the design stages so give me a month or so...
Thank you! x
No, it's not Brush-on-a-Stick or The Checked Curtain Company.
It's a kitchen related product. What I would LOVE from you wonderful readers is a bit of market research. I may do the same with my facebook friends but after the dresser comments I realise what you like and what my facebook friends like, are poles apart. (You guys having the BEST taste obviously!)
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| Not my kitchen |
What I need to know is:
- What colour are your kitchen units?
- What colour is your worktop?
- Do you have an accent colour in there? Tiles, curtains etc
- What is the predominant colour of your DREAM kitchen?
- Kitchens: should they be neutral or coloured?
( Eg; 1. White. 2. Black. 3. Red. 4. Cream. 5. Neutral.)
My very own kitchen is; 1. skanky beige. 2. skanky beige fake wood. 3. that would be beige again. 4. anything but beige. Cream? 5. Neutral.
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| Not my kitchen (sigh) |
See how easy it is? Once I'm a successful business woman with a multi million pound empire I promise to do a giveaway of one of my extremely valuable and most desirable products. Pinky promise. And whosoever speaks below is automatically entered. But we're still in the design stages so give me a month or so...
Thank you! x
i had a puppy fiasco i had to tend to yesterday morning so my time at this drapery installation was limited!! and these pics of from my phone (not doing them justice!) but i LOVE how they turned out! i'll post better pics when i get back with my good camera!
this is a casual dining area…so the updated greek key in jute was absolutely the perfect trim…and the linen panels give a sophisticated elegance in a "low key" way. we have seagrass on the floor….why did i forgot my good camera-UGH!
Goodness me, if I had known that my last post was going to reach several thousand people, many of whom hijacked my blog as a way of venting their spleen, and even reached one of the people I wrote about, I might have taken more time with my words and not just jabbered away and pressed 'publish.'
I'm pleased to see that the nation feels so passionately about interiors.
But REALLY. Was that post more important than the ones it has surpassed in terms of popularity in which I showed off the cupboard doors I had spent WEEKS on? No.
Was it greater than learning how to paint on glass? Certainly not.
More riveting than an experimental wood bleaching process that took a REALLY long time? I think not.
So let's draw a line under it now.
Moving on...
I found a bag of patchwork pieces in a charity shop and a small piece of completed patchwork. I snapped it up as I love that kind of thing. Only when I got it home did I realise quite how special this was...
The fabrics are all so very vintage!
What do you think? 1940's?
1950's?
They're all so fresh and bright from having been kept in a bag for sixty or seventy years.
It would be criminal not to keep this quilt going and use up those hexagons.
I started a quilt of my own quite some time ago. I cut out lots of squares in delicious sludgey tones. Then I realised my squares were too small so they sit languishing in the loft. Perhaps in seventy years, someone will find them and get very excited over them.
Welcome back to all the bloggers in my sidebar. I took you all off and missed too many posts. No more layout tinkering.
I'm pleased to see that the nation feels so passionately about interiors.
But REALLY. Was that post more important than the ones it has surpassed in terms of popularity in which I showed off the cupboard doors I had spent WEEKS on? No.
Was it greater than learning how to paint on glass? Certainly not.
More riveting than an experimental wood bleaching process that took a REALLY long time? I think not.
So let's draw a line under it now.
Moving on...
I found a bag of patchwork pieces in a charity shop and a small piece of completed patchwork. I snapped it up as I love that kind of thing. Only when I got it home did I realise quite how special this was...
The fabrics are all so very vintage!
What do you think? 1940's?
1950's?
They're all so fresh and bright from having been kept in a bag for sixty or seventy years.
It would be criminal not to keep this quilt going and use up those hexagons.
I started a quilt of my own quite some time ago. I cut out lots of squares in delicious sludgey tones. Then I realised my squares were too small so they sit languishing in the loft. Perhaps in seventy years, someone will find them and get very excited over them.
Welcome back to all the bloggers in my sidebar. I took you all off and missed too many posts. No more layout tinkering.
I have REALLY loved this series. I recorded every episode so that I could watch it after my daughter was in bed and give it my full attention. Telly hasn't been this exciting since the days of 'Change That'.
I found myself judging the designers on their own homes, hoping the one that appealed to me the most would win their heat.
Sarah Moore (Sarah Moore Vintage) excited me as her own home was to die for. Vintage florals were everywhere and they showed her staircase...
...which I recognised having previously seen it on Pinterest.
In episode two we met Susan with her eccentric style, daring paint effects and her bright red lipstick.
In the sun room episode Amys home was delightful and she looked every inch the beach babe.
Sometimes it felt as though the quest to find something innovative overruled the quest for good taste. Emma's (Ooh Betty) episode being one case in point. Her finished room was exquisite, tasteful and fit the brief 100%. Her client seemed to get choked up as he was so pleased. I'd have been well chuffed living there. Unfortunately she didn't go through. Luke won with furniture for cats to climb on.
Kimberly was so lovely and she scraped through her heat despite running a massive three hours over time.
Helen was so gorgeous I found myself wondering if I would look that good with a crew cut. She reminded me of Emma Thompson.
And Johnny. What a character he was. I cheered out loud when he got through his heat.
Jordan and Alice were great to watch. Poor Alice had to deal with a rental property with a HUGE pine built in unit so it wasn't really a level playing field at all.
The thatched cottage quarter final irked me as again, mad innovation won out over good taste. I bet that yellow horse lamp went straight to the charity shop after the filming was over and I didn't feel Jordans end result was quite right for the cottage. I loved Sarahs, Johnnys and especially Charmaines end result far more.
The mini history lesson at the start of each episode became quite tedious but the BBC have to make a certain amount of programming that's educational so I guess it ticked that box for them.
So tonight is the much anticipated semi final! Who will win?
Well, I think they ALL could.
Come on BBC, you have unearthed not only talented designers but some really watchable characters. I would be glad to see any of them on another interiors show.
Perhaps you can bring back 'Change That' or 'Changing Rooms' with your new found designers? In these frugal, upcycled, home spun times you would be fools not to.
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Just watched the semi finals. I'm gutted for poor Luke. I think what totally stole the show for me was Daniels trousers. Looking forward to the finals tomorrow!
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| The dashing Daniel Hopwood, Sophie Robinson and Tom Dyckhoff... |
I found myself judging the designers on their own homes, hoping the one that appealed to me the most would win their heat.
Sarah Moore (Sarah Moore Vintage) excited me as her own home was to die for. Vintage florals were everywhere and they showed her staircase...
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| link |
In episode two we met Susan with her eccentric style, daring paint effects and her bright red lipstick.
In the sun room episode Amys home was delightful and she looked every inch the beach babe.
Sometimes it felt as though the quest to find something innovative overruled the quest for good taste. Emma's (Ooh Betty) episode being one case in point. Her finished room was exquisite, tasteful and fit the brief 100%. Her client seemed to get choked up as he was so pleased. I'd have been well chuffed living there. Unfortunately she didn't go through. Luke won with furniture for cats to climb on.
Kimberly was so lovely and she scraped through her heat despite running a massive three hours over time.
Helen was so gorgeous I found myself wondering if I would look that good with a crew cut. She reminded me of Emma Thompson.
And Johnny. What a character he was. I cheered out loud when he got through his heat.
Jordan and Alice were great to watch. Poor Alice had to deal with a rental property with a HUGE pine built in unit so it wasn't really a level playing field at all.
The thatched cottage quarter final irked me as again, mad innovation won out over good taste. I bet that yellow horse lamp went straight to the charity shop after the filming was over and I didn't feel Jordans end result was quite right for the cottage. I loved Sarahs, Johnnys and especially Charmaines end result far more.
The mini history lesson at the start of each episode became quite tedious but the BBC have to make a certain amount of programming that's educational so I guess it ticked that box for them.
So tonight is the much anticipated semi final! Who will win?
Well, I think they ALL could.
Come on BBC, you have unearthed not only talented designers but some really watchable characters. I would be glad to see any of them on another interiors show.
Perhaps you can bring back 'Change That' or 'Changing Rooms' with your new found designers? In these frugal, upcycled, home spun times you would be fools not to.
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Just watched the semi finals. I'm gutted for poor Luke. I think what totally stole the show for me was Daniels trousers. Looking forward to the finals tomorrow!
how cool is it to come home to this bedroom? this college girl knows!
her mom wanted a pretty bedroom that her daughter would enjoy when home from school….but she also wanted a bedroom that could potentially transition into a guest room down the road. so not too girly, but a cool, casual, stylish vibe that could stand the test of time.
what did we do?
we added a rug, window treatments, and new pillows for the home owner's existing bed and club chair.
here's the before…...
and the after!!
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