Best of 2012...

by Unknown on 03:08
Yes I'm jumping on the bandwagon to review my last years adventures in paint. Admittedly I only have half a year to choose from as I didn't start this until June. It may be brief... Before: Gold plastic picture frameAfter...Ta-daa!Before...After... ( a long time after!)and why not?Before: Every door in the house was like this! And the walls were green too. And the carpets!After:...

Exorcising ghosts with an Ikea hack...(moppe)

by Unknown on 10:28
We've all done it. Bitterly regretted those Charity shop/boot sale finds that we didn't buy. A few months ago I spotted a sweet little chest of drawers at the boot sale that must have come from an old haberdashers shop. It had age, a wonderful patina that the best furniture fakers wouldn't be able to copy and it was so dinky, it would have been the perfect size for cotton...

Back to normal...

by Unknown on 08:25
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas. It was just the three of us here, very quiet as no family are close by. My daughter had a huge amount of presents and her favourites were the fairies from Santa so I feel very pleased with myself. I don't mind Santa taking the credit!The dining room couldn't stay pretty for long. The table got stripped of its cloths and pushed back to...

Praise be...

by Unknown on 05:23
Someone asked my daughter (six and a half) what she'd asked Father Christmas for the other day. ''Fairy dolls'' came the reply.This was news to me so I had to find out what she meant. Could she show mummy in the Argos catalogue the right kind of Fairy dolls?No she couldn't. They don't exist in the shops.Okay, so how is Father Christmas going to get them for you if they don't...

Holiday Decor Inspirations

by Unknown on 11:52
I don't know if it's just me or if anyone else does this, but after getting ideas from magazines, catalogs, pinterest, and blogs I tend to find new inspirational ideas for holiday decorating every year. I tend to get rid of a few things each year, and add a couple new items. My tastes seem to change a little with every new year. I can't afford to throw everything out and start...
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