It has long been decided by my lot that my epitaph shall read “Oh I love that song!” It’s a phrase I apparently declare every time a favourite tune can be heard on the radio or television. And so too with our changing seasons. “This is definitely my favourite season” I cry depending on where […]
Autumn is a second Spring when every leaf is a flower – Albert Camus, French philosopher, author and journalist. I must agree as I watch the hardworking flowers from my garden slowly die back allowing leaves from the surrounding trees to lay down their dense and colourful carpet. And not for the first time I […]
“You just have to do it gently… look I’ve only being doing this section for ten minutes and no paint’s peeled off here” he said in that exasperated manner he saves only for me. I had been explaining to Mr M in an apparent whiny and loud manner that my antique armoire doors were not […]
Bonjour tout le monde. You cannot know how excited I am to bring you this post. French flair and shabby chic combined, I could not be more pleased with how this vintage up-cycle has turned out. Not for the first time though did I nearly throw the towel in. And more than once I decided […]
I have been both surprised and delighted by my garden this spring and summer. The newly planted Wildflower Garden has provided daily colourful pickings and I hope it will go on to offer continuous colour until the first frosts. And I am keen on preserving flowers from the garden as much as I can to […]
Welcome, welcome everyone to this weeks simple makeover anyone can do to change the look or update a sad piece of decor in the home. It was whilst unpacking yet another box in the garage earlier this year, I found a tired candlestick lamp base which almost made the charity shop pile. I didn’t like […]
I wasn’t with Mr M when he went to collect my time-worn rustic shutters from my friends barn recently. She had bought them as part of a job lot and found them too chippy for her own taste. I’m grateful we’re different like that. I can only imagine the exchange of words and looks between […]
It was always going to be a challenge, choosing which of my pretty home decor I would display in our ‘ripe for renovation’ bungalow when we first moved in. Clearly not every single piece I owned could make its way out of every last packing box with the limited space on offer. Selecting carefully those […]
“Do you suppose she’s a wildflower?” says the Daisy to the Iris trying to establish just who Alice really is (Lewis Carrols Alice in Wonderland). There are occasional lines of a few children’s classics I can recall… this one has always been a favourite of mine. So much so I treated myself this year to […]
I promise you the following conversation actually took place. “You do know that ones got a huge split in the wood don’t you” said Mr M. He was addressing an off-cut of scaffolding board which I was turning into a pot stand for hot dishes on the patio table. “I’ve got better ones you could […]
