This week I’m so excited to bring you the start of my new Christmas mini series; My Handmade Gifts for Friends which has been in the making for a while now. Each week I aim to bring you a simple and beautiful idea for Christmas presents. As always I will recycle where I can, use […]
“Let’s get you another piece of wood to put your paint tin on, it doesn’t look very safe there” he said with a deep sigh whilst staring at a two and a half litre tin of Farrow and Ball’s Skimming Stone balancing precariously on a frame. I was in a hurry you see. The football […]
Recently, on one of those warm and balmy summer evenings we are currently delighting in, I was setting the garden table for a supper party and found myself spoilt for choice for a white tablecloth. I appear to have a fair few. Six infact. A cotton tablecloth for every occasion it seems and all of […]
Hello everyone, welcome back and welcome also to many new readers visiting Whitewood and Linen for the first time. If you are new and you’d like to know a little more about us this page is a must and I hope that as you become a little more acquainted with my stories, you’ll stay a […]
I’m writing today’s blog over at Belle’s. It’s a wet and drizzly day and I am warm and toasty with the little fire crackling, my electric blanket turned to full on the vintage bed (our little secret, best not share with Mr M) and not at all discouraged that springtime appears to be off the […]
“You’ve got a drip” he said, so naturally I turned to the mirror to check “no, a paint drip, on your Lazy Susan” he said gesturing at today’s up-cycle. I know he only tries to help. As I’ve mentioned before, he is a perfectionist, I am not. He preps, I don’t. Besides I like the […]
Happy Thursday everyone and a huge thank you to you lovely people for getting in touch in a variety of ways, to tell me how much you are enjoying the blog. I could not be happier to have you all here each week. I love the start of a New Year with all its hopes and […]
Welcome everyone to my second post of the New Year. This week we will be focusing on upcycling ideas and making our very own upcycled products. We all seem to be moving and changing up our decor, post Christmas, so this week I bring you a quick and easy upcycling idea which you may like […]
Goodness can anyone out there please tell me how this happens every year. One minute it’s mid November and we are all wistfully thinking ahead to a wonderful Merry Christmas with plenty of time to plan and the next… we have three weeks left to create our Christmas. Three weeks. That is not very long […]
Everyone, I have exciting news to share. This week we have received planning permission to build and renovate our new home. I have rewritten this introduction so many times in a bid to convey my excitement yet nothing works. It’s a huge understatement to say we are excited however, it will just have to do. […]
