You know you’re getting on a bit when you get as excited about a new sofa being delivered as you did about Christmas Day when you were a kid (…okay, I still get excited about Christmas Day, but you know what I mean…). The reason for this probably has something do with the fact that […]
Category: The Cwtch
On My Dressing Table
I am absolutely LOVING having a dressing table. Back in the flat I made do with a tiny box shelf in the cupboard (cluttered, dark and dusty!) so upgrading to a table, with a mirror and space to hold all my junk feels very posh and ladylike. Honestly? It seems a little selfish and bit […]
Corners: “Al”
If there’s one thing I’ve learned since moving into the new house it’s that getting things the way you’d like them to be takes time. You know, Rome wasn’t built in a day, blah, blah, blah. No matter how much you visualise pictures, furniture and colours before the boxes are put away, you have to actually […]
The Terrarium Test
I’ve killed a lot of plants in the past. Full on planticide. There was the weird looking one I had on my windowsill as a kid… but it didn’t flower so I neglected it until it shrivelled and dried out (it was a Cactus, by the way. Yep. A Cactus dried out.). Then there was the […]
Home Sweet Home
Phew! The past week has been a total whirlwind; I’ve made cups of tea for more builders and handymen than for myself (that’s saying something – y’all know I’m a confirmed tea swigger), seen more cardboard boxes and packing paper than I ever have in my entire life and now own all the house catalogues. […]
