Squidge’s room is all GO! GO! GO! I’ve finished filling and sanding. Although 68% of the plaster in the room in 80 yrs old and the other 38% is not blended well into the original plaster. I’ll just say the room has character and leave it at that. The room is piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink my god the… [Continue Reading]
Makeover Monday
May 30, 2011 By 8 Comments
What do you do when you’re stripping and cleaning minuscule bits of wallpaper and adhesive off the walls and you’re almost 5 year old wants to help? Give her some dry erase markers and tell her she can draw on the walls. She had a blast drawing scenes from Tangled all over the room. I was… [Continue Reading]
Makeover Monday
May 16, 2011 By 2 Comments
Things are ticking along here with the house and we have moved on to another room. The office floor still needs to be sanded and finished but that didn’t stop me from starting on Squidge’s room. The reasoning behind this is that all of the upstairs floors need to be done so we’ll do them… [Continue Reading]
The one with the chairs
November 29, 2010 By 1 Comment
I bought 4 of these pine chairs at a little shop called Remember When in Gatley for £60. That’s £15 each! That’s cheaper than the cheapest of Ikea chairs. That’s like a BARGAIN and there’s nothing I like more than a bargain! I told this to each and every guest that arrived at my house… [Continue Reading]
The one where it’s all about the house
August 9, 2010 By 4 Comments
We did it! We finally completed on our house on Monday the 26th! We’re still surrounded by boxes and have so much to do I sometimes get a bit panicky. The overriding feeling I have is happiness. I LOVE my house. I love every stinky, badly painted and wonky bit of it. I love it… [Continue Reading]
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