Decorating dilemmas

Green room

I got rid of the old grey walls and blush wallpaper in my bedroom a few weeks back, as mentioned. In my rush to crack on and order paint to finish the room, I gave about 15 minutes thought to choosing a colour. I chose Green. Actually Green Smoke. I’ve always liked green so that’s […]

Farewell beautiful wallpaper

Well this is a decorating blog, so if you’re going to witness grown people saying an emotional goodbye to wallpaper somewhere then it’s going to be here. I’ve lived with a lovely blush pink Neisha Crosland wallpaper in my bedroom for seven years. I haven’t stopped loving it – though I always wished we’d papered […]

Bathroom project

Yeh, so I like to mull things over for a long time. Back on the bathroom again. Things are happening though now and this is what it looks like just now with the floor going down…. To recap I’m tiling a small area around the bath, basin and the whole of the shower in white […]

blue enamlled pans

Blast from the past

In Margate this weekend we took retro-loving friends to Margate Retro, a charming store run by a man and boy, both in Arkwright-style shop coats, with an ever-changing stock of 50s office furniture, lighting and record players. Free with my friends’ purchase came two copies of a long-forgotten part-work magazine. Brilliant sales trick.