Posting at lunchtime, rather than my usual early morning time slot, but there is a good reason. Here is my Real Reveal of the living room after that most beautiful thing – a long night of two people’s records coming together.
Forgive me if I sound grumpy, but something has been annoying me for years and I’m going to use this blog as an outlet for my rage.* I noticed it first as a mag staffer, working on interiors titles where, you’d think, people should know what this is… Then lately, I was perusing a well […]
Can you tell what it is yet? Not art, but a form of self-expression I guess. It’s me trying out paint colours again. Yes I’m back on the colour charts. My bedroom, though it has a wallpapered wall done, has not been painted since I moved in. The putrid peach remains. The awful stuff is […]
Remember my garden Real Reveal of a few weeks ago? Interesting how debate raged (ahem) in the comments, over whether I was a sensitive respecter of Mother Nature’s plan, or a garden slattern, who’s land should be taken off her by the council. Somehow the most shame-stirring response was the most kind and generous. Patricia […]
A reader writes: Dear Friends I left this plate in the sink to wash as it had just come from a flea market. I then dropped a mug on it and it was gone before even being washed. I felt very dumb for doing this. It cost next to nothing as it was in a […]