New colours, old decorating dilemmas
It’s sunny, the living room is amazingly tidy because it’s deadline week at work. It’s time to show you the new velvet sofa that’s chopped the room in half. To recap, I’m still looking to fix the long blue-grey one with the rip that’s being covered up by that sheepskin rug. I’ll reveal my amazing money-saving epiphany about that at the end of this post. But first…
House tour with a grumpy old man
The idea of moving is looming large on the horizon. How horrible. The flat in London has a cellar, which is a wonderful asset for storing stuff, until the time comes to empty it again. A good friend is also moving soon, and we listlessly discuss just putting all our excess stuff together for a […]
Culture (date) night and nice humans
Last night my husband and I had date night at communications agency (gallery and bookshop) KK Outlet. They were hosting a salon-style dinner event that made me feel better about humanity, though it could make you feel worse. Three speakers were invited to talk on the subject of Home in between us all eating a really quite […]
Brass taps
How many features about kitchen taps have I written in my life? How often have I confidently opined that the taps are the bit you mustn’t skimp on, money-wise? But sitting here, looking for my own set of perfect kitchen taps, I suddenly realise it’s just not that easy. For my about-to-arrive kitchen I am […]
Dads’ barbecue
At the risk of turning this into Mumsnet*… I’ve been involved with some emails about the organisation of my kids’ school Christmas Fair. One line of enquiry from the women with the unenviable job of organising the whole thing was that last year’s barbecue run by dads is under threat of not getting enough dad […]