I have no more excuses. Not only do I now own a handheld vacuum cleaner, but buoyed by the vacuuming enthusiasm this unearthed in me, my husband got online and bought me a cylinder vacuum cleaner that ACTUALLY WORKS. I…
Ideas for a vertical garden
Source A while back, I pinned this image of a vertical garden (also known as a living wall or green wall) to my “for the garden” Pinterest board. It shows an old pallet used to grow a wall of plants,…
{I love} Bare bricks, plaster and concrete
There’s something so magic about a newly plastered wall. The way it transforms the surface, the potential it offers, the excitement about the creation of a brand new space. I marvel at the skill of plasterers – they make it…
Twins at four
Usually I find the twins’ birthdays bittersweet. Of course I love to celebrate another year passing, but it’s always tinged with a sadness that time is flying past too quickly, that it’s racing away from me. For some reason this…
Why white bathrooms aren’t dull
Our family bathroom renovation is back underway, after a rather annoying hiccup that left us without any bathroom fittings for nearly a week (thanks to a no-show by the plasterer the day after we ripped everything out). Although the twins were…
Just So blooming lovely
I feel lighter, happier, calmer – pretty surprising given that I’ve just spent the weekend camping in a field and am so tired I feel like I could sleep for a week. But the three days at the Just So…