House Work

So as lockdown began, and Mike could not attend the local gym, he began to shift furniture instead of weights, and I gleefully watched magnolia walls and painted polystyrene tiles disappear. About time too in the case of those tiles! The walls were full of fine cracks, and some bits of plaster fell off. The ceiling had well defined lines, and some water damage from one very rainy night some years ago. 

Remember that divan base that we upcycled? You can see it here, fabric covered. Under the grey worn carpet lurked on the whole some very nice floorboards, imperial not metric, but sadly in some areas the floor boards have taken some abuse on account of electronics and plumbing. Both needed doing when we got this house in 2006.  

Also on the to do list will be some curtains and carpet tiles will finish the floor. Mike will come up with a headboard and there must be a shelf for teddies and other things we like. The dressing table I picked up a few years ago, someone had begun to do it up so we painted it with some white undercoat and I have decoupaged the draw fronts, adding back the original handles. We need to do something similar with our bedside cabinets! 

Meanwhile, home education, arts, crafts and cooking carries on. And Bean the muse, explores the dust sheets on the stairs! 

House work ...

I forgot to take the before pic, the everyday view of the hall prior to Mike taking down the false wall with the crack in the wallpaper ....

My that cream was a nasty colour ... The old door and frame have been recycled to cover up the electoral thingies that we don't need to see. Also there is space in the bottom for candles and a torch!

Next it's time for an old moth nibbled carpet to go, and those ceiling tiles that look like rice cakes too. 

It's gonna get more messy before it gets better!

House Work ...

With the three patchwork curtains finally finished, my living room looks ready for springtime!

From outside we appear to have delightful stained glass windows! These will be nice to come home to in winter, after choir practice!

One of my cushion-covers looked very worn so some curtain off cuts from a friend have remedied that! We also happen to like chickens anyway ....

Finally this Mother's Day card from school, provided inspiration for an Easter holiday joint family craft. It was made using markers and wallpaper samples ...

So we bought a canvas at value house and I dug out my own sample collection ...

Thanks to Daisy, Matty, Mary and Michael for making flowers with me :-)

looking christmassy!

The tree down from the loft and ready to sparkle!



Ben and Grandma-moon-bun where they can see all the action!
I was pleased to find Ben's hat again in the bag with lasts years wrapping paper!



Our cute nativity set with books ... Daisy can now read most of these this year!



and a very special garland made by my girls in Sunday school from self-hardening clay


I had to give in and use the flash on my camera to share all this with you! Hope your house is looking nice and festive too xxxx

homely crafting ...

I did this home-improvement craft a while ago, and just didn't get to share it ...



a friend of mine thinks this is the best treatment for pipework ever ... I saw something like it a long time ago done with socks!

House Work Again!

and the cat was ready to roll!



and the ceiling was sealed!



Meanwhile, in the Garden, after the rain had gone ...

Great Eggspectations!

one day we decided to have an egg guess - we have 5 chickens and they had just had a very muddy grumbly day, when we took a vote at tea time!



and would you know it, daisy was right - I was so eggsited as it was our first time we ever had all five birds lay! Mary made that lovely egg box lable ...



Daisy made this lable, and said Matty's Chicken looked like a goose ...



Matty said it didn't ...



but all the egg boxes look lovely, would anyone like some happy eggs?

Happy Christmas Blog Readers!

Thought you would like to see my tree, before it is raped and pillaged tomorrow! matty set up the cute nativity scene, apart from the angel who is a pole dancer as usual!

uncovering social history ...

i recently started attacking the very old wallpaper in the dining room, and found lots of cave paintings ...

now the slverfish are very angry as i have removed most of their vintage food-stuff, and started to fill in lots of their cracky-homes ...

no, its not a school room ....

it's my partly re-vamped dining room ...

and my 3 of my four girls love it ...

i also do interior designing ...

my kitchen was re-done last year and i still havent painted it, but i will soon as those blue walls just dont go! i am pretty sure i have found a good match for those tiles though, after bringing a few samples home from the local paint shop ...

steve bought a new jug filter recently, so thats why it doesn't match the walls or counter ... he bought it ! i had to have one as the other was over 9 years old not fitting together as well ....