At the weekend Mark’s parents came down from Glasgow for a weekend visit – we went to Zumbura, the Imperial War Museum and also Kew Gardens (more of that in tomorrow’s Friday Finds), it was a lovely weekend, but the best bit? Mark’s handyman dad, who knows everything about those annoying household problems you learn to…
Read MoreA match made in heaven…almost
One of the main concerns we had when moving into our flat was getting our freecycled sofa through the door and into our lounge. Now, we don’t exactly live in Buckingham Palace, so we knew we were going to have to be a bit savvy when manoeuvring it in… After taking the legs off and…
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One of the main things we loved about our new place was the painted floorboards. Both the kitchen and the lounge have lovely white painted boards which give the room a rustic feel, as well as brightening it up a bit. However, we can’t help but notice that our kitchen floor isn’t looking quite as…
Read MoreOur spidey senses are tingling…
We love our garden – we just don’t love the uninvited guests we have out there… We have what can only be described as an infestation of eight-legged friends. In this Indian summer we’re experiencing we’d ideally like to have some al fresco lunches, but we’re being scared back into the house – and we…
Read MoreAnnie Sloan paint workshop with Rigby & Mac
On Saturday we headed out to Dulwich to the Volcano Coffee Works Café for an Annie Sloan paint workshop hosted by Rigby & Mac and it was great! The workshop was hosted by the lovely Lucy who guided us through a range of various paint techniques from layering and manipulating to aging and distressing so…
Read MoreFinding a balance on Gumtree
We love a good old Gumtree find and on Wednesday night we bagged ourselves a bargain. We’ve been wanting a trunk for a while now and the search has taken us from Wandsworth (a rather rude salesman) to Brick Lane (overpriced and underwhelming). So when we spotted this wooden trunk on Gumtree for the measly…
Read MoreMonkeying around
Before Christmas David decided he wanted to make a patchwork quilt. Ideally, it would be a magic cape quilt, just like in Stepmom… but we’re sure he’d get some funny looks, so a grown-up quilt it is. Well, we use the term ‘grown-up’ loosely. Already, the fabric includes a clowder of cats, neon lights which say…
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