We went shopping on Saturday… we were looking for some fireplace stuff, but ended up with two amazing fenders (I’m going to save the final reveal until we’ve finished the room, but they’re droolingly beautiful, I promise), two coal boxes, and a bone and bamboo mah jong set that only cost £15 which we think [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Spending Money Like There’s No Tomorrow
Posted in Photographs, tagged fireplace, second-hand, the flat on 31 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Better Living Through Chemicals
Posted in Photographs, tagged DIY, the flat on 25 August, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Didn’t have a lot of time to do much work this weekend because we had *gasp* a social life!
But I did manage to (simultaneously) strip the oh-so-attractive faux marble paint off the mantlepiece and (I’m going to have to sit down for this one, it’s so heavenly Victorian) blacked the grate!
Some utilitarian photos..
..and an arty [...]
her space/my space
Posted in Photographs, her space/my space, tagged Edward Gorey, her space/my space on 25 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
W
Edward Gorey is my favourite artist in the whole wide world, so I can think of no better W than Winnie from the Gashlycrumb TInies which has pride of place in my living room.
Progress, palpable progress.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged flat, recycling on 22 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The chimney sweep came today and uncovered two marvelous fireplaces!
..everyone has been investigating the new toys.
Now I get to go play on the Internet and look at things that make logs out of paper, heaven knows we have enough shredding to get rid of!
Does anyone have a marshmallow?
Never in the history of the entire world…
Posted in Green Stuff on 11 August, 2008 | 3 Comments »
…has something like this happened.
Yes indeed, this is the incontrovertible proof that sometimes, just sometimes the bias binding runs out three inches after you finish binding a project.
The project in question is a furoshiki which is a really nifty Japanese technique for wrapping things in squares of fabric. This is good for several reasons, it’s [...]
her space/my space
Posted in her space/my space on 11 August, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Leaves
I found this in a pot of bay leaves a few years ago, I can’t bring myself to get rid of it.
Phone Photos
Posted in Phone Photos, Photographs on 5 August, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing the theme of phone photos, here’s one I took at 5pm on my way home from work. You’d think they’d give her a pinny, or at least some sensible footwear!
Dead Fish
Posted in Phone Photos, Photographs on 3 August, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Not a lot to report here, the usual stripping and sanding continues apace. The charity shop bargain dress that I got a few weekends ago is getting more and more expensive as I have to buy and make things to go with it. The latest project is a slip, as it’s completely see-through and the [...]
