My walls are in a bit of a catch-22 at the moment. Technically, my walls are not in any catch-22 since they are firstly inanimate objects and secondly they are walls and they support things (roofs, plaster, pictures etc), so remaining standing and supporting things are pretty much all they need to do; I am [...]
Posts Tagged ‘living’
Want: Gallery Hanging System
Posted in The House, Want?, tagged bedroom, hallway, living, plans, studio, study on April 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Well shagged
Posted in The House, tagged Interior, living, Progress on July 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As a reward for my recent industriousness, I decided to treat myself to an item on my not-so-little list of things to buy, a grey shag rug: Although it will be making my lounge look shagalicious for now, I want this rug to (eventually) have in my bedroom. I have dreams of getting out of [...]
Don’t forget to vote…
Posted in The House, tagged freecycling, living, Progress, random on April 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Being a home owner who firmly believes in autonomy, independence and loves to celebrate the luxury of choice granted to her by accident of birth, geography, race, ethnicity, time and etc; having a say in choosing anything to do with my house is a rare and precious opportunity – don’t let it go to waste. [...]
In which we learn how to be a live food lover
Posted in Recipes, tagged living, random on March 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
…in a purely platonic way. Amongst all the other cooking classics I now have on my shelves, is one that deserves a special post: I treasure this book not the least for its recipe entitled Brown Brotherhood Soup – dried figs blended with water. I am not sure how that breakfast soup is built on [...]
The gentle art of juxtaposition
Posted in The House, tagged living, Progress on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Now that my stock of recipe books has increased significantly, I have had to address the issue of where to place them. Do I keep them all together, organise them by themes or mix them into those I already possess? I am particularly concerned to discover that DIY Dad has also passed on to me [...]
The Marchioness of…?
Posted in The House, tagged living, Progress on March 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A extremely large and extremely heavy box arrived chez moi tonight. It was delivered courtesy of the DIY Dad post and contains all my mum’s cooking books (plus a couple of my own childhood ones). The cooking books are technically both mine and my sisters, however I have been granted sole custodianship while little blister [...]
Expedelicious
Posted in The House, tagged expedit, living, Progress, study on February 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last weekend I finally cacked and gave into my urge to purchase more expedits from that great home of not-necessarily-sustainable-but-certainly-very-affordable furniture that is ikea. I still had boxes of books for the living area, including all my recipe books, plus the office/study hadn’t improved from this: I had a small metre to wheel my chair [...]
Actually it’s “budgetary constraints are the mother of invention”
Posted in DIY, The House, tagged garden, Interior, living, Progress on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now that I have been in the house for what seems like forever but is actually only about 6 weeks, the honeymoon is over and the reality has set in. Along the way there have been some fun moments of realisation – like when I decided to bake a banana cake from scratch to use [...]
A question of priorities
Posted in The House, tagged living, Progress on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes there are more important things than a lack of storage…like a lack of cushions, for example. A scarcity of cushions is like a scarcity of wineglasses. Yes, you can do without them but why would you if you had the option? Only good things can come of a household that possesses cushions (and wineglasses): [...]
Storage dreams
Posted in The House, tagged Interior, living, Progress, storage, study on September 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I can’t believe how caught up on home furniture and storage at the moment – admittedly I do have a box problem, but seriously!!!!! …although I may have an excuse as I think I may be developing an allergy to carboad boxes. Maybe not an actual “makes me sneezy” and/or a “cart me off to [...]
