Vintage Pleasure

Those Beds

Remember ages and ages ago I asked for your advice on these beds? You guys helped us chose the 'perfect' ones.Then I told you how it turned out they weren't so perfect after all? Well a few of you have been asking to see what we ended up with.

 

Again this is a terribly lit, night time shot taken after I suddenly remembered to grab the camera on the way upto bed!

I'm not sure if you can see but we got a pair of Tromsnes after seeing Shella's daughters' beautiful rooms.

 

This is an even worse night-time photo but I couldn't leave Kitty out. Josie always seem to hog the limelight around here.

We are really happy with them and the room does look lovely when it's tidy. It feels even better now we have finally received a refund for the first beds (2 months and lots of chasing later I might add)

I promise I'll try and get a better shot. I'm just a little busy getting ready for something quite exciting. Well to me anyway.I'll tell you more if it actually happens!

A Thursday Corner

I haven't done a corner of my home for ages. I have quite a few changes to share. It's just finding the right time and the right light. At the same time.

The top of the girls attic stairs is somewhere I've tried to photograph before.It's still a work in progress but the other night as I put the girls to bed I realised that the light was right.So I rushed down for the camera and snapped a few shots. I didn't have time to 'stage' the shot so please forgive the messy, unpainted bookcase.

 

It's the framed McCall paper dolls I wanted to share with you really. The lovely Eren sent them as part of a wonderful package way back in my early days of blogging. I have a vision that the whole stairwell will be covered in framed paper dolls.

 

Just time and pennies between that vision and I!

Start To Finish

I seem to spend alot of my time finishing jobs I started. Like the kitchen deep clean I started yesterday will be have some more work spent on it on thurs...probably. It's not because I don't have the commitment but because I have too many commitments. See how I did that? Play on words eh.

 Oh to have the luxury of enough time to be inspired and actually follow through.

 

Like the time to paint a picture then draw up a pattern and actually make what you had in your head. Luxury I tell you.

 

But I suppose when you are 14 it's easy to find the time.I mean what else is there to worry about apart from how your hair looks or if you have your PE kit ready? Lily doesn't have to worry about deep cleaning the kitchen now does she?!

Bench Monday :: 2

My waking thought this morning was I must deep clean the kitchen. Okay it wasn't really. Anyone who's know me will know my first thought every morning is 'I need a cup of tea!'

 

After I'd had my cuppa I realised that the kitchen was in a shocking state. Lots of entertaining and being outdoors lately. So I spent most of the day up and down this stool. At the end of the day do I have a gleaming kitchen? Umm...no...but I do have a very clean and organised kitchen dresser. I guess the rest of the kitchen will take the rest of the week!

Happy Father's Day

To all you Fathers out there.Hope you have had a great day.

 

To our own man of the moment.Thanks for being such a great dad. Thanks for sharing your love of adventure with our girls.  For showing them that nothing is too high, too deep, too fast, too wet or too cold to stop them having fun! Shame you can't convince me of the same!

Capturing Memories

I love how things can trigger memories. Smells, sights, sounds, tastes they all evoke feelings. Sometimes good, sometimes not so. For me today's date and it's proximity to Fathers Day always reminds me of one of the saddest times in my life.

 

:: Holiday bouquets from Josie

This year is even more poignant than most. I always knew my dad was very young when he died. Only 38. This year it has hit me just how young. Paddy is the same age now as he was and two of my girls are very similar in age to the age my sister and I were. It's made me think about how hard it must have been for my dad as he died. Dying with so many things in his life not done. So many dreams and aspirations never to be achieved. Dying with not knowing what would become of us. Dying knowing he wouldn't be there to take care of us. I could go on...

 

:: Family meals in the sun

I'd love for him to be able to see us now. My sister and I. His girls. To see how happy we are. How we are loved and able to love. To see our beautiful children. His grandchildren. To know that we came through okay.

 

:: Trying to get the dog to swim.

I wonder what memories he would have captured.I wonder if he would remember the camping trip he took Clare and I on? I wonder if he would remember when mum fell through the chair? Or going buying the smokey glass dining table set in the old mill that used to be behind Ashton Lyne Motors? I wonder.

 

:: The only photo that proves I was there on the family holiday to Scotland 2009.My feet.

I'm sure he would remember those and many more. Just like I remember those special moments my girls will maybe forget. I think that's my job. To capture the memories. People joke that I am the family treasure caretaker. Maybe I am in more ways than one. I just hope I'm here to bore them with my tales when they are grown with children of their own.

When The Sun Shines...

...her eyes do too.

 

In fact all our eyes do.

We seem to go from a blue-grey to a vivid light blue. Our summer colours I suppose.

Bench Monday :: 1

Hello there old friends. Sorry I've been neglecting you. Just been busy busy busy with life. Also the sun has been shining so much time has been enjoyed outdoors. I'll do a re-cap of the last few weeks over the next few days.

 

Until then I'll leave you with my first contribution to Bench Monday. I love this group for some reason. I mean people standing on benches sounds a bit odd really doesn't it? But I love how you get to see so much personality shining through. Umm...I wonder what my shot will say to people?

A Little House Work

Yep there's been a little house work going on around here.

 

We've cleaned the kitchen floor and re-arranged the dresser.

 

Even baked a cake. Then upstairs the bedroom has been given a deep clean.

 

Just need to find the perfect bedding and wallpaper.The wardrobe is being hand painted and should be ready soon.

 

The sitting room needs a little colour but it's good enough for now!

 

We even managed to start on the patio too!

 

Like I said we have been doing a little house work!

Tuesday Mornings

I love my tuesday mornings. Being a stay at home mum can be a lonely business sometimes. On a tuesday morning I know it's the one day in the week where I get some company. Adult girlie company. Time for tea and cakes and putting the world to rights.

 

Time to get out the fancy china and the cake plates.Fill the teapot.Stick a pretty table cloth on the table and gather round.

 

Normally I hate clearing the table after meals but not on a tues morning. On a tuesday morning those empty plates mean so much more. So much more.Thank you girls.

If any of you are ever in my neck of the woods on a tues morning please really do feel free to pop in.I can always find another tea-cup. I mean it.