A few months ago I wrote a post about how I was unsure of how to pull Number Three’s bedroom together. There was a huge mix of colour in there. Being the third boy, he had a room full of hand-me-downs with a smattering of presents he had been given. Thanks to you, my lovely… Continue reading Number Three’s Bedroom Update
This year we are spending Halloween with friends, so I’m not too bothered about decorating the house. The boys, however, didn’t want to miss out on carving pumpkins, and so we took a trip to a local pumpkin farm to buy a couple. As the children and I browsed the huge selection and tried to… Continue reading An Autumnal Windowsill, featuring A LOT of Pumpkins
Several months ago I wrote a post about my two restoration projects for Number Three’s birthday. Unfortunately only one of them, the rocking horse, was completed in time. The other, the little old-fashioned shop, remains in the garage and makes my conscience cringe with guilt every time I see it sitting there unfinished. Bad mother,… Continue reading Toy Grocery Shop Restoration Project
Chalkboards are in, apparently. I didn’t really realise this. Since we moved into our house five years ago I have wanted to paint one on the kitchen wall. But The Bavarian wasn’t so keen. I still bought the paint and I renovated two old blackboards, one for the kids and one to hang in the… Continue reading My Long-Awaited Kitchen Blackboard
You may or may not already know of my love of bringing new life to old furniture. Sometimes I take it to extremes, taking something that really doesn’t have a lot of potential, hidden beauty or any other redeeming features and making something out of it. The Bavarian despairs of me when I refuse to… Continue reading Coat Rail Makeover with Mini Door Knobs
Recently I started volunteering a bit more at Number One’s primary school. Today was my first day lending a helping hand in the classroom and do you know what, I actually learned something. I know they say you learn something new every day and I know I do almost every day. But being back in… Continue reading Making an Autumn Wreath and A Centrepiece
There are many downsides to being an emigrant but I am the kind of person who finds it easier to look on the bright side. One of the things I enjoy most about my life abroad is that it allows me to have a garden full of fruit without an awful lot of effort. The… Continue reading My German Garden
Back in May, I announced my intention to renovate a shabby, wobbly old nag of a rocking horse as a present for Number Three’s first birthday. I was full of inspiration and enthusiasm and had a baby who slept for about 90 minutes mid-morning, so I got off to a good start. But in mid-July,… Continue reading Horsey, horsey, don’t you stop….
For my mother’s birthday, my sister and I treated her to a stay at Monart Spa in Co.Wexford, Ireland. The plan was to have a relaxing break away. We got to leve our own children at home, but treated our mother to a night with hers. Well, her daughters at least. With me living in a… Continue reading Inspired at Monart
A couple of months ago we moved Number Three from his Baby Bay at the side of our bed into his own bedroom next door. I say his own bedroom but in reality it is the bedroom that Number Two moved out of last September when we bought bunks for Number One’s bedroom. The idea… Continue reading A Bedroom for Number Three
