We are near the end of the school year, the second school year in which we have had many disruptions and little or no routine. The second year in which sometimes just getting from one day of home schooling to the next has been an incredible challenge. The second year in which juggling everything became… Continue reading On Looking Back and Laughing
Ages and ages ago, having failed to finish at least three books in a row, I felt a bit low and switched from reading in the evenings to tv and crochet. Flicking throught Netflix, I saw that they had The Remains of the Day available. I remembered liking it when I saw it on TV… Continue reading Recent Reads I Loved
Well, that title is a bit of a mouthful, isn’t it? But you see I felt the need to share the fact that you do not have to a) break the bank, b) buy tat or c) risk exposing anyone to the Corona virus in the pursuit of the perfect Mothers’ day gift. For years… Continue reading How to have a Corona-friendly, eco-friendly, wallet-friendly, relationship-strengthening Mothers’ Day
All structure is gone. Schools and kindergartens have closed, re-opening only after the Easter holidays. Music lessons have been called off. Sunday mass and religious ceremonies have been cancelled. Even the First Holy Communion has been postponed indefinitely. Those children will remember this year no doubt. Last Wednesday afternoon the strangeness began. Alsace in France… Continue reading All Structure is Gone
Because of living abroad, I have many friends who have never been to my home and sometimes I forget how much a home says about a person. For those who follow my instagram interiors account @make_mine_eclectic, you will know my home by now and have a reasonable idea of my style and what interests me.… Continue reading A New Way of Reading
On holidays last Summer my mind was buzzing with travel posts to write on our return. We were on a roadtrip through western Europe, travelling through Germany, Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium and northern France. For the first time ever, we were having a sort of themed holiday, not just a getaway. The Bavarian wanted to spend… Continue reading All the things I wanted to write
[The following is a collaborative post. Words and photos are my own. ] If you are following me on Instagram or have met in real life in the past two weeks, you’ll know that flooring is a hot topic in our house right now. The mismatched laminate laid by the previous owners was past its… Continue reading Notes on Flooring
A couple of months back we were approached by a furniture company called pib asking us if we’d like to review a piece from their collection. Having put a fair amount of work into our home over the past number of years, we are finally getting to a stage where it feels like things are coming together… Continue reading Edward Scandinavian Steps: A Review
By know you know me pretty well, I reckon. Its been four years since I started this blog and in that time I have been blogging purely about matters that interest me – books, crafts, interiors, diy and family life. Four years on, the ratios have changed, the photos have improved and the frequency of… Continue reading Mad About The {House} Book
You don’t know how it will end, your day, when you begin it, do you? You think you do. You have a fair idea. Plans are made, or not made, and you have a rough idea. During term time the routine is there to give a sense of sameness, of structure and security. Not much… Continue reading You Don’t Know
