Lights! Curtains! Accents!

The pink accent wall in the den had been planned for a long time. I don’t count myself as being great with colour, but after a lot of holding things against other things I concluded that I could have a couple of furnishing accents in my current favourite colour teal. I found a great touch [...]

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Nearly a strike and a half

On Saturday we headed to London for bowling and food to celebrate Lauren’s birthday. Fortunately I double checked our train times in the morning, discovering that there were no trains going from our station, but there was a bus that would take us to Bromley three times slower than if we went by car. Strangely [...]

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This is not an apple

Though it kinda looks like one. No, this is a tomato with blight. You’ll have noticed that the vegetable patch was a bit neglected this year, everything running behind time and so lots of green tomatoes were still growing on the vines when the cool, damp weather came along, bringing with it the perfect conditions [...]

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7 Days: Day 7 – Eye’ll see you next time!

Hiding behind the peacock feathers I took from Helen’s wedding reception in Jersey – a shot inspired by one of Helen’s friends. I like to have these odd little mementos of events to go along with the photos and memories. And that’s another week done, thanks for joining in again, ladies and gents! The winter [...]

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7 Days: Day 6 – Queen of Flat-Pack Furniture

Another new piece for the den – the entertainment unit that houses my TV, PVR, DVD player and old skool VCR that may only be used for collecting dust. I put this bad boy together with just a little supervision from Dad (who has a masterful thumping hand for making things line up). (Side note: [...]

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7 Days: Day 5 – In the den

Yes, you all guessed right, it’s a photo in the new den. I don’t mean to be a tease, I will be revealing it properly, but there are things yet to do, such as put my DVDs back on the shelves, get the cover for the sofa, decide what’s going where … But for now, [...]

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7 Days: Day 4 – Clean at last

After another day hard at work putting together flat pack furniture for the den, I was decidedly sticky and dusty and looking forward to a shower. There are a few final touches to be made to the den and a lot of sorting through craft material and clothes to be done before they’re rehoused, but [...]

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7 Days: Day 3 – At the gym

I am now a gym person. I never believed I would be, but there’s a gym across the road from where I live, which has turned out to be perfect. The equipment I had always assumed would be impossible for me to use is now all part of my workout: the cross trainer, weights, cable [...]

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