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    Snapshot: The living room – UPDATED

    16/09/2013 - By 

    I did a ‘snapshot’ post on the (slow) progress of our house renovations a few months ago, namely the amazing Charnwood woodburner and the living space. In the last few days we have started using the stove in the evenings and without a doubt, it is the best investment we…

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    London bound… have a good weekend

    15/08/2013 - By 

    We’re just loading up the car and heading off to London for a long weekend. We’ve got the husband’s oldest friend’s wedding at Kew Gardens on Friday, then a weekend of long brunches with more friends (the Haberdashery in Crouch End is our ‘go-to’ relaxed breakfast spot), a quick jaunt…

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    My new vintage winter coat

    25/11/2012 - By 

    Many moons ago, as an impoverished journalism student, I picked up a brown tweed coat in Greenwich Market for £10, and boy did I love it. Big chocolate brown buttons, nipped in waist, oversized collar and fantastically full, to the knee, silhouette. Alas, the lining tore, I was too poor…

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    A tale of two shops called Made

    14/11/2012 - By 

    I have, coincidently, made two purchases today from different shops called ‘Made’. The first was a new desk from Made.com. A proper grown-up writing desk that will be for the sole purpose of ‘me’ and ‘words’. I love it’s angular lines and slimline proportions versus the curves of our new…

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    Uncovering garden treasure

    12/04/2012 - By 

    So, a couple of posts ago I wrote about my lustings for a hammock for my tree-less garden. Well, that’s not strictly true. We did have to get a tree surgeon in to remove all six mature trees in various states of rot, decay and downright danger. I am always…