Tales from the Darkside: Black Walled Bedroom

Sep 11, 2011 | Master Bedroom | 14 comments

So as I hinted at in this post about black and dark grey rooms, I decided to take the plunge in one of the rooms in my home. That room, as you may have already guessed from the title of my post, is the bedroom. Now what I really want to emphasise is that I have a...

Before and After: Wallpapered Chest of Drawers

Sep 7, 2011 | Living Room | 18 comments

So I did a little refresh over the weekend involving some new hardware, a bit of paint and some wallpaper that I already had. A closeup of the handles Here’s the chest of drawers that got the treatment.  You might remember it previously from my dressing room. I...

Progress Report: White Painted Kitchen Cupboards (I’ve only been waiting a year for this)

Sep 5, 2011 | Kitchen | 14 comments

I’ve been dreaming of a white kitchen since the day we moved in.  If there was nothing else we would do, we were going to paint the cupboard doors.  Oh yes, yes we were.The reason I was so sure of this was because my lovely boyfriend, W, sprays cars...

Into The Night: Dramatic Black Rooms (and a POLL!)

Sep 1, 2011 | Stuff I Like | 6 comments

As I did my research for this blog post, something became dramatically clear.  Almost as dramatic as the rooms you’ll see below.  It appears that opinions are entirely split on painting a room black.Yes, I did say black.Niki JonesOr at the very least,...

24 Hour Party People: Anglo-American Extravagansa

Aug 24, 2011 | Dining Room | 9 comments

So we had a bit of a ‘knees up’ over the past weekend to celebrate the anniversary of my arrival here from the US to the UK a full 10 years ago.  It was a good excuse for a party, if only for the reason that we’d not really had a big one in our home...

Less Is More: Kitchen Counter Tops

Aug 17, 2011 | Kitchen | 10 comments

I’ve made a few little tweaks to the kitchen recently because I’m learning a few things about open shelving and I wanted to share them with you.And very simply, here’s what it boils down to.  You can have the most gorgeous kitchen in the world...