A House in the Country
Regular readers will know by now that my ideal next home will be a barn conversion nestled in the North Norfolk countryside. A barn because it is the perfect combination of character features,...
View ArticleA Garden Room of One’s Own
It’s at this time of year particularly, that I wish I had a garden room. Nothing as grand as a conservatory. Just a small corner tucked away, with plenty of light, warmed by the spring sunshine and...
View Article#UKHomeBlogHop – My Summer Style
Welcome to the second UK Home Blog Hop organised by the oh, so stylish Kimberly of Swoonworthy Blog. The first Blog Hop was in December and all of the participating bloggers did themselves proud...
View ArticleVintage Garden Style at Out There Interiors
Confession time. We’ve recently cleared a lot of unwanted ‘stuff’ out of the garage and the big empty space is giving me ideas. There’s no likelihood of a car ever going in there – see my last post –...
View ArticleWatching My Garden Slowly But Surely Grow
Whenever I’ve written about the garden at home, so far I’ve concentrated on the hard landscaping and the styling. I’ve really enjoyed starting a garden from scratch. And although it was daunting at...
View ArticleWest Sweden: Lidköping, Läckö Castle and Anna Elzer Oscarsson
Day 3 of my recent trip to Sweden was probably my favourite. Leaving beautiful Bjertorp Castle behind we travelled to the porcelain town of Lidköping where a visit to the Rörstrand Museum is a must....
View ArticleMy Home – Planning The Last Phase of the Garden
This is going to be the year of the garden. I’ve decided it’s high time it was finished. We’ve been chipping away at the hard landscaping for three summers now and what with one thing (hell, we bought...
View ArticleESSENTIAL JOBS TO GET THE GARDEN READY FOR SUMMER
We seem to have been catapulted straight from winter to summer. That’s the way it seems to me anyway. Just over a week ago I left a dreary UK for a week in the sun, and arrived back to sunshine, heat...
View Article10 of the Best Hanging Garden Swing Seats
Well, the sun truly had his hat on at the weekend. And now that summer is finally here and there is another Bank Holiday weekend looming, don’t you think it’s time you sorted out the garden seating?...
View ArticleMy Home – The Landscaped Garden Final Reveal
I say final reveal, but I know in my heart that a garden is never going to be finished. So this is the final reveal of all the hard landscaping. That really is something we won’t be doing again. It’s...
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