Downsizing!! 

this word fills most people with dread of shoe box sized living...

but thats exactly it..i've just moved from a farmhouse to a tiny cottage..

i won't say it isn't difficult to begin with, i didn't realise just how many books we have between us until they were all in one place!!

(only joking-that isn't our house really :)

and who needs 19 vintage suitcases! apparently me...

so here's a few inventive uses for a stash of too beautiful to part with vintage suitcases

    

 but on the up side I finally feel i am living without a clod hopper steel toe capped size carbon footprint, which is important to me.

my biggest grumble on week 3 of the downsizing house move is...

 its difficult to find a quiet place that someone else hasn't already found...

so i guess i'll have to practice being a little more social!

vintage love & remember to breathe xx

Don't you just love carboot and table top sales!!

where else could you find a little shelf unit for £5

Time to clean, sand, paint (4 coats) distress and beeswax!

Then she'll be ready to come with me the next MK event in June

Happy half term hols everyone!

Its nearly MK!

for all you vintage lovers its the must visit show with over 100 stalls and totally Free entry..

first weekend in March

i'll be taking furniture this time...& lots of :)

This weeks restoration mission.... 7 lloyds loom laundry bins

all  different shapes and sizes, covered in vintage & cath kidston fabrics

& priced from £15

When you arent't working remember to take time to..

enjoy the slightly longer days,

remember to breathe, look at the sky & believe you can do anything!



If things aren't going exactly to plan...

hold tight....

and adjust your sails once its all over ready for the next adventure.

Busy painting for MK event in March

5 shelf units now ready to go...this one is £45

  and decoupaged letters 'joy' is £9

january waffle on....

cannot believe christmas is over....

such an anti climax in my house once the decs are down

then a new adventure unfolds...

auction job lot of furniture just been delivered
 and now transforming into shabby chic heaven for MK event in March

watch this space for more pics....

chairs £15 each

(i use one similar to these as a bedside table!)

farrow and ball paint

vintage or cath kidston fabric

chest of drawers £55

farrow & barrow french grey

Christmas and New year decorations should be kitsch in my opinion.

and as you can see from my fav photos I live by this statement to the letter!

and in the words of Nigella Lawson...

"i'm on the train to naff central station and i'm not getting off any time soon" 

have a fantastically magical start to 2013

vintage love xx

Its officially christmas in my house as the tree has arrived!

sounds posh..like i have a tree delivery service doesnt it...but no

what actually happened is the lovely garden centre man took pity on me trying to squeeze my large tree into a small car so offered to drop it off for me in the van...for free I might add..the lovely man even stood holding trees upright so i could see every angle as I'm a very picky tree buying customer..and I get so excited at the meer sight of a christmas tree that i buy a tree that not only will not fit in my car... 

it probably won't fit in my house!

ooh i do love christmas :)

vintage love xxx