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Michelle
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2012-03-21
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Latest Blog Posts
- Decking day deuxWe’re pretty much done with the decking already! The men started early, about 7.30, and started putting the decking boards onto the frame they’d built the day before. They also built the path back up so we didn’t fall into ̷...
- A deck aboveDay one of the decking – the frame is in, hurray! I wasn’t sure the poor men would come this morning because it was raining so hard, but turn up they did, and worked through until the sun shone later … Continue reading →...
- Deck ahoy!I’m a terrible blogger at the moment, my little baby is taking all my time, but I don’t mind! We’ve added a couple of bits to the nursery which I need to photograph, and in the meantime, Barry’s organised someone … Con...
- Introducing ScarlettThe last two weeks have flown by! I am most delighted to introduce you all to my daughter, Scarlett, who was born on 21st February after a surprise induction and scarily quick labour! She’s the best thing since sliced bread.
- StoolWell, the baby hasn’t arrived yet (only a week and a half to go to due date!). In the meantime, I’ve been finishing off the upholstery side of the rocking stool that came with our nursing chair from my lovely … Continue reading &#...
- More cushionson Feb 6, 2013 in Nursery chair cushion decorate decorating home house nursing chair recover reupholster reupholstery sew sewing tabsI’ve just finished the back cushion for the nursing chair. I sewed it much the same as the seat cushion, except it was much thinner, so I managed to sew the fourth side closed, rather than having to use velcro … Continue reading →...
- Nursery accessoriesHad a quick shop for a couple of bits for the nursery – we’ve bought this lovely little pendant birdcage light from Argos, and I ummed and ahhed about getting the matching table lamp but we’ve decided not to for … Continue rea...
- Fixing up the chairFollowing on from my post about the nursing chair, we collected the 5m of lovely velvety grey fabric that I bought from eBay (finally, a purchase that’s gone right!), and it came in a huge roll that seems a bit … Continue reading →...
- Not so picture perfectI’ve been hard at work turning a couple of old pictures and mirrors into pieces that will match our shiny new nursery. I don’t want too many different colours going on, so with the pink and grey walls and white … Continue reading...
- Preparing the chairon Jan 23, 2013 in Nursery chair decorate decorating home house nursing chair paint preparation primer reupholster sand varnishOK, so I’m delaying things until I get paid, but in the meantime I’ve got one book from the library about reupholstering to look at (which I haven’t yet actually opened), I’ve ordered the foam to replace in the arm … Con...
- Chair fabricson Jan 18, 2013 in Nursery chair decorate decorating fabric grey home house material nursing reupholster reupholstery sample sew sewing sewing machine upholsteryThese are the three fabric samples I ordered for the nursing chair. The bottom one’s very much like the fabric on our sofa at the moment, a slate grey, and the top one doesn’t look as nice in real life … Continue reading →...
- Nursery done!The nursery’s now been painted, hurrah! In the end we went for Sorbet (Dulux) on two walls, which is a pale pink, and then B&Q’s Grey Hints for the rest of the room. When the decorator was painting the grey, … Continue readi...
- Reupholsteringon Jan 10, 2013 in Nursery chair decorate decorating expensive fabric home house material nursery nursing char reupholstery rocking chair sewing upholsteryWe’ve very kindly been given a nursing chair by my friend Helen, but as it doesn’t fit in with the room (that sounds very fancy pants!) and it’s a little bit worn, we thought it might be nice to see … Continue reading →...
- Pinks and greysWe’ve been trying out colours for the nursery in line with the inspiring photo I found and mentioned in this post a little while ago. This is as far as we’ve got, but I still think the greys are a … Continue reading →...
- Uniformly Christmason Dec 24, 2012 in Holiday Living room bauble christmas decorating decorations home house merry treeBarry and I have been talking this week about Christmas decorations. For a few years now, we’ve hauled the same stuff from under the bed to go on the tree, and that stuff is all red and silver. Barry tried … Continue reading →...
- Oh, Christmas treeon Dec 9, 2012 in Living room Sewing decorating house home sew christmas crosstitch cross stitch booties make made homemade presents treeHas everyone got their Christmas decorations up yet? I spent Friday night doing that and wrapping presents. Not all of the presents – I have a threshold – I managed about half and now I’ll have to wait another week … Conti...
- The neverending tale of the black wall has an endFinally! We’ve had a decorator in for the last few days to paint the black wall that has been looking at me since we half painted it in, erm, well, embarrassingly… March. Time flies! Here’s a reminder of how the … Continue r...
- Nursery furniture upThe nursery furniture’s now up! It’s lovely to see the cot waiting for the baby to come, it’s definitely feeling more real. We’ve been leaving the door to the nursery open so we can peek in because it’s making us sm...
- Nursery inspirationon Nov 27, 2012 in Baby Nursery baby chair decorating DIY dye furniture home house nursery paint re-upholster upholster upholsterySource: projectnursery.com via Michelle on Pinterest I had a look round a lot of websites for inspiration on nursery themes and colours, and this was by far our favourite, from Project Nursery. The soft pink and grey is really soothing … Contin...
- Nursery furnitureThe nursery furniture’s just arrived and is currently a work in progress. I’ll show you the Mamas and Papas promotional shots and I’ll upload our photos as soon as we have everything together. This one on the left is of … Co...
