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I've been slowly decorating our rented house...here's a few little peeks

 Pretty baskets and plants in the kitchen

This framed card I bought from the shop in the Royal Exchange in Manchester

 Made these pom poms with my sisters when it was my birthday last month and I can't take them down!

 This plant is growing well here

 My little sister Jen made this awesome pin board for our kitchen - poster is from my trip to Paris

 This is a poster I picked up at Oklahoma in Manchester in a lack Ikea frame

 Recycled wool throw from the gift shop at Tatton Park and a cushion I made from an old H&M dress

 Cards and wool on the old map chest I salvaged from a skip and painted cream

 Little birds everywhere! Painting behind is by Tom's Dad Paul Mills

 Old London transport posters from my Grandparents house

 Little metal duck! and Tinga tinga paintings from my trip to Tanzania live on the mantle

 My grandmother's blue pots with little dried flowers

Really looking forward to getting on with the garden this bank holiday weekend :)

Jo

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Diamond Jubilee baking

Back at home in Suffolk this weekend for the Diamond Jubilee festivities! We are off to a street party this afternoon and taking along these cupcakes made by my sister Jen using the weebirdy.com cake toppers! http://www.weebirdy.com/2012/05/free-printables-jubilee-cupcake-toppers-and-cake-banners.html

A little DIY

When Tom and I moved into our first flat together in Whalley Range we had VERY little furniture ... for quite some time! It was like camping, but very cosy camping, in a lovely one bedroomed ground floor flat with a pretty garden. Over time we have been given enough furniture by friends and family to fill a two bed terrace house! My mum gave us this chair which was one of the first items my parents bought for their first 'proper home'. As with most if the furniture we have been given it needed a little work to restyle it. The cushions had lost alot of stuffing and the fabric was pretty worn.
I took the chair apart and spent a couple of days sanding and stripping the wood back. Once the legs were sorted I measured the cushion seats and made new covers for them with some Harris tweed I had left from another project. I used velcro strips to secure the cushions in place as putting proper zips in seemed a wee bit fiddly - I don't think my sewing skills quite extend to upholstery yet!



I'm quite happy with how it turned out. I think I will varnish the legs with a bit more matt finish varnish in the spring but for now I have dressed it up with my red Masai blanket and a white cushion to make it look a bit festive!

Jo