My mid-century living room ~ making retro artwork
Ever since I framed up a selection Christmas quotes and hung them on my living room walls during the festive period, I’ve been thinking ahead
Ever since I framed up a selection Christmas quotes and hung them on my living room walls during the festive period, I’ve been thinking ahead
You won’t believe it but I’ve already been out and about in the ‘fresh air’ this morning for a walk in a frosty winter wonderland.
Patient: “Doctor, doctor, I feel like a pair of curtains”, Doctor: “Pull yourself together”. So today I’m sharing my latest sewing achievement in my little vintage
It’s raining. It’s cold. The mornings are dark. And there is condensation on my windows. Yes, I think I can officially claim that it is
This week I have made great inroads into using the caravan for its intended purpose as a workshop space – I have made a table.
Those of you who have been reading my blog for a little while will know that a few months ago I bought a caravan! While
Okay this might not be the most interesting subject of a blog post, but it is part of my vintage caravan makeover, so I’ve snapped some photos
You may have noticed in my last blog post about the caravan that there was a roll of carpet plonked in the middle of my seating area. And the even-more eagle eyed of you will have noticed that I’ve painted my inner wheel-arch cover with a dark pink shade. This was in preparation for laying the carpet!
I’ve decided to go for a little ‘design feature’ on one of the walls of my little caravan. I want to wallpaper one wall to
The phrase ‘vintage modern’ has been floating around the vernacular for the last few years, but what exactly does it mean? And how can you achieve the look in your own home?
If you’ve not already read about my new caravan workshop project, please have a read of how I came across my little caravan (and all about
I am starting my new caravan makeover project with a clear out. If you didn’t see my first blog post about my new caravan please
I thought I’d share a few photos of what I got up to last weekend because I was lucky enough to be treated to a day out at the seaside.
Have you noticed that a lot of charity shops are now allocating a good portion of their display space to stocking vintage items? I’ve been
As you know, I’m a thrifty kinda gal and don’t like to buy a whole new wardrobe each season when sometimes just a few key
After putting up my retro pattern wallpaper, I thought I had nearly completed my retro 60s/70s-inspired living room, but I don’t think I’ll ever really be
You may remember that I wrote a blog post last week about this vintage pattern by Simplicity that I found whilst rummaging in my local charity
You may remember this blog post that I wrote when I found my first record box from the vintage vinyl fair at Southwold last year. I
You may remember that I was contemplating a rather massive decision at the start of the year – which wallpaper to use to finish off
Having nearly finished my retro-inspired makeover of my living, I am now looking at the other rooms in my home to see which needs attention
I hope you remember that, for most of last year, I have been working on the decor of my living-room of my new home, and
Now that I am at the stage of adding the finishing touches to my retro living room, my attention has turned to lighting and I
As you probably know by now, I am slowly but surely funking up my living room to create a kitsch 50s/60s/70s look and, as Lego
I am pleased to say that I’ve got another freebie for my retro living room design project – an armchair that was on its way
As many of you know, I’m collecting together a few pieces of furniture, amazing art and lovely soft furnishings to create a retro-inspired, if a
At a record fair that I went to recently, I was browsing the music when the record boxes caught my eye – there were a couple
I saw this funky retro-inspired photograph when I was recently browsing on artist Mable Tan’s website Happee Monkee and instantly knew it would be perfect for my
As you probably already know about me, I’m quite thrifty and I like to get a bargain but this one takes the biscuit – I
This past weekend I took a trip to Southwold and luckily enough I stumbled upon a lovely vintage fair that was being held along the
I really love this close-up image of an old Ross Ensign camera in its battered leather case – taken by Alex Clarke with a Canon EOS
It is just me, or does everyone think that bowling shoes are simply the most comfortable shoes they’ve ever worn? On more than one occasion I’ve
I’ve just been given a new bike! Well, I say new, but what I mean is, new to me – it’s actually a very old bicycle that’s
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