God Jul! (That's Swedish for Merry Christmas!)

 I love these glass tree ornaments available from Ikea!

They go perfectly with my 'Christmas look!' (check out my 'Christmas house' here and here)

I'm so excited at the prospect of decorating this year.  Not only is it Sophie's first Christmas but I never got my beautiful decorations out last year due to being so heavily pregnant!

From the reaction we got when we decorated for Halloween this year I think Sophie is going to love Christmas as much as Mummy!

Lots of Love xxxx

Around The House - Part One

Before Sophie was born I may have mentioned improvements we were doing around the house (so much so you were probably all thoroughly bored!)

I thought as you all suffered the dull posts (or just lack of them!) that I would finally get on and share some pictures of the finished results with you!

Back in November I promised to share some photos of our new bedroom with you so it would seem appropriate that I start there
I only have one 'before' photo (sorry) I still like the pink, cream and brown that inspired Victoria and I to refer to it as the 'Neapolitan' room, but was also happy to have a change (and let James have some input!)


James wanted purple and although Its a colour I would usually be a bit scared of we decided to just go for it!
So 3 days and a professional decorator later.........

Voila!

We chose new accessories to complement the bold colours. I just love the curtains and the fabby chair! (a total bargain at £60 from TK Maxx!)
We are really pleased with the result!

What do you think?

Next week, the bathroom and the nursery!
Have a great weekeknd

Lots of Love

xxxx

A Room Of Our Own!

James and I have spent a lot of time preparing for the arrival of our little girl, we have decorated, cleaned, ruthlessly cleared out (mainly me!), fixed and adorned the house!
We are happy with the results and are as ready as we will ever be for our arrival!
(I may even give you all a tour soon!)
We chose to live in my house but during the last few months have amalgamated and combined tastes (and compromised!) and made our family home.



The only room we hadn't changed at all was our bedroom.
The thought of completely decorating was far too much to contemplate for us but I couldn't help feeling that we should have a bedroom that we had chosen together!

Then a friend told me that she had just had her house decorated professionally and was really pleased with the results!
When I mentioned it to James he was just as enthusiastic as me!

I know paying a decorator may seem a bit extravagant but we couldn't take any more on, and having done it I have to admit I would do it again in a heartbeat!!!

So after 2 days (where we didn't have to lift a finger!) we had a beautiful, professionally finished bedroom! (seriously it was like magic!)

I'm going to be mean and make you wait till next week before I reveal all as we are waiting for delivery of a few finishing touches!
I'm not so mean as to not give you a sneak preview of one of the paint colours though!


James chose 'forest fruits', a far cry from my usual choice of pastels!
I love it!!!
What do you think?

Lots of Love

xxxx

The Kitchen - A good start!

Well before the wedding I had planned to re vamp the kitchen, I bought all of the necessaries (which are piled up behind the sofa!) and then it all went by the wayside.....until now!

We are really getting to grips with the house, doing all those jobs, and finishing touches that you just stop noticing after a while (or they will drive you nuts!)
This weekend we are going to try to get the kitchen done and I'm really excited!

I thought I'd share a the 'before' photos with you today, ready to reveal the finished article with you!

I put this kitchen in about 3 years ago now and am still happy with my choice of off white cabinet with butchers block surfaces, I'm so glad I picked something classic and adaptable!
With such a small kitchen I have always kept it really light and, despite the re vamp, I do actually still like everything about it! I just felt that it was a little 'flat' and wanted to inject a little more colour and interest!
(oh and have a proper light, not a bare bulb!)




Pop back next week to see the new, (hopefully) improved version!!!

Have a good weekend everyone! Wish me luck!!!

Lots of Love



xxxx