When most ordinary people were sleeping this morning, you could have found me standing on a chair in my kitchen, sorting out my wine rack. At 5 in the morning? I hear you shout. Well don’t be phoning alcoholics anonymous on me. There was no wine in there. Oh no. Our house is not conventional…
When you own your property, you want to put your personal stamp on it to reflect your personal tastes. Only when you take this step do you truly feel like your abode is yours. When not doing so, the home reflects some of what the previous owner(s) enjoyed and will never feel right or comfortable….
It is never too early to think about Christmas decorations. The sooner you start looking the more inspired you will be. This is especially the case when it comes to decorating your tree. In most homes, it is the centrepiece. Provided you get it looking right, the rest pretty much falls into place. Bright garlands…
I’ve always loved cream as a colour for interiors. When I moved into my own little house some years ago, the living room was just a sea of cream with some nice little accent colours to break up the neutral. I had a cream fabric sofa, a beautiful fire place, cream tables (many of which…
We first thought about moving to the farm in early 2012. Hubster’s father had passed away and, with the cattle, it was safer for us to be on site. We originally thought we would build a small bungalow at the farm for us to live in but, with it being classed as greenbelt, the council…
I love gadgets. Especially kitchen gadgets. Anything that promises to make my life easier is a temptation for me. Over the years I’ve had food processors, liquidisers (until Hubster used the jug for diesel-know!, ice cream makers, soup makers, waffle makers. There really is no hope. I asked a group of farmer’s wives what their…
Living in a rural location can be both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, you have an unparalleled level of privacy, a constant reminder of the beauty of nature, and an escape from the human zoo of urban living; however, not everything is idyllic as one may first assume if you lived in…
I have wanted a stag head in my home for ages. Long before they came into fashion. There is something about a stag’s head, mounted on the wall that screams country home. As a modern farmer, it seems Hubster is not so much the bounty hunter that he may have been if we had been…
I love having a nosey into other people’s homes. I can’t imagine anyone not wanting to have a snoop. If there is one place in most homes which says a lot about a person though, it is the kitchen table. You eat, drink and be merry around the kitchen table and it really is the…
Our farmhouse is old. We don’t know how old. We think 16th century but we are yet to have this confirmed. When we started dating, the farmer, (knowing I loved Tudor history) told me Oliver Cromwell had stayed here and that you could still see the holes in one side of the house from where…
