There is something really satisfying about gettinghome on a cold frosty evening and being able draw the curtains and get snuggly warm in the house. The amount of cold that comes off windows, even with nsulated double glazing is immense. This is why it is […]
We watch tv all the time and for the most part, the mix of commercial tv stations and the national licence funded corporation works wells. The adverts on commercial stations are pretty intrusive and you can gauge how long you’ve been sat watching, if the […]
We have certainly found ourselves in the thick of the hottest and driest period in twelve months. This does seem to be the regular pattern nowadays – all those years of having rainy, unwelcoming days by the sea are well and truly over. Climate change […]
We have many different retail outlets in each town and sometimes it can feel that each shopping area is really the same as each other. So we try to find the individual items that stand out and make you recognise the brand from all the […]
I am just getting tot he time of year when I ecdide that the winter draps of darkish blues ad greens are ready for changing. I’ve done this every season since moving ito this house some twenty or so years ago. There is something truly […]
Oh gosh how to keep warm in the depth of winter. I have to own that I live in a very nice comfortable centrally heated house. No problem there. It’s when I visit family who don’t live in the same modern way. I’m currently […]
I do love the colours of the winter. Dark greens and reds always set a room off and these reflect the changing seasons outside. I have one tree in the back garden that looks really unexciting when denuded of leaf, however, come the early autumn […]
Just as the summer has slowly drifted away, we may be getting geared up for the autumn and winter seasons to come upon us. I personally love autumn. Perhaps because my birthday falls then. When we were still at school, I always like walking through […]
Country living is very much the way of newly ‘arrived’ families to make it kown they are success and have thus arrived. so they can show off their new country decor and furnishing. . . Being seen out with the Barbour coat & boots. For […]
I have been taking an interest in the subject of window blinds and matching curtains. I have a large bay window and since moving in I have utilised a flexible plastic curtain rail which has been bent and fixed into place. The curtains had to […]
