Tag: decorate
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An Australian Christmas menu…
We recently hosted 17 adults and 9 babies for a Christmas lunch, the perfect way to road-test a new house (especially the kitchen!). The secret to it running smoothly… good preparation (and a kitchen with plenty of bench space and a big oven!). Here’s the menu …
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Hot cross buns and Easter eggs…
What would you say if asked what Easter smelled like? I would say hot cross buns… I’ll have to confess our house has been smelling like Easter a lot lately (but more about that later). If asked this same question when I was younger I would have said rosemary (not the distinct perfume of a…
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I’ve been decorating again… I have an obsession with vinyl wall stickers
It’s time to spill the beans… I’m addicted to vinyl wall stickers! There, it’s out. Not that it’s been an easy obsession to hide… you try hiding a 1.5m x 1m black bicycle on your hallway wall, four green lace heats, and a turquoise elephant – it’s challenging! It all started with Heidi’s nursery. The…
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A birch tree bunting for the new baby
This birch tree trunk has accompanied us on two house moves…destined to be put to good use ‘one-day’… That day has now finally arrived. And my husband is thrilled. It was clogging up his garage, apparently. I have used it as the centre-piece to our new daughter’s nursery (due to arrive in 8 days time).
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Heidi’s new nursery – ‘put a bird on it’
When I first did a post on Heidi’s nursery (very close to a year ago, when she was born) I kept mentioning it was her temporary nursery because we were renting at the time (and the walls were a very vibrant blue which I hated). Until we had moved into the house we were building…
Hey Bernice! 