Author Archives: rachel

I made some progress! I think I have started to see just a little light at the end of the ‘constant breastfeeding and never-ending baby and small child wrangling’ tunnel. For the last two Sundays I have occupied myself during … Continue reading →

I am a guest writer on the rather wonderfully named Dormouse and the teapot blog, writing about my grandmother’s teaset. You might have spied it on the shelves of our dresser in the front room. Well, here it is on … Continue reading →

There are generally many house-related questions swilling around my head at any time. Questions like ‘what should I hang up on the walls in the bathroom?’ and, related to that, ‘if I hang pictures up in the bathroom, will the … Continue reading →

It was a long old time ago that I first began thinking about improving our kitchen corner. You might remember this post here. Even if it weren’t clearly dated, I would still know how long ago it was, because the … Continue reading →

I take it all back. In my last post about labelling things, I may have mentioned a blogger who made her own labels. And – I’ll confess – my tone may have been a little mocking. In fact, what I … Continue reading →

Just as I never intended for this blog to become a record of child-based home improvements, I similarly never intended for what few craft activities I do have time for to be solely those for dolls or made on a … Continue reading →

        I do love to sort things out. But it’s a sad fact that things which are sorted out have a strange tendency to un-sort themselves. For ages I have happily blamed Oli for this, accusing him of spending … Continue reading →

Regular readers (and a big ‘hello‘ to both of you) will know I’m a sucker for personalised art. The vague ‘to buy’ list I carry around in my head of stuff for the house is not committed to paper, nor … Continue reading →

Brace yourselves. If you have small children, and a house full of stuff, then I am going to share with you the kind of blindingly obvious storage solution that could change your life. Hooks. Lovely, useful, cheap, wonderful hooks. I … Continue reading →

Christmas has sneaked up on me a little this year. Obviously the nature of Christmas is that, even though we all know perfectly well about the passage of time, and the date on which it falls, we are all still … Continue reading →