Mrs Frugal Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 We've finally got our trees and decorations up. This is the sitting room tree and the fireplace all finished at last! and this is the little one in the dining room which the boys insist on messing about with the light controller for so it's flashing about like Blackpool Pleasure Beach when I'm not looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 kate I love your fireplace AND your chicken lamp - they are gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Thanks Chelsea . The lamp was made for me by Deemscox who is a member on this forum. It's lovely, isn't it. I just couldn't resist . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Great lamp Kate! The trees look fab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Trees look great and love your fireplace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Kate, can we just have a nosey in the kitchen and upstairs now please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 We put in a new kitchen in the summer so I'll put some photos in my Omlet gallery album for you to have a look at . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 waiting...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Wait no longer......... . I've put some in an album in my Omlet album just for you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 It looks lovely Kate. I love the storage tins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Ebay addict . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Ebay addict . I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Thanks Kate! I've had a good ol' nosey round your place now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Lovely pictures, Kate. How do you keep it so tidy or was that just a one-off for the cameras? Did I spy 2 cake tins? Mmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I see you have Egluntine's poster by the bin She sent me a copy of that, must get a frame for it and get it hung, it tickles me Also got a dig for victory one, they'd look nice either side of my kitchen clock. Lovely house, looks like a mix of all the best B&Bs I've ever stayed in, when are you inviting me for a full English? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 p.s. you have the same toaster as me but mine's chrome do you make your own butter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I "try" to keep it tidy, Goosey Lucy but the 3 males in my life like to make it very difficult for me . 2 cake tins? Oh dear, no, I've got more than that - I really am an ebay addict . I've got 2 of the 3-tier Tala ones, a cream and green Worcesterware one and a gorgeous, very tall Worcesterware one in the conservatory with roses painted on - very pretty. Poet, I make butter sometimes. I've got a gorgeous "Blow Butter Churn" which I bought from an antique shop for my birthday this year which makes fantastic butter with very little effort and the wooden "hands" in the utility make squeezing the buttermilk and shaping the pat very simple indeed. I found the wartime hens poster in a book a few years ago and scanned it, printed it out and laminated it. I love it and anything else to do with the WW2 homefront . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Lovely house Kate- quite country cottagy. In your kitchen I like where you keep your pots & pans in the doorless cupboard- in our kitchen we have the internal pipe leading down from the toilet- is that what I can see there? We are hoping for a new kitchen soon, & what you have done there looks like a good solution. Which company did you use for your kitchen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Jules, that area was all hidden by bits of board before we took the worktops off and found the space underneath. It seemed such a waste not to use it that LSH built a cupboard into it. The pipework goes down the back so the cupboard's not as deep as the others and it's not big enough for a door but I love having somewhere to store my baking tins and saucepans. The units all came from Ikea and we fitted it ourselves in a week during the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 We've finally got our trees and decorations up. This is the sitting room tree and the fireplace all finished at last! ahhh Kate... looks like you have the same Angel as we do... we've had him for years.... except our angel is straight... Phil (straight as in not leaning over all wobbly - not as in heterosexual - though I am pretty sure angels are androgenous - even though Gabriel was a big scary bloke......) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I bought it from Oxfam years ago. I cannot get it to sit straight no matter how I try . Lovely tree, Phil . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Love the tree Phil Kate - your house is FAB - same taste as me and my mum - we love the traditional/cottagey look with Sanderson/Laura Ashley fabrics etc. I love your kitchen (especially the sink!). Im getting the same toaster for christmas with the matching kettle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I bought it from Oxfam years ago. I cannot get it to sit straight no matter how I try Well Kate you do hand out a lot of Sloe Gin in your house - angels included! Typical me I have taken a few photos of the tree and have gone and left my firewire at work! Oh well, imagine a fat tree with decorations thrown at it and thats our tree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Here's mine, It's a six foot tree but looks quite small so I put it on a little table. I got plenty of the room in too Guess what the theme is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 ...and here's the small one we have inside........... poor photo again (sorry, my eyesight isn't what it was and they look in focus to me ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
