One of the things that folks really love about their colonies is gardens. It’s so rare to have one in the city centre, and so valuable – particularly in 2020! Most colonies have their gardens right up to the door – or, in the case of most uppers, up to your downstairs neighbour’s windows! Ours are a bit different… Because we don’t have external stairs … Continue reading Teeing off in the green
Over the years I’ve owned this wee house I’ve tried a LOT of things. Ripped out walls, put kitchens in most corners, added stairs everywhere. Of course, ripping out and restoring lathe and plaster walls gets old quickly, so I did it on Google SketchUp. Very quickly in my efforts, it became clear that the big limitation in this house is stairs to the attic. … Continue reading Stairways to heaven?
As we get further into December, it’s time for something colourful and festive! From a young age, my parents and I disagreed on matters of taste. Their home, magnolia paint and olive-drab carpets – as one of the great philosophers of our time might have said, ‘why, oh why, oh why?’ (Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Gill, Disney et al, 1966). One … Continue reading Kitsch in?
Since you met the Christmas tree last week, I thought it might be interesting to look at the space where it’s sitting. By far my biggest space is the living room. It’s the centre of the place as it stands – it has the fire! Over the years, I’ve tried it quite a few different ways, with a few sets of furnitures. It feels like … Continue reading Arrange and rewind…
Come and knock on our door… I realised the other day that it’s been a LONG time since I properly did Christmas here. In 2014, when I got the house, I bought a tree in a pot. It turns out those are mostly a bad idea if you actually want it to live and so it duly died. (My parents do have one, which they’ve … Continue reading Tree’s company too
Not a literal teacup, of course – but sometimes my kitchen feels about as much use as a chocolate teapot. It’s a SMALL room. Like, tiny. I’ve watched YouTube vids where folks say ‘oooh, this is the tiniest kitchen you ever saw’ and it’s 2-3 times the size of mine. For many years I thought to myself, ‘I can make this work’. ‘It’s not too … Continue reading Cooking up a storm in a teacup
The Model Dweller 