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What I did today: Summerhouse

It’s been forever since I last updated this blog. Since my last post I have built a summer house (well my husband built it I painted it!)

Before we started I did loads of research. I wanted the interior to look a bit beach hut, but also the kind of room where pre-loved and still-loved items can find a forever home.

I found an old Victorian wrought iron cot on eBay which my husband converted into a day bed, made a table from a vintage singer sewing table frame and chose pale, seaside colours for the paintwork. I used paint from the Cuprinol Shades range. I also found “Shed Decor” by Sally Coulthard a great source of inspiration.

I found a vintage light shade and paraffin stove, also on eBay, and added bunting and outdoor festoon lights.

It’s the perfect place to work from while we are on lockdown!!!

What I did today: Cocktail Party

My new stair carpet was finally fitted today. I am still at work so can’t wait to see it when I get home. The dining room is all done now and looks lovely. I am having a cocktail party this weekend to celebrate. the plan is to serve Mojitos and Margaritas.

I bought a book on making homemade sweets from a company called The Book People. I do like baking and making sweets but sometimes the list of ingredients is so complicated it puts me off. Some of the recipes in the book are very retro; coconut ice, peanut brittle, pear drops and seafoam candy. I don’t know which to try first!!

What I did today: Cocktail Cabinet

I finally got everything back in my cocktail cabinet today. I feel relieved because I have some very fragile old glasses I keep in there and I was scared they would get broken while they were packed away. Anyway everything survived intact. I am still on the lookout for a strainer though.

I finished “The Daylight Gate”. It is a fascinating take on the Pendle Witches story but so disturbing in places that it has given me nightmares. I think I will go back to Somerset Maugham!

What I did today The Demeter

I am starting to put the finishing touches to my dining room. I have just hung a picture that we bought in Whitby. The picture is by a local artist, John Freeman. “The Wreck of the Dimitry of Narva” is a depiction of a real life wreck which was reported in The Whitby Gazette in 1887. Apparently the report inspired Bram Stoker as he was writing “Dracula” and he renamed the ship “The Demeter of Varna” as the vessel that brought Dracula to Whitby. I really like the colours of the picture and it looks great in the room.