Boring cupboards!

 Now don't you agree these lovely wooden cupboards which I used to think were the bees knees would look so much better in Farrow & Ball's Old white or Parma Grey. I think it would be a crime to rip them out in fact in our old house 'Ashover' I inherited an ancient habitat kitchen which was then painted four times in different colours! over sixteen years though. The house previous to that we put a new kitchen in and I remember being bitterly disappointed about the lack of value for money. So now we make do with our cupboards and spend money on decent paint and tiles.

This is my school cooker. It has six burners and the hugest oven which is far from economical and puts you off turning it on actually, though not a problem at the moment as we are microwaving weightwatcher meals en masse; but that's another story as they say! 

 Here is a sneaky look at my mantlepiece revamp introducing some blue elements (encouraged by Mia) the hyacinth just will not stop flopping it  has a really strong scent and makes me dream of spring! the plate I got from a charity shop as was the jelly mould and the blue candle was a special buy from the Blue Door swedish shop in Barnes, I wonder if it is still there?

Here's a funny pic of Miss Bee I just found on my phone, she's not sure is she if the hat is doing it for her is she? ha ha, in the background is Aunt Eva the fifth generation member of our family who is ninety six and holds the world endurance record for wearing a paper Christmas hat!!! bless!I hope you all have a lovely sunday, Stephen has just got back from a funeral in Denmark and is need of tlc and Theo and Rachel are coming from York for dinner so lots of lovely homemaking today!