Welcome to Redcot

I have just returned from a weekend away with my girlfriends in Ramsgate. Yes, it was a random choice for a weekend away, but our location was dictated by the properties we could find (somewhere big enough for 10 of us), so we ended up in the seaside town on the Kent coast. And I'm glad for it too, as we had an amazing time in a place none of us had been to before, and best of all, we stayed in the most beautiful house named 'Redcot'.

Redcot is the house of my dreams; a Victorian red-brick detached house with 5 double bedrooms, two reception rooms, a conservatory and garden (where we had breakfast). It has amazing features - fireplaces in every room, an original monochrome tiled floor in the entrance hall, stained glass in the sash windows...I could go on....

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Me and the girls have decided that hiring a house for a weekend away is the way forward - especially if it's as gorgeous as Redcot. Seriously considering going back there for a winter break....just imagine lighting logs in those fireplaces! The nightlife in Ramsgate was a whole different story; stag parties attempting Michael Jackson moves? Middle aged couples licking each other's faces off? Maybe we'll just get some wine and stay in next time....

Bedroom window problem...solved!

A while back (quite a while back now) I blogged about my window dressing trauma. I have a beautiful mini square window in my bedroom - one of two - that is just gorgeous, but was proving a bugger to dress, which meant this:

Well it seems I have a solution - and thank the god of Ikea for that! I had hunted high and low to find something simple, in keeping with the room and decor, and that actually fitted. I hadn't thought Ikea would provide the answer (silly really, as it usually does). And here is is...

Not amazing, just a simple roman blind which, if nothing else, can be a temporarary solution until I can afford to fit customised wooden shutters. Dream on...

Help. Please.

I remember the first time i walked into my flat. I went into the bedroom, and fell in love with the two windows - one is floor to ceiling original sash window, and the other is a mini square window that is just gorgeous. Unfortunately, my lovely mini-window now looks like this:

Hmmm. I can't find a blind to fit the window. Well, that's a lie - I could find a crap blind to fit this window, but it deserves better. And I can't abide the light coming in, so the crappy piece of cardboard stays until I do. Any help on this one...??? Please??!