Showing posts with label Decorating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Decorating. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 April 2016

My five year bucket list

As mentioned before, I've been working on and implementing a five year mini bucket list -To complete from ages 30-35 (I'm now 31). I like the idea of a short, temporary list, rather than one big, long list... 


Being ill means I don't always have the luxury of knowing what's around the corner, and planning anything can be hard. Life is very much on a day-to-day basis. So no laughing at some of these rather silly, and small hopeful accomplishments! Or nuggies all round! They may not be a big deal to a healthy person, but as I sometimes need help to the toilet these days, they are milestones in comparison. 

It was reeeeeally therapeutic writing this! I suggest everyone does one.

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Friday, 15 April 2016

Pastel dreams

As many that know me personally probably know, myself and Bicky have been (very slowly) decorating the house. I obviously have very little time awake (har), and my beloved hasn't much free time between work and caring for me, so this process has been suuuper slow -over a couple of years. We have our kitchen complete, and bathroom, hall and sitting room very nearly finished.

For now, here are some pics of our hall and sitting room so far...

I've only recently started using Annie Sloan chalk paint (I know, I know! -Bad artist, and even worse woman!). But totally obsessed with it now -Even Bicky (a male) loves using it... Like, we want to paint everything in it. For those that don't know: goes over wood, brick, etc, -No prep, very little smell/ fumes, brushes wash in water... Just really easy and clean to use.





I painted the TV stand, door and brickwork (which was dark brown before and only required one coat) using the chalk paint, and the hall walls in a combination of chalk and acrylic -Annie Sloan clear wax over the TV stand and door, but not on the