RobynJun 21, 20193 minTHE FAMILY BASKET Time to put the moses basket back in the loft. I wonder when it'll come down again. When I was pregnant with Sally, mum asked if I wante...
RobynMar 14, 20194 minTHE ANTIDOTE TO CHAOSMight just be a tidy bookshelf. Baby Cleo is now a whole fortnight into her existence. She is proving to be a fairly well behaved baby a...
RobynJan 20, 20194 minBIG BOY BED AND MUSICAL FURNITURE New beds have arrived and I'm starting to freak out about the arrival of baby three. Things always happen in an awkward order and there i...
RobynAug 9, 20183 minNEW CURTAINS!HELL YEAH. So these curtains have been a long time in the making. The ones they replaced, my mother has just told me, are the same age a...
RobynJun 14, 20183 minPEASFinally there are some things to eat from the garden! Sally was a very good helper with the podding of peas (I think her grandma has been...
RobynMay 11, 20182 minA NEW SWINGHappy families in the garden. Ok, so this actually happened last weekend, but there has been a somewhat ridiculous amount of sewing going...
RobynMay 4, 20184 minSOMETIMES THE ANSWERis Madelines in the garden Thursday was a pretty hectic day. I took Sally up to the university to take part in a psychology trial called...
RobynApr 8, 20183 minGARDEN ROOMSAdventure to the Green Retreats showroom, and a quick trip to Waddesdon Manor Husband works from home. Well at least on the days that he...
RobynApr 7, 20183 minRAISED BEDSI'm starting to wish this had more to do with sleeping. Our garden has long been unloved. Well, perhaps not unloved as the kids certainl...
RobynApr 3, 20182 minPAPER CHAINSSometimes you need to do a bit of crafting. The children are at nursery today - its realistically the only day I'm going to get this week...
RobynMar 20, 20182 minPICTURE PROGRESSI love having the new pictures up, but I want more! It's actually really hard to take pictures of pictures in gloomy March. Our light fi...
RobynFeb 18, 20181 minHANGING PICTURESPictures painted just two days ago and already on the wall? Wonders will never cease! I think it all looks nice and really brightens up a...
RobynFeb 1, 20181 minTHE SHELVES ARE BUILTLeave Husband alone for two days and magic happens! I drew this... and Husband built this. I think he's pretty much got me beat in both t...
RobynJan 29, 20181 minPROGRESSI like it when my husband takes a day off work to do projects Bookshelves are constructed. Tomorrow is painting day and then the house ca...
RobynJan 24, 20183 minDIY TIME IN THE LIVING ROOMThe time has finally arrived to do something about our living room which has somehow languished into a vortex of insipid personalityless ...