December

Getting in the mood for Christmas already.

I have not had any snow yet, but fingers are crossed!

Even so, the frost still makes me feel all Chrstmassy inside and I am really enjoying being in with the fire roaring away and the subtle light from the twinkling tea lights, which I must say add a little more heat to my cold old house.

 Yet more house books from Amazon have been added to the already too big collection.

But I do love to hold and flick through the pages of these gorgeous books.

They inspire and excite.

 I love the colours, the neat untidiness, the collections and displays.

And love the flaking paintwork!

The above images are from  

Swedish Interiors

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/142360024X/ref=oss_product

and below from my interior!

 I had started wrapping the presents whilst watching one of my favorite DVDs

Joanna Lumley

In The Land Of The Northern Lights

which is perfect to get me in the right mood for the Christmas wrap which I do not enjoy that much really but it has to be done, so the sooner it is finished the happier I will be.

 A couple of trips to local antique shops has been worth while.

I had been looking for suitable lanterns for the barn and the 'Inn'

which may be called The Candle Inn or The Inn At The End!

 I also found a few lovely old frames which one cleaned and a couple given a lick of new paint looked gorgeous.

This wooden lantern I found in Rye East Sussex.

It looks Austrian to me, but maybe somebody can tell me who knows about these things.

 Yes it had to be a shade of white, didn't it.

 I love it more.

 Whilst I had the paint brush in hand the old green shelf got a new colour too.

 This lantern I found in an Antiques Centre in Otford Kent.

I was not sure?

It is a bit ugly to me.

But it has grown on me, a lot.

 In Rye there is a Kitchenalia shop which I love.

Kitchen utensil heaven.

I display my old tins.

Which does not mean I do not actually use them, I do and love it more as they are a treat to handle.

 The three small tins below I spotted EBay and low and behold it was Ruth who was selling them!
Ruth has lots of gorgeous things for sale in her shop.

My baby Johanna is leaving home.

Steve and Johanna are now engaged and will be moving into their new home on Thursday....

Will I cry?

Will I miss them?

I am sure I will.

But I am so happy for them. They are both so into their own interior design already.

So I will post on their progress too.

They are only going to be 10 mins away so I am sure it is going to be a treat for me and Mr N to

go to them and raid their fridge!

With Johanna moving out and taking quite a bit from my home I now have spaces to fill.

Lovely, as I had been banned from buying anymore furniture!

I got this gorgeous cabinet from a barn in Kent.

I am going to crackle glaze it!!!

A first for me, so watch this space.

And this little pixie girl in red is just like my Johanna.
A little reminder of my mischievous baby on the mantle piece!

And finishing off today with a few pictures of my Christmas Decorations,

which are slowing going up each week now up until Christmas week.

A sweetie jar for my 'good' boy's.

I just added the bell's. can you guess why!

So that is it from me this week.

I hope your keeping warm and cosy indoors.

Not easy in these temperatures!

Have a good week all.

Love,

Carol

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