Fully Furnished
Gosh I'm excited! Now we are nicely settled into our new work place, we are planning ahead for 2008 and will be able to extend the range of furniture that we can stock. I have selected half a dozen ranges of furniture ~ I have seen the items at our suppliers and tested some of the pieces at home, so I know that I like the quality of these items too.
This picture shows a range of kitchen furniture made in ash. It has a really sturdy feel to it and the colour of the wood adds a warmth to the room.
The Valbonne range of French style furniture draws from the styles of King Louis XIV - XVI and is really heavily distressed, giving it an aged appearance. This range is made from mahogany from managed forests which are part of regeneration programmes (with some mdf panels where additional strength is needed).
Our move towards furniture is in addition to our usual stock of pretty accessories which we will continue to find and offer for sale; now we have larger storage facilities we can deal with larger items of furniture!
Things at home have been pleasantly quiet, we have continued to make inroads into the 'pre-Christmas tidy-up' and our house is very definitely starting to look more and more like the home we remembered it to be. I even managed to get lots of food shopping completed yesterday and last night we sat down to a splendid beef stew and jacket potatoes.
Actually we were mentally sampling the stew for a good two hours before we ate as the aromas of herbs and seasoning filled the house so much that the air was almost tasty ~ yummy hot food on a cold winter evening!
It was so cold yesterday that I had a hot and soaky bath fairly early in the evening and then snuggled up on the sofa with lots of layers on and my favourite Durham quilt ~ sadly it has seen better days and is threadbare and see-through in some places, but it does have a wonderfully cosy soft feel to it. Much to their surprise, the cats, whom I usually only allow to sit next to me, were invited onto my lap to act as living hotwater bottles and they were jolly efficient at their assigned task. Now I know why Dave tolerates them sitting on him each evening.
I still haven't geared myself up fully for Christmas yet but no doubt by the time I have fought my way around a couple of shops over the weekend, I will get there. It's a funny feeling ~ I have gift-wrapped dozens of parcels for people and sent them out to recipients. Every time I do this, I visualise how pleased I would be to receive the enclosed item or the look on the faces of my family if they were opening the parcels. It is quite a satisfying job to do, but at the same time, I feel like I have done Christmas several times over in the last month.
Well, I've finished the cup of tea I was having whilst I wrote today's blog and I had better get back to work. Chat soon, Liz
This picture shows a range of kitchen furniture made in ash. It has a really sturdy feel to it and the colour of the wood adds a warmth to the room.
The Valbonne range of French style furniture draws from the styles of King Louis XIV - XVI and is really heavily distressed, giving it an aged appearance. This range is made from mahogany from managed forests which are part of regeneration programmes (with some mdf panels where additional strength is needed).
Our move towards furniture is in addition to our usual stock of pretty accessories which we will continue to find and offer for sale; now we have larger storage facilities we can deal with larger items of furniture!Things at home have been pleasantly quiet, we have continued to make inroads into the 'pre-Christmas tidy-up' and our house is very definitely starting to look more and more like the home we remembered it to be. I even managed to get lots of food shopping completed yesterday and last night we sat down to a splendid beef stew and jacket potatoes.
Actually we were mentally sampling the stew for a good two hours before we ate as the aromas of herbs and seasoning filled the house so much that the air was almost tasty ~ yummy hot food on a cold winter evening!
It was so cold yesterday that I had a hot and soaky bath fairly early in the evening and then snuggled up on the sofa with lots of layers on and my favourite Durham quilt ~ sadly it has seen better days and is threadbare and see-through in some places, but it does have a wonderfully cosy soft feel to it. Much to their surprise, the cats, whom I usually only allow to sit next to me, were invited onto my lap to act as living hotwater bottles and they were jolly efficient at their assigned task. Now I know why Dave tolerates them sitting on him each evening.
I still haven't geared myself up fully for Christmas yet but no doubt by the time I have fought my way around a couple of shops over the weekend, I will get there. It's a funny feeling ~ I have gift-wrapped dozens of parcels for people and sent them out to recipients. Every time I do this, I visualise how pleased I would be to receive the enclosed item or the look on the faces of my family if they were opening the parcels. It is quite a satisfying job to do, but at the same time, I feel like I have done Christmas several times over in the last month.
Well, I've finished the cup of tea I was having whilst I wrote today's blog and I had better get back to work. Chat soon, Liz
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