All that glitters...

I am delighted that we have finished the bookwork, for this month at least. I know it's an important thing to do, but it's one of my least favourite tasks at work, so I have treated myself to a yummy flapjack to go with this morning's cup of tea.

I am thrilled that our new gilt range of furniture is starting to arrive with us. When I visited our supplier's showrooms last month, I was really impressed with the quality of these pieces and was pleased to learn that the mahogany used to make them comes from forests which are part of regeneration programmes. This range are all reproductions of antique originals and have a gold leaf finish to the woodwork and use silk and a very pretty damask fabric on the upholstered areas. I rather fancy one of the nursing chairs for our bedroom at home ~ it would be lovely to drape my clothes on one each night and add it little touch of opulence to the room. Our bedroom is decorated with toile de Jouy wallpaper of charcoal colour cherubs on a muted yellow background (not the best description I realise, but it does look nice - honestly!). Dave was a bit hesitant about having cherub covered walls when I first suggested it to him a few years ago, but once he had seen the wallpaper on the walls and realised that it wouldn't be going all around the bedroom, he warmed to the idea. So we now have these heavenly beings on the chimney breast and on two walls above the dado rail and below the picture rail ~ on the grounds that often less is more. One day, when we have hidden the socks, books etc away, I will take some pics of our bedroom to show you how it all goes together.

Ooh, I have just had pics arrive of some new quilts that we will be getting in shortly and I just need to share this one because it is fab. All I have to do now is work out if there is a room I can pop it into! Well, I'm off to do some packing and parcelling... chat later, Liz