Pots and Benches in no particular order!!

well my cold is still here.. i think it must be having an extended stay in my system.. perhaps i should start charging bed and breakfast for it now.. have to say its getting a little bit boring now.. the only upside is i do love my voice it sounds all gravely and sexy like!!!!..

anyways enough of that .. just thought id show you the pots that i brought from the Charity shops the other day.. when i finally ventured out. first time out in a week it was great..

the lady in the shop was laughing at this and said it was called a goes'under... think she was meaning that it should be stuck under the bed at night for emergencies!!.. which when thinking about it is a good idea. Ive always liked the idea of an en suite !!!!

i thought this will look lovely full of lavender for the house.. so think i might take some cuttings of my lavender plant and get planting! i love the detail on the handle..

i thought it was really pretty the whole thing.. you just couldn't have a wee in it could you !!

in the next shop i picked up this rather large enamel bowl..i think I'm going to put some herbs in this but keep this outside,

I'm kinda chomping at the bit to get started on my little yard now.. last year i just didn't have the time to get it looking nice, what with working three days and having two small boys to look after.. but I'm determined that this year I'm going to get it looking tip top.. it just looks so neglected and scruffy,

first off was we needed a garden bench.. i want a wooden one.. so i put a Wanted ad on freecycle for a garden bench..and look what hubby picked up for me on Thursday night!... a wooden garden bench.. YAY!!.. now i want to paint it so i had stated in my ad that i wasn't bothered if it wasn't in fantastic condition .. as long as it was sturdy enough..

anyways its a bit weather worn but its going to be perked up with nice bright red paint so will be as good as new!!..( and i think the brother in law has some red gloss for me so will only have to pay for the paintbrushes.. cheap makeover or what !!!!!!!)

i want to get cracking on the yard this week so hopefully will have some pics to show you next week of it..

i don't know about you but this sunny weather really makes you want to do things doesn't it!!..

so I've been doing a bit of this

and trying to make the house actually appear clean as well as tidy for a change, i felt ashamed at the amount of dirt and grease that was on all my kitchen bits and bobs.. i really must get into a better routine so for this week at least they look nice and shiny!!


righty then. it looks like its going to be another lovely day.. ( sunny but not that warm for maxi dresses and flip flops like i saw a few girls out in yesterday.... or perhaps im just getting very nesh in me old age!) .. have a good weekend whatever you have planned.
xx

Handme down housewife!!

this mop bucket is a little piece of vintage when I'm doing the cleaning..

it was my mother in laws nanas!!.. she used to run a guesthouse for years, apparantly the "monster raving looney" party leader stopped there!!! ( oo the glamour!)... this house apparently was full of goodies.. why wasn't i around then, and i never got to meet her as she died a few years before i met my hubby..but from the stories ive heard about her i think i would have loved her!

the clothes dryer was my mums who bought it before i was born,( so that makes it atleast 20!!)

i love it .. you can get loads on it and it doesn't take up any room when its folded!! i remember this being in our boiler cupboard when i was growing up.. it always had washing on it being as there was 4 kids and 2 adults there was always a wash on!

my peg bucket was a pound from the car boot a few years ago.. its a little old enamel tin.. but it holds quite a few pegs!!

and i love the little chickens on it!

isn't it great when things that you have, have little stories attached to them and also when things can be either re-used for something else or passed on to someone. i think that's what makes me a handme down housewife ..loving everyones cast offs!!..

****** ooo just to say ..thank you for all your advice on the leg painting!.. i think im going to keep them the brown for now .. as i want it to go with my little green wing back chair which also has dark wooden feet.. so think this would look quite nice along side it!...just off to paint my own legs now.. the fake tan needs applying before the weekend is here!!!*******

She knows me so well !!!

my sister is my best friend ( apart from hubby that is!) she is ten years older than me and when we were growing up i thought she was the bossiest thing going!!!

when you look back though she was 18 and was having to share her bedroom with a pretty awful 8 year old, who read her diary and ate all her secret stash of chocolate i would have hated it!!!

now though i love her to bits.. she really is the bestest mate ever!

we have such a laugh together, she is one of very few people who can really make me belly laugh, we cant really ring each other when we are in work as we spend most of it laughing thus drawing attention to the fact we arnt working!

.. and she just "gets" me.. do you know what i mean.. she just understands were I'm coming from.. even if she thinks I'm a little strange for being excited over Pyrex!!

so here's how i know how she does.. what do you buy someone who loves cleaning and pretty things

why a shabby chic inspired feather duster of course!!!!!!

just look how pretty this is!!

the lovely little flowers on the handle match my kitchen so well.. I'm going to have to find a hook for it to go on.. this needs to be shown off!!

i mean look at them high ceilings with picture rails, coving. imagine the dust that must get stuck up there..whats a girl to do ???

why use her extendable feather duster .. yes it even extends so i can get to the hard to reach bits!!!

cant you tell I'm just a little bit excited about this!!!.. it just goes to show how well my sis knows me.. thanks love for the pressie!!!!

Ken Dodd eat your heart out mate!!!!