After fourteen years in my current home and thirty years of home ownership I recently realised that I had accumulated a rather enormous amount of what can only be described as stuff! So much stuff indeed that I was running out of places to put it. A fairly ruthless clear out of unnecessary clutter eased the problem but I still found that I needed to create more storage space. My loft was looking like a warehouse facility and my garage more like landfill. Something had to be done! Continue reading Storage Solutions for the Home
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Lost Wax Casting
Many people love to collect bronze sculptures to display in their homes. These pieces are often studies of favourite subjects like cats, dogs, birds and other wildlife. Artists such as Michael Simpson, David Geenty and Tim Cotterill release series of bronze sculptures. Buying an original work of art is costly but most of these sculptures are not originals but rather copies, often in limited editions. If you like these sculptures then you may have wondered how they are produced. Most are made using what is known as lost wax casting. Continue reading Lost Wax Casting
My Favourite Garden
As a teenager I had little interest in gardening and certainly did not sufficiently appreciate the lovely garden at our family home. I would be delighted to have that garden now with its numerous fruit trees and beautiful flowers. It is not, however, that garden that I would really like to transplant to my current home but rather one that I discovered in France. Continue reading My Favourite Garden
The Small Balcony
Life in the city can be exciting and uplifting but does have its challenges and for many people one of those is certainly space. I have occupied several flats over the years none of which had access to so much as a balcony let alone a garden but it was only when I visited a friend in Rome that I appreciated what I had been missing. My friend lived in an attractive apartment in a busy area of the city where space was certainly at a premium and the where noise pollution was incredible.
The Art of Alexander Miller
Choosing art for your home can present a dilemma. Do you focus on finding pieces which merely suit the décor or style of the room or should you focus on the work that inspires you? I find that the art I choose for my home doesn’t really work unless it does provoke some sort of emotional response in me. I soon tire of the pieces that I have chosen merely because they fit. Continue reading The Art of Alexander Miller
Seven Years of Bad luck?
I broke a mirror yesterday and not for the first time in my life. Does this mean that I am about to endure seven years of bad luck? That is what the old superstition says that life has in store for me but somehow I think not. With the number of mirrors I have broken over the years I would be decidedly dead and buried by now if there was any truth to that story! Continue reading Seven Years of Bad luck?
Candles for Christmas
There are some things that I simply can’t resist at Christmas even though I could be described as a festive curmudgeon. I have no religious beliefs and find the commercialisation of the whole affair rather offensive. On the other hand I do always take a sneaky drive down a local road where the residents have a tendency to put it out there on the lighting front and I do rather enjoy a bit of tinsel! Continue reading Candles for Christmas