H is for Home

Mapping the world

Our house is nearly back to normal after last year’s flood. This bedroom was absolutely crammed…

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Cakes & Bakes: Paul Hollywood’s malt loaf

We’re big fans of the Great British Bake Off, so we tuned into the recent inaugural series of Pau…

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Wednesday Wish: Baguette tray

Perfobake baguette tray: £9.99, Lakeland

If you’ve been following our Cakes & Bakes posts recently…

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Tuesday Huesday: Our cherry blossom

We mentioned in our Tuesday Huesday post last weekthat our cherry blossom was due at any time –…

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Gimme Five! Pantone

Pantonehas long been THE authority in global, fashionable colour. Don’t we all know that they…

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Charity Vintage: Ercol sofa

(Ends 17 May, 2013 19:22:43 BST)

A vintage Ercol sofa is at or near the top of many a mid century…

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Succulents

These colourful old tins looked a bit too pretty to put into the recycling bin.

A small…

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Cakes & Bakes: Baguettes made with a poolish

If there’s a loaf that definitely needs to be eaten on the day that it’s cooked it’s the…

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Wednesday Wish: Danish whisk

Long beech wood handle Danish whisk: £20.95 + free p&p, eBay

If you read last week’s “Cakes &…

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Tuesday Huesday: Japanese peach blossom

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Keep it reel!

We love these old reels & bobbins. They originally come from cotton, wool & textile mills – so…

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Forthcoming Attractions: Late April 2013

We’ve got a varied selection of vintage homewares heading for the shop again this month.

There…

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Cakes & Bakes: Spelt sourdough

We bought some Yorkshire Organic Millers spelt flour from Bear Co-op, our local health food shop,…

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Wednesday Wish: Natural bee keeping kit

Natural Bee keeping Kit by Wildlife World – Amazon, £395

If we had a bigger garden we’d like to…

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Tuesday Huesday: Sagittarius Astrology Pouch

Sagittarius Astrology Pouch: $70, French Bull

 What’s your sign? I’m not a big believer in…

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