17 Thursday May 2012
Posted in Garden
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autumn roses, fragrant roses, garden flowers, Plant, Roses, Shrubs
This morning my garden surprised me with this fragrant beauty. Its a rather old rosebush but the blooms have the most wonderful fragrance.
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses – Chinese Proverb
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24 Tuesday Apr 2012
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The kitchen is absolutely begging for a make over but no can do. I did however make a few minor tweaks. Starting with some fresh new blinds. So the windows have gone from this
to this:
It’s not big improvement but its a bit less yuck!
02 Monday Apr 2012
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So I have decided it is time to do something about my study. Starting off with the help of my mom to make some curtains!
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24 Saturday Mar 2012
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So finally the painting is done and I am moving the furniture back in!
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22 Thursday Mar 2012
Posted in Housekeeping
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AEG, Appliances, best canister vacuum, Cleaning, Electrolux, HEPA Filter, Home and Garden, Recreation, Shopping, Vacuum, Vacuum cleaner
While living in my first flat I bought myself a small LG 1400 watt vacuum cleaner which was well suited to the flat and my budget at the time but not so well suited to the house. The poor old dame tends to over heat after 5 minutes of continuous use and this is not desirable when your time to clean is limited and obviously not your favorite pastime.
However I have learnt a few lessons about appliances and the process of buying them. The first one is that one should ask around. Ask the sales staff and more importantly ask your friends and family for advice. Obviously everyone has something to say but some of it really can be valuable. My questions led me to 
two important elements to consider : a) does it use a bag and also is the filter washable or does it need replacing b) the wattage . The bigger the motor the more suction power which leads to a deeper clean.
So keeping these in mind I headed off to the store and 
decided on an AEG/Electrolux model .It has a HEPA filter system which is washable and a dust canister which can be emptied thus no bag. It came in under a grand so I was happy ! It was a bit quieter than my old machine and the amount of dust and dirt it removed from the carpets was astonishing when compared to my old machines ability!
13 Tuesday Mar 2012
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Arts, Do it yourself, paint, painting, plascon, Plascon products, Ravine
Just a quick pic to update you on my painting progress in my spare roo
m. I really hope to be done by the weekend but things are rather busy at work so I am taking stacks of marking home. I am using Plascon roofseal tinted to Ravine. Plascon products in my expereince always deliver on their promises! The colour saturates beautifully on the second coat ! I’m super excited and always amazed at the difference a coat of paint can make to a room , house or piece of furniture. Hope you are having a good week ! xo
12 Monday Mar 2012
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Bathroom, Color, Hardware store, Home Improvement, Living room, Lowes, paint, plascon, plascon ravine, Sunday
I have a guest room which was and still is super depressing but change is coming !! The room is a lovely sunny and very bright room so I decided I could op for something a bit darker on the walls than I normally would chance. So I opted to use Plascon’s Ravine. The colour is actually more saturated than I expected it to be but I am loving it.
However before that could begin I needed to do some serious prep work on the walls. I needed to remove lots of loose peeling paint which revealed that once upon a time the
room had been painted light blue, darker blue, green and then quite a few layers of yellows white. All in gloss enamel of course. so I scraped walls for what felt like forever and did crack filling and then sanding. Prep is boring but oh so important. Then Sunday I woke up and realised that I needed some painting therapy and got stuck in. Painting it the wonderful for thinking through things !
And currently the room is almost finished but I will need to do the final coat this coming weekend. Oh the things that make a DIY heart happy . Have a fabulous Monday !
11 Sunday Mar 2012
Posted in Garden, Housekeeping
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blooms, Flower, Flowering plant, garden, Home, phalaenopsis, Plant, Rose, Shrub, vase
I absolutely love flowers and dream of a rose garden eventually.However currently my gardening time is very limited so the 8 rose bushes I do have are sorely 
neglected However I did get some lovely roses for valentines and although I nursed them the heat did take its toll and I was very sad when I had to bin them eventually. Buying fresh flowers is a luxury which I cannot permit myself too often thus I found the best solution to be an indoor flowering plant. I absolutely love Phalaenopsis and currently mine is in bloom. They are easy to care for and very rewarding. I hope that you are either spoilt with some blooms this week or that you spoil yourself ! Have a lovely week ……
28 Tuesday Feb 2012
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Disc jockey, jam, Music, Scruff, Sound Files, Tune Collections
Some of us have very specific music tastes but it is always nice to disc
over something which makes you happy. Recently I have discovered Mr Scruff and all I can say is that every time I listen to his tunes they just make me happy ! Even his website with all its cartoon drawing is just lovely. Definitely ordering some of his cd’s ASAP!
So tell me whats your current JAM ??
22 Wednesday Feb 2012
Posted in Kitchen
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aluminium blinds, Blinds, Home and Garden, Sheet Street, Shopping, Window blind, Window Coverings, Windows
My kitchen got a little bit of cheer yesterday when I had new blinds installed.The old ones had faulty mechanisims and there little ropes had frayed too. On Friday afternoon when I went to check out my local Sheet Street branch for a mirror ,my eye caught some reduced blinds. Sized 1m wide and 1.2 m long priced at R139.99 Not knowing the exact measurements of my windows I took a chance and bought them. The cashier assured me that if the sizes were not right
I could return them in the original packaging and be refunded in full. Once I got home I found they were 3 cm to wide and I prefer blinds which fit inside the window so I went off to exchange them.
The helpful lady at Sheet street could see y disappointment and then said that she would gladly exchange them but they can be trimmed. She even then gave me the number of a customer who said he could trim and install blinds. However she did stress that she could not vouch for his work. Well the job turned out super successful ! The blinds are perforated aluminium so they block the sun and glare but my kitchen is no longer dark because plenty of diffuse light still gets through ! I love my new blinds and feel totally inspired ! Thanks to the Ladies at Sheet Street Mountain Mill branch you guys are always super helpful !
