Keeping Busy

Ive made a couple of felt owls to go on the Christmas tree. I knitted them a scarf each to keep the cold out.

And I finally got around to making the cushion covers too.

I also have a massive order for jars of Chilli Jam from the Dancing Queen and her Uni friends. Apparently it goes very well with Dorritos!

Being snowed in can make you quite productive!

We have also been out and cleared our cul-de-sac with a few of the neighbours. It was very hard work, but we adopted a wartime spirit and had a good laugh too. Things picked up greatly when one of the neighbours came out with hot coffee and Jack Daniels!!!

The house is like a new pin! Its been "fettled" to within an inch of its life. I'm exhausted and ready to go back to work for a rest!

Operation "silk purse"

You remember my neighbour who put out over 100 "Interiors" magazines for recycling - and I recycled them into my house? Well on Saturday, whilst scraping our car windscreens, she mentioned that she had some more - would I like them? Well yes I would. (Thirty of them, the cheapest of which is £3.50 - the maths frightens me!).
These are so very well timed as I am about to embark on my "operation silk purse" project.

I have rescued some kitchen carcasses. My friend is moving house and having a brand new kitchen. To save these from being landfill, I decided that I could use these to give me more storage in my kitchen. Whilst I would love a brand new kitchen, I know that I would get bored with it after a while, and I just don't have the funds at the moment either. I also prefer rooms to "evolve". I loved the kitchen on the Sophie Dahl cookery programme.

I have a very strange long "L" shaped kitchen, caused by sticking an extra bit on the back of a garage extension. We have had a table and chairs in here, but it didn't get used much as it became a dumping ground for bags and coats, and you couldn't move for trainers!

My kitchen is well used. I cook and I bake, and it often gets very untidy. Its not as dark as these photos look - just a very dull day.

So I aim to turn this "sows ear".....

...into a "silk purse" - hopefully on a budget of £200.

I am liking the current trend for having units that don't quite match - the picture above even has different work tops! This will fit in very well with my plan to get new doors for the carcasses and a couple of tins of paint!

I'm saving the project until after Christmas, but meanwhile, I have plenty more mags to look through for inspiration.