A little catch up

I hope you all have had a lovely Easter break, my kids are back in school today but we had a great time,
day outings to wind swept beaches gorgeous lunch out in a coastal stone cottage in county Clare.
Oh and a trip to Dublin to see loved ones and a visit to Dublin Zoo, Jack and Isabelle loved it
all!!
It has been cold and windy still waiting for warmer days hopefully they will come soon oh we have 2 lovely new hens Clara and Blackberry so pretty and shy
Take care

Aga joy

Hello all I hope you are all well wherever you are It is a dull windy wet day here in my part of Ireland
But the daffodils are doing their best to show me that spring is around he corner but at the moment it feels like a really big corner!!
But I am in love yes head over heals my 70 something year old AGA is finally installed she is a joy warming
the kitchen, warming up little ones pyjamas and slow cooking heart warming comforting stews
It will take a time to get used to her ways especially with baking so if any one can share  some aga friendly
recipes that would be great!

My Springer Spaniel Jessie

Oh and did I need to mention that all dogs love an Aga.........

Santa's naughty list.......

So sorry I been a very bad blogger recently I will be on Santa's NAUGHTY LIST I had better make improvements at once otherwise there will be nothing for me under the tree.

I have been busy doing my orders of Lampshades which I just love doing sending my lampshades all over the world it is a lovely feeling that someone somewhere might be tucked up on a sofa reading a book with one of my lampshades lit up beside them!

My Bedroom painted armoire and bed

I added decorative mouldings

painted radiator cabinet and mirror

Jessie asleep beside the wood burning stove

 I have made a few changes about the cottage lots of furniture make overs with Annie Sloan Chalk paints and waxes, My favourite colour is Paris Grey so lovely to use here is a peak at some of my work.
 I hope you are all enjoying getting ready for christmas,in our house the kids have sent their letters to Santa, I have started my mission of finding the perfect mince pie it is a tough job but someone has to do it YES I will soldier on.....

Oh before I go I had to share this, Isabelle and I had a lovely day out shopping in Dublin and we spotted this
cheeky sign outside a gorgeous shop it made me laugh!!!!
                                                          Have a lovely weekend

Room to Inspire.......

Hello I do hope everyone is well?
We have had some really wonderful Autumnal days the last while
Sunny days with bright blue skies
crisp misty evenings with amber sunsets
then this morning is dull grey no not  nice grey like french grey
so I need to be inspired as I am off to the paint shop
so this afternoon you will find me collecting the children from school with paint in my hair no matter how
careful I am it always happens.....

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So Have a lovely day I hope you enjoyed some of my favourite rooms...

Autumn in the Country

Hello all! I hope you are embracing Autumn it is probably my favourite season, my birthday is in this month,
 I love the sky at this time of year, the golden hazy sunsets with a bite in the evening air, it is a nostalgic month and so much so in the countryside.
The children have been filling up baskets in the ancient orchard in front of our cottage, Pixie and Willow the naughtiest pigs in the west are enjoying the wind fallen apples.

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So it is evenings tucked up by the fire and I have to say I am loving Downton Abbey so gorgeous, all that upstairs downstairs glory on television. So all the best for now.

Business as usual

Yes the kids are back in school. September is here and we have had a lovely time this summer on the Spanish Island of  Mallorca. It was lovely to have some sunshine, relaxing in Puerto Pollensa such a pretty town by
the sea. So strange to have no wifi limited use of iphone and no laptop but it is really good to really switch off sometimes.

Isabelle in Mallorca

What little angels Jack and Isabelle anyway what gorgeous homes behind them

But back to reality now and thank you to all you lovely people who have 

ordered my Cabbages and roses lampshades and my Cath Kidston Lampshades, I will 

be adding more designs over the next few months.

Cath kidston spring bouquet

Isabelles room all tidy for now!!

So back to business it is!!!

Mid Summer Madness...

Where is the time going? I have not a second to myself, blogging has been put on the back boiler, well it is the summer holidays and kids do not give you a minute, between entertaining them, feeding them, tidying up after them and then on top up that we all came down with a virus, phew!! But it is a glorious sunny day so I will leave you with a few pics of all the going on down the lane at Apple Blossom Barn....

Isabelle with a little friend

Lots of treats

A place to escape to..

Ben 

My garden shed

All that table is missing is a glass of prosecco and a good book.