Nesting

Some girls spend their whole life planning their wedding (ha, not me we didn't even tell anyone), for as long as I can remember I've been saving images and dreaming about my first home.  Finally the h-bomb (still not comfortable using the word husband) and I have purchased our first home!  Excitement aside it is definitely a project albeit a small one...

It's currently being used as an office.

It's a super old building so there's a bit of a damp problem and an old fashion skylight in the ceiling otherwise known simply as hole.

Measuring out our new bathroom.

Original floor detail.

It consists of two rooms, one big and one small!  We're hoping to install a mezzanine level in the large room with open plan living - otherwise know as; shit where you sleep!  In this case it will only be cook / eat where you sleep as we're going to put the bathroom in the smaller room in the back of the building!  We're aiming to keep the style of the space fairly industrial and we've already started to attend auctions and flea markets to find mid-century, vintage furniture.  So my blog might be taking a more renovation diary direction for a while, as I fill it with all my inspiration for our first home and the 'before and after' shots.

Craft work

At the moment I'm trying to make some sheepskin boots and I'm really enjoying learning all about shoemaking.  I came across this little video and it totally rang true with my obsession with learning how everything is made and not only that but making things properly, by hand to a high standard.  It's great that you can get so much information off the web but it gets to a point where to learn the most about a craft you need to actually talk to someone.  I'd love to apprentice for a traditional shoe maker or a tailor to get first hand, hands-on experience.  I'm starting to get a bit fed up with all the courses for this, that and the other and I can't afford to pay for one or give up my soul to live in London.  Give me a wing to tuck under in some tiny workshop and I'd work my heart out to learn a traditional skill that's been passed down through generations, lets see if Google can find me that.....!