French Kitchen Chairs

Good morning all!

My latest fun project has been restoring some kitchen chairs.

The chairs were originally a stained pine but with a little paint and a sand I was able to turn them into gorgeous chairs. Painting them white will allow them to fit into most colour schemes and by giving them a sand they have that very popular antique/vintage look. The overall look shouts french provincial / shabby chic / beach cottage.

Chairs are another obsession of mine. I have a number of occasional chairs that are never really used, but hey, they look great!

These gorgeous re-furbished chairs would make a great addition to any home that followed the french provincial theme...

 

If you are interested in purchasing one of these chairs (4 available) please contact me or visit my ebay store loushandg. 


P.s - loving the blue ball mason jars in these photos? You can have your very own... coming soon! :)

Brownies

When I was young my Mum always used to bake biscuits for me to add to my lunch box. One of my favourite treats She used to make me were brownies.

Since moving out of home I now bake my own brownies...

I thought they would taste even better served up on my Cornishware Blue and of course a cutting from my blue hydrangea looks perfect in the picture! :)

For some reason my brownies don't look like the ones you would see served in cafes and bakery's. The bought ones are usually thicker and more moist.

I think next time I bake the brownies I will use self raising flour (instead of normal flour which is in the recipe) and not keep the mix in the oven for as long so the biscuits are not as dry.

As soon as I find the perfect mix and method I will publish for all to share.

Hope you are all enjoying this beautiful Saturday afternoon.

First day of summer

Good morning!

today is the first day of summer and it is cold and cloudy outside.

Storms and rain are on the forecast for Sydney for the next couple of days and this means all the flowers in the garden will wilter and be damaged. So I've been doing a fair bit of pruning and bringing all the beautiful flowers inside... why not enjoy their beauty!!

I wanted to share some of my favourite little beauties with you... enjoy!!!

Abraham Darby Rose

Virgo Rose

Blue Hydrangea (my current obsession)

Abraham Darby & Monsier Tillier