April 2012
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Lantern Bore
I have bored my chums with tales of this weekend’s DIY endeavours in our house, so why not bore you lot too.
Background - My husband is a perfectionist and I am slapdash. My husband likes to use a spirit level and I trust my eyes. We have three children who tend to always need tending to at a vital “2 adults required” stage in the DIY. We have also recently spanked a lot of...
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The French Cafe
A short walk from us in Furzedown (or Balham South as I like to call it) across the Common, is the Heaver Estate, a number of roads built in the late 1800s by Alfred Heaver. These very smart streets are between Bedford Hill, Balham High Road and Tooting Common with Ritherdon Road running through the middle. For some house envy it is worth a drive, or slow amble with a pram, up and down these for...
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Door Stalker II
So, I promised a regular Door Stalker feature. I will explain again. Firstly guess the SW London road. It is one of my favourite roads to drive down and “nebbage in” at around 6 o’clock when no-one has yet closed their curtains. Come on, you know you do it too.
Also guess the Farrow and Ball paint colour you believe the door has been painted in to win a Colporter Tea Towel...
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Light Touch
So, exciting times at Colporter HQ. I am helping some wonderful new clients with a restaurant look and design (more to follow on this super project in time). As part of this we want some Factory Lights rather like these at the wonderful Pizza East Portobello…
We have sourced a few different types of Factory Light in a smashing Racing Green.
Now we need a friendly sparky, working on that,...
Alexandalexa - the Lexem
A few weekends ago when mooching around Covent Garden I was handed a lovely little giveaway from the kids’ clothing website alexandalexa.com.
It was a beautifully presented goodie bag promoting their new parenting broadsheet The Lexem.
I popped the newspaper in the to read pile (along with my stack of subscription mags). With 2 boys and a newborn these are stacking up a bit but the...
