I have been very fortunate in the past few years in terms of having acquired some really lovely pieces of crockery and chinaware from various relatives.  Having helped empty the bungalows of two aged relatives as they transferred into care homes, the Read More

Cookery workshops are a relatively new idea for joint gatherings like hen parties and girlie functions.  A couple of former colleagues in a previous existence were recently moving from a company to start up their own enterprise and instead of a leaving Read More

A distant cousin was getting married the other year.  Plans had been announced a good 2 years before the big day – save the date texts received all round.  Time aplenty for getting help with wedding present ideas – cookery workshop perhaps, Read More

One very noticeable change has happened in the high street in the town next to mine.  At once time there were lots of charity shops and the odd stationers and newspaper outlets.  I noticed the other week that there are lots more Read More

A niece was getting married a year or so ago.  Invites were received in good time and then came an unexpected additional one, to take part in some of the activities for the hen party(s).  This phenomenon from the States, requires the Read More

There is a plethera of home restyling programmes on the tv just at the moment.  These range from the basic formula of showing a couple around a nice cottage or house in the country as they are now thoroughly disenchanted with city Read More

Using lounge furniture as additional sleeping space needs a lot of careful thought.  If hordes of visitors descend on the family home at Christmas and other high days, are any of the going to be using the lounge area for sleeping quarters.  Read More

Memory foam is just a low cost, easy care support filling. However the stronger, large-occurrence kind may experience softer, and difficult, low density foam drops faster with continuous use. Large-tough (time) foam is somewhat more costly but much more comfortable and long Read More

Although easily fast to heat-up, aluminum pans are unsuitable for use with high temperatures. Tough anodised pans provide a tougher option.  However low- immune to bending and reactive to ingredients, stainless pans require a hand as it pertains to heat. A tough Read More

L shaped Layout For solitude when cooking, select a l shaped format which causes the traffic from the workshop. For more conversation with visitors and household, attempt a L shape having an area. The lshaped home includes a primary wall of a Read More