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Pretty (garish) in Pink

The sunny days disappeared for a while so Dr Fred and I took advantage of not being able to lounge about the garden and decided to decorate our bedroom.   When we moved into this house we were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of anaglypta wallpaper we would have to tackle - and also a bit worried about what we might find under the paper - this house was built about 1880 so the walls might just be a bit rough in places and that might be why the anaglypta paper is up in the first place.  However we stripped the living room and were relieved to discover really sound plastering on all the walls and that in fact the paper was so heavily painted a lot of it came off like cardboard - winner!!!! It was still a tedious job though and we didn't feel in any hurry to start another room - until last week... upstairs was slightly different - not so much paint on the paper so it took a little bit more effort to remove it but thankfully the walls were in good nick so a couple of days stri...

Loose Covers

Feeling like a clever girl today... Finally, after about a year or more of wittering on about recovering my sofa I eventually got round to it!!   To be fair it was flinching about about the vast amount of fabric to potentially ruin, at considerable expense that was holding me back.  Its a lot of time and effort to put into something if you don't have (or like) the right material and good fabric cost lots of money.... Not having a pattern didn't help much and also to do the job right I knew it's not just about liking the fabric but also having lots of time, the inspiration, attitude and enthusiasm all on the same day - no mean feat! I was fortunate when looking for fabric samples for college I came across a bolt of upholstery fabric I liked in a sale - Probably cheaper than your average good calico so thinking the worst here will be a practice run I bit the bullet and bought 15 metres - a guess as to how much I would need.  (spot on guess!) To make myself feel better I...