shabby chic

The dumping ground

  Back in the day the farm was a bit of a dump – in the literal sense of…


Lighting the Lounge

The “lounge” was pretty well-made and lined with tongue and groove but the…


Bohemian Bedroom

The “bedroom” was tiny with an even lower ceiling than the bathroom and we were…


Kitchen confidential

As far as the kitchen was concerned, there wasn’t one. For the first few years…


"Chic" Shack living

I’m tall but not unusually so. Our shack however, was designed for unusually…