Nectarine and Banana Smoothie

I bought a basket of nectarines a little while back and because they were ripening faster than I could eat them, I chopped them up and froze them so that they wouldn't go to waste. Combined with some orange juice, fresh banana, and a dollop of honey and a splash of soya milk - they made a refreshing morning smoothie!

Sticky buns

Now that the weather has turned autumnal and my renovation tasks have dwindled, I decided to spend a lazy sunday baking these cinnamon, walnut and cranberry sticky buns. The plan was to have them for breakfast but buy the time the dough had proofed, twice, and they had finished baking, they became an afternoon accompaniment to my cup of tea instead!

Bathroom Featured on Tile Daily

Exciting news - my bathroom has been featured on the Tile Daily blog! 
Check it out here: TileDaily - London Bathroom Installation

Morning Mist at Tower Bridge

Last week I woke up early to find that a thick mist had wrapped itself around the city.  I decided to swing by Tower Bridge on my way to work to take a few photos. Here is one of the shots.

The long view

So here is a full view of what the bedroom looks like now with my home office corner.  I enjoyed having the bed between the windows as it left lots of space in front of the fireplace, but its nice to mix things up a bit and now have the bed facing the fireplace.

The Finished Article!

So here it is.... just a week, (and countless coats of paint), later - a brand new home office! 

I have to confess that the vintage Eames desk chair is not in fact mine, but borrowed from my good friend Nick who lives across the street.  I don't quite have the desk chair that I want yet, and it just didn't seem right to do this photoshoot without a nice desk chair!  (So thank you Nick!)

Some felt slippers for the desk

I discovered last week to my dismay that cast iron table legs can make rusty 'footprints' on a nice white floor, so to avoid this in the future I have given the desk some little felt 'slippers'.  

The felt slippers also solve the problem of how level a table on a completely uneven Georgian floor.  To get the desk to sit level, the two back legs nearest the wall have one felt pad each, while the leg nearest the window gets two, and the leg nearest the fireplace gets four!