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G'day bloggers!
Ahhh, what a nice weekend – Sunday at the Beach Cottage means a roast dinner, can't seem to kick that old English habit though more often than not now the roast gets done outside on the BBQ, gotta love a bit of outdoor roasting.
Anyway while I was pottering around roasting the pork and such I thought I'd show you the bunting I made for the kitchen window.
When we viewed the cottage I loved this window, though at the time it was pretty much disguised with, oh about 40 years of grime, and I still love the window, a little shabby, the old sash panels and those oh-so-gorgeous ropes that run down the side.
Unfortunately it needs to be dressed, real-life style, as to the side it is somewhat overlooked and me in my dressing gown making tea in the morning could seriously give someone a fright.
So I did a treatment on it – you know, one girl, one hot glue gun and some string.
here's what I did
cut triangles from a stip of fabric with pinking shears to save hemming and fraying, used the first one as the template so they were roughly the same size
and hot glued the string to the flags
I looked back to find the photo of the kitchen, goodness isn't it just really really awful?! Sometimes i can't believe we bought this old lady, it certainly was the grottiest tatty old cottage and looking back I think wow was that really me who viewed this place and saw some potential?
But I'm glad I'm on this journey with old Frank Spencer Mr BC who as we speak is climbing around in the roof of a tatty old Australian cottage to fix something to the ceiling for me, scared of the big old spiders and even more petrified he might see a snake…
Five years ago in our comfy life in England I never thought I'd be on the other side of the world doing the Sunday roast on the barbie…what do you do that you thought you never would, I'd love to know?
for sale, down to the last couple now, thanks so much to all those who've ordered them.
oh and go tumble on through my the Beach Cottage Inspiration Board – lots of eye candy for your beach house decorating
see all you lovelies tomorrow…
blogged for Susan's Between Naps on the Porch event (heaps of Metamorphosis stunners)
and Not Me Monday
I’m curious–what took you to the other side of the world? My son wants his room redone in an Australian rain forest theme-looking for things everywhere I go.
Cheri
http://itssoverycheri.blogspot.com/2009/07/questions.html
come for a visit-give away all July
Now that’s a slice of Heaven!!! Just beautiful.
Your kitchen is so wonderful, I just love these pictures.