We officially missed deadline #3 on the master bathroom - in case you were keeping score, deadline #1 was Valentine's Day; #2 The Guy...

Lots going on, some things I want to make into a special post, others are barely worthy of a tweet let alone a line on this blog but for the...

Is it my imagination or has it suddenly got a whole lot easier to find clean, modern soft furnishings in the US? Three or four years ago I h...

At last, at last, the roman shade for my office arrived though not without one last drama. I got a call from a neighbor to say she had my sh...

The nice UPS man has just been to pick up the roman shade that smithandnoble sent out without a locking mechanism, the one they sent to repl...

Does smithandnoble read my blog entry or is it just coincidence? I checked my email just after I posted the last piece and weirdly enough th...

Steve's finger has almost healed, although he hasn't had time yet to get the stitches out and I'm beginning to worry that he...

the old window dressing Originally uploaded by modernemama . July 2004: this is what the windows looked like when we moved in, all ...

I sometimes get freaked about the things we are doing to this house. My mantra when we were in contract to buy it and thinking about all the...

suntanned never cease to amaze me with their customer"service". Despite their promise to ring back with a detailed instructions re...

The roman shades saga continues: On Monday last week I received the replacement roman shades from smithandnoble. After the last experience I...