Spring is loitering just around the corner and with Spring thoughts turn to Spring cleaning and with that, well, with that comes the awful realisation that things in my house are not always as beautiful as I would like them to be. Long, dark winter days are good for several things. They allow us to curl up in front of the TV and not go out, and also they let us cover a multitude of sins as in a dim light our homes don't come under too much scrutiny. My home is just not like this....
...and I so wish it was!
Tired rooms become cosy in winter-time, but with the first low rays of the sun that Springtime brings, all the flaws are highlighted. Scuffed paintwork, cracks, cobwebs (!) all come into the view as does my annual dissatisfaction with the one room in the house I spend most of my waking home time hours - my kitchen.
It's not that it's in bad shape but it is getting a bit over the hill with doors that don't quite fit and paintwork that needs a bit of tlc. We have given it the occasional bit of a lift with a new floor and new work-surface, but what it really needs and what I wish I could just magic up, is space.
I lust after my sister's conservatory kitchen - she has work-space, a large range cooker and one of those big American fridges. I don't. Far from it. Some would describe my kitchen as 'bijoux', I describe it with something beginning with B that is far worse.
So I'd really rather have this instead...
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So I lust after the kitchen's of family and friends and I will no doubt lust after the Ideal Home kitchens that will be making their annual appearance at the Ideal Home Show once again this year. Everest are sponsors of the show and I must admit that I could do with some help myself, but there is nothing like a day's indulgence and a visit to Ideal Home at Olympia to get some great ideas. The show runs from the 16th March to the 1st April and those lovely people at Everest have given me 5 tickets to give away. So all you have to do is leave a comment (give me a twitter name or contact please) and tell me what you hate and about your home and what you would change and I'll put your name into a draw to win tickets! The competition will close on March 4th.
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I would love more storage and perhaps tidier children and am looking for ideas for windows, dislike my very old curtains - but not sure what to replace them with
ReplyDeleteI would change my bathroom as its just a bare room with nothing plumbed in.My landing needs plastering and decorating. My bedroom needs platering and decorating and furnshing.My utilty needs tiling, and my kitcken needs some blinds. I would also change my garden as its just a jungle and the drive needs doing. Infact the whole house needs changing, well you did ask.
ReplyDeletei hate my downstairs bathroom - id move it upstairs!! @kemo_2002
ReplyDeleteI would change my kitchen as there is not enough storage space. All the appliances are built in meaning that almost all the cupboard space has been used. @jezzamk
ReplyDeleteI would like a bigger garden, seperate dinning room, bigger bathroom, an en suite in our room, another level so the kids can go on that floor and us on our own floor, a fourth bedroom, and we have an open lounge so would really like a hallway as well! Wow, sounds like I don't like my house, but I actually do!
ReplyDeleteI would like a bedroom make-over. My children have all had their rooms done and mine is still nearly the same as 6 years ago when we moved here
ReplyDeleteI'd love to change my decor, a new splash of paint throughout!
ReplyDeleteHi All
ReplyDeleteThis is now closed for comments to win the 5 tickets - I will put all the entries into a hat and will contact the winner to get an address.
thanks for entering and happy home decorating!