Hammersmith House

There is something beautiful about taking something empty and filling it with love. It hasn't taken very long for Hammersmith House to feel like home.  And I believe that is because we are family. Family makes a home. While there are still boxes and clothes to unpack and put away, every inch of this house has become ours in two weeks.  Ideas are popping left and right for short-term DIY projects.  Namely our outdoor bar, a bookcase that used to be a side-board/showcase cabinet from my childhood and then there is the rocking horse that I want to bring back from the cobwebs. Then there is the matter of what to plant in the fairy-circle. I have made a list of what I need for the garden which is as follows: 1: A pair of cute gum-boots 2: A wheel-barrow 3: Fertiliser 4: White House paint I think I have surprised myself most of all with the desire to tap into my farmer's roots, as being outdoors means sunshine, bugs, potential likeli...

We moved into our new home a week and two days ago. Me, my fiancee' A. and our friend *Harry. *Harry is my younger sister, *Cassandra's boyfriend. *Cass is a teacher up north so they are doing the long-distance thing. So that makes us family too. A. and I moved here from a two-bedroom unit that we affectionately called  Fawlty Towers. Day by day we are shown different sides of this house's personality. It likes old school furniture but enjoys the sound of blaring out of its windows (time will tell whether the neighbours like it too!)  Over the weekend I picked up a couple of DIY projects from a lawn-sale down the street. A vintage rocking horse for a toddler that I want to fix up for A.'s and my kids.  For my fairy-garden I bought a round and square shovel and two cultivators which are three pronged rakes that burrow deep in the soil. I was also given small gardening tools, shovels, trowels and car tyres to use as planters. I'm going to plant a smal...