Lulu has graduated to a big girl's bed just like the one sis has, hurrah! One changing table ditched, one hoosier-wardrobe relocated, one chest of drawers + two wee Ercol chairs + a toybox + a crafting table gained. Still to come: bunting! pillows! other stuff!
The alphabet poster is a framed sheet of Sukie gift wrap. The frame to the right of that contains a bird-infested hanky.
(Thanks to Lauren for flat-pack help while Mike and the kids were away for the weekend).
Tags: by Mike home wide-angle ava + lulu's newfangled BR of fun bedroom #60 in Explore #47 in Explore
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The commuting trudge.
Tags: morning rush hour London Bridge train station railway low winter sun London by mike twittered 20091106
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Ava + Lulu's Kringle present, finished in the Nick of time! Ho!
It's an Ikea hack based on a much better version seen on Apartment Therapy, the base is a Rast table with bits of plywood and mdf cut-offs and a bakelite pull added on. Not counting dishes, I made this for under £20. There was no time to paint it, but maybe we'll pimp it sometime in the new year.
Tags: toy kitchen handmade ikea hack made by pam photo by mike christmas 2008
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Manchester Uni Students' Union. A really spellbinding show.
Student: "Give us a smile!"
HS: "I don't do that."
Tags: Olympus XA2 analogue scan film 1990s Manchester University Mazzy Star gig music by Mike
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For this year's Father Christmas gift I made the little ladies a wee fruit + veg stall.
Like last year's play kitchen, this is another Ikea hack. I started again with the trusty £7.99 Rast table and added bits of wood donated by friends or that I had left over from other projects to make the frame and trim out the basket area. I used leftover paint from our bathroom refurb - I would have preferred a darker green but was trying to do this on the cheap so I used what I already had wherever possible.
Holding up the awning are shelf supports I found under a desk in the craft room that I'd had for, yes, three years. I knew I'd need those one day - read it and weep, clutter-free minimalists! The wooden boxes underneath are from Ikea and I just screwed a piece of wood into the back of the bottom shelf for the boxes to sit on for that market-friendly tilt.
I made the awning from Ikea fabric but didn't have time to embroider the gals' name into it, too bad. The little veg boxes on top came with a set of Melissa and Doug wooden play food and I topped that set up with extra felt + wooden nature's candy from an online shop. The chalkboard is a piece of cardboard painted with blackboard paint and shoved into a charity-shopped frame.
Not including the play food, this cost under £20 to make and the girls are gaga for it!
Tags: photo by Pam made by Pam craft ho Xmas Christmas Ikea hack market stall Rast Crown emulsion tree house green
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