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Bloomsbury
The weekend of The Royal Wedding also marked the first day of The Charleston Festival. So up I went to England with my besties, Daan, Donata and Eline. Donata and I share a love for The Bloomsbury...
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Meow!
And all of a sudden it’s almost September and I have been totally neglecting this space. It’s just so different my new life as shop and tea room owner. It keeps me on my toes and incredibly busy. Also...
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Yvestown Christmas fair
This is a much overdue blogpost, I almost don’t know how to use the WordPress interface anymore! Oh my word, I can’t believe it’s been so long and I feel really awful about it. I feel awful about so...
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New for 2019
Hello and a very happy 2019. I can’t believe a whole year has passed. So what happend to me? I opened The Yvestown Tea Room & Shop in 2018 and it caught me whole. I’ve spent the past year each and...
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The Attic Living Room
So we have finally started to do up our new(ish) home after two years of living in it without doing a single thing. It was essential that we started with the attic as that’s where the living room now...
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Cabinet of Curiosities
Thank you all so much for the lovely comments, here and on Instagram, on my previous post. It’s lovely to come back to. Up in the attic in a little corner stands my cabinet of curiosities. I’m not a...
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The South Downs
A year went by and it was time again for my annual trip with my three best friends Daan, Donata and Eline. This year I took us to The South Downs in the UK. The South Downs are located in West Sussex...
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Carpet on Carpet
Do you remember me? Lots has happend, and for those who follow me on Instagram will know that I’ve closed the tea room & shop, and that I’m back in my old stomping grounds; making and creating....
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Green Out Green In
The Christmas tree is gone and the whole house is so empty now. As much as I LOVE all the Christmas fuss, I actually quite enjoy the emptiness. But I do need a bit of green in my life. I’ve never been...
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The New Loo
The ugliest room in the house is finally finished after 3 years of waiting. It only took us two weekends so I don’t really understand why we’ve kept it so long, maybe because it’s just a loo? Not any...
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Crochet Flower Coasters
This is a pattern I designed years ago but I recently discovered that it’s no longer on my site. I’ve made these coasters using linen yarn I bought from Linnet, a beautiful Japanese linen shop. Their...
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Banana Cupcakes
I’m not a raw banana lover by nature. I don’t really like bananas as a fruit as they are rather filling. I do however love the smell and I like them stuffed in anything. I also love banana chips,...
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Pear Piccalilli with Brabantia
Just before the very unexpected Corona Pandemic I was made a Brabantia Ambassador. We were supposed to have a party at the Brabantia Showroom, to launch the new ambassadors and the new products, but...
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The Cookbookcase
And all of a sudden I was fed up with this weird blank wall in our dining room that just stood there being a blank wall. I was also fed up with all my cookbooks cramped up in my kitchen, catching...
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Summer Fruit Brownies
This is a quick brownie recipe that I like to make overnight as it’s quite sticky so it can get more firm if you let it rest. Ingredients 125 gr unsalted butter150 gr dark chocolate (85% or up)2...
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A Room of One’s Own
It’s actually the home office and as Boris doesn’t do admin I guess it now has become my room. It used to be a library when we first bought the house with a very wobbly bookcase situation a black...
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A Sofa Cover
A few months ago I went in search for a new sofa cover for my IKEA STOCKSUND sofa. I bought the sofa used about a year ago for just €50 and I wanted it to look fresh and new again. IKEA does a really...
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Easy Scones
This one is also from the archives but how could this one be missing? I like to eat my scones chunky, airy and with raisins for extra sweetness. By adding yoghurt the scones will get airy and not too...
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The Principles of 3D Crochet
This is one of the archive posts that has been requested. On to the subject of 3D crochet, or making balls, bubbles … things that stand out. These simple steps explain you how to start crocheting...
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Brabantia for the Bathroom
There’s a brand new laundry and bathroom collection at Brabantia and as an ambassador I was able to test them out. At first I was a bit sceptical about the new Brabantia Bo laundry bin as I always...
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