tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21511914175210661352024-03-06T12:02:05.285-08:00The Cloth ShedDecorative accessories and vintage findsThe Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-35324460043803811472016-01-24T02:52:00.001-08:002016-01-24T02:52:43.877-08:00Moved...At long last we have moved!<div>After months of living out of boxes in a cramped rental.. we now have space, space, space.....</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2V-jgenpwUNmwgUfdtiPDHDQi_o0DkR4juayBLn7-3UMyLRexxDlHLFGi5ECUrkBocI9TTC8ucq7Wbu1NWkE8MTQT8kzhHqzSDXh9oNFV2LvzPVfEI5vscptPz3mRCPiQVAP7mBQABaJl/s640/blogger-image--694526718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2V-jgenpwUNmwgUfdtiPDHDQi_o0DkR4juayBLn7-3UMyLRexxDlHLFGi5ECUrkBocI9TTC8ucq7Wbu1NWkE8MTQT8kzhHqzSDXh9oNFV2LvzPVfEI5vscptPz3mRCPiQVAP7mBQABaJl/s640/blogger-image--694526718.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">A typical Northumbrian farm...and...with a big barn for storage...yes!</span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhec6Tw5BV0AedfVV6SpgBvABTKBkJFVNKMHpP1xoyXHkFvvr59ZA2JxoGlXmLSx1Mov1_Y9BuWuLpcG_8rdS-EUpPt_tLBxkqD3rKTTEr5C8lSzZdNIbSDWpJJvZI6ntBy_Th6_JKDDIX8/s640/blogger-image--1999635377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhec6Tw5BV0AedfVV6SpgBvABTKBkJFVNKMHpP1xoyXHkFvvr59ZA2JxoGlXmLSx1Mov1_Y9BuWuLpcG_8rdS-EUpPt_tLBxkqD3rKTTEr5C8lSzZdNIbSDWpJJvZI6ntBy_Th6_JKDDIX8/s640/blogger-image--1999635377.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>The garden faces South and has the bones of a pretty mix of formal and informal, herb border and flagged patio for eating outside.</div><div>My favourite plants are going to be the wild strawberries that line the sides of the brick paths.</div><div> Roll on Summer....</div><div><br></div><div>With a neglected paddock too, Miss Ottie is in her element, mousing and bunnying and leaping through the tussocks as if she had springs in her feet!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBtrS6lt-IIm5JoTZqtEE_7QjZDKxw_ZnrF_63LigCBeeshpF8rnv-4TVyavFDdBXIkKihbfV9oxhJ_ZIdZduhE0zwDWBQfDvkAe8pgKm-9iGCMCqGVTKccyw3EQ2aCRYyLxG1qc3h0LR/s640/blogger-image-974831420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBtrS6lt-IIm5JoTZqtEE_7QjZDKxw_ZnrF_63LigCBeeshpF8rnv-4TVyavFDdBXIkKihbfV9oxhJ_ZIdZduhE0zwDWBQfDvkAe8pgKm-9iGCMCqGVTKccyw3EQ2aCRYyLxG1qc3h0LR/s640/blogger-image-974831420.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Lots to do inside, but isn't that like most properties?</span></div></div><div>You always want to change things in a new place and have it just how you want.</div><div><br></div><div>Starting in my favourite room the kitchen...cleaning years of greasy muck off the floor to reveal the lovely flagstones...</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Xg464RxV9ZnqvD0hqayD3wmMkuSk_G3CG0xPbKrMZ8keF9xlS1cREWcidqoEeKP5GyoOSIVRrLjyXq7DLOIG7wkQArnyoDoYDQWUuwd2uC0V6PMSlgmk01zGCX4OMPUxtOK1nxqZUEBg/s640/blogger-image-832019857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvjTKm8FQpE3ZuBzfvuHMm71jLU_ZqzMgyL7QRllKSTsC4RCtS78qH33vtH71_zS3MK33JEn9YHDc54IPT8mboWZgkgjFxiEUTxi_LKSe2Qiwr6cYUhiLvZV2hkY_s_fNIquhuHQR0GyE/s640/blogger-image-671917429.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And yes... After years of wanting.... I finally have.... an AGA.!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirl3wKEAWFDZp2sx8HNKgUnycbLXJCRQ5O8DDzTXdsND3XweLyeGwnitkWeTonxH2GYNqYkhoN3dSe-MAGstcrMId-ycdihrZtLWMP8RwsAc8MxcQUZXoVv_uhdcneRqFNTUBmZwZszyNW/s640/blogger-image-1244045971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirl3wKEAWFDZp2sx8HNKgUnycbLXJCRQ5O8DDzTXdsND3XweLyeGwnitkWeTonxH2GYNqYkhoN3dSe-MAGstcrMId-ycdihrZtLWMP8RwsAc8MxcQUZXoVv_uhdcneRqFNTUBmZwZszyNW/s640/blogger-image-1244045971.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>For those who have followed my blog and know my wish list, it is cream not powder blue... </div><div><br></div><div>To go with the black Labrador, not the chocolate one...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0_Z7FnzxF2NwtrVznzb578DjBrQLCbk-eh4fo_bGlfX9DIBvfJMz-DvfWAMN_Da7vIjb1rOVqSLrfGk1n8ye6aWJLWnA_pixixmFamYKdCR0vfSlKEqXHr1_-nZaR0mPWHyLnbuQSJPS/s640/blogger-image--262644866.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0_Z7FnzxF2NwtrVznzb578DjBrQLCbk-eh4fo_bGlfX9DIBvfJMz-DvfWAMN_Da7vIjb1rOVqSLrfGk1n8ye6aWJLWnA_pixixmFamYKdCR0vfSlKEqXHr1_-nZaR0mPWHyLnbuQSJPS/s640/blogger-image--262644866.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>How life and dreams pan out...I couldn't be happier xxx</div><div><br></div><div>Julie x</div><div><br></div>The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-14423752430746179072015-11-13T02:40:00.001-08:002015-11-13T02:40:22.770-08:00Moving on up....Hello!<div><br></div><div>It has been a very long time since I last did a blog post.</div><div><br><div>The reasons being that half<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> of me has fallen out of love with blogging and the other half has been so busy moving house after 13 years.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">It took nearly all day to do the final clear out.... So much stuff and I have promised myself to ruthlessly throw away when I unpack again.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Empty kitchen,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDVrrLyI-QgtJGQUnUEUtogaLAAmNmKtIRYPYOFCoLedoeRRc-38_MgENLgi3SGXBAN2dHR0Pkj4YGtdQqpHHimBOuMAlUdiRNDQAsCrLJXyR74CQJiot4u0Qi9Wy254rzzxc55ZiKXxd/s640/blogger-image-1579510524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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He did get to hear from his grand daughter in Paris about her exciting news and was immensely proud.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> More of that to come in the next few months x </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So, onwards and upwards on the Cloth Shed front.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I bought some more French linen smocks this week and having washed them all in readiness for the dye pot, it was interesting to see the different colours of "natural" as they hung on the line.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6zaagUZOSFS_eG4Yr99Bt0E_F9ku9gq22pz5lRx5ZhIF1k_sJsoFrG3TtmiY16r8R0K4cr6-g-6u7iMPo1ZdYoAZ2_8Z8WAH0C_eJygabv4N_RkaHlfAJm3J5vEpSeMDDed0nL3CrdHQ/s640/blogger-image--904191908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6zaagUZOSFS_eG4Yr99Bt0E_F9ku9gq22pz5lRx5ZhIF1k_sJsoFrG3TtmiY16r8R0K4cr6-g-6u7iMPo1ZdYoAZ2_8Z8WAH0C_eJygabv4N_RkaHlfAJm3J5vEpSeMDDed0nL3CrdHQ/s640/blogger-image--904191908.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From cream to grey white...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AVM1k8cdWZhYS3HJ_FyHJO6yATNPa871mDQg8QwNNL7saDd_AWzwvGDLDcPATyTuSDNCMpN7Mhs8I84_Apqb4UYK7LtjF-26xKA3qVsG5Non59Wf-of0hS79tX8uZ36X8IkZd_ULJVeZ/s640/blogger-image-49102172.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5AVM1k8cdWZhYS3HJ_FyHJO6yATNPa871mDQg8QwNNL7saDd_AWzwvGDLDcPATyTuSDNCMpN7Mhs8I84_Apqb4UYK7LtjF-26xKA3qVsG5Non59Wf-of0hS79tX8uZ36X8IkZd_ULJVeZ/s640/blogger-image-49102172.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHB3eJjGtMSe7UqyAsBXD5YEHeRYSK0JJXmW3arezRrrUzaK_fwlrKnEF7Iej-OlOgUSvgwfQS0We5XhOcCRdAzBdgSatCVC-WjA6GyD-xbYzxvi_mAxOK8MLP7aSJVa1SgCxV5P7qEkf/s640/blogger-image--1791896494.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHB3eJjGtMSe7UqyAsBXD5YEHeRYSK0JJXmW3arezRrrUzaK_fwlrKnEF7Iej-OlOgUSvgwfQS0We5XhOcCRdAzBdgSatCVC-WjA6GyD-xbYzxvi_mAxOK8MLP7aSJVa1SgCxV5P7qEkf/s640/blogger-image--1791896494.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlyEumM5C_6EUoGw7tVdckwtpq8GKI5msUwtiJjr2euDjI9mkW6kL7KZ_ztS-HGF7VjXaGacfnZZ23sfr8H0bKXtI2j-D35TMq7oX2NZrrhfbBd98IiWDmuWNkyK0eCeTGFzM4M-_kc6V/s640/blogger-image--187318583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlyEumM5C_6EUoGw7tVdckwtpq8GKI5msUwtiJjr2euDjI9mkW6kL7KZ_ztS-HGF7VjXaGacfnZZ23sfr8H0bKXtI2j-D35TMq7oX2NZrrhfbBd98IiWDmuWNkyK0eCeTGFzM4M-_kc6V/s640/blogger-image--187318583.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div>I am thinking maybe...indigo blue, grey or even black to match the hound? </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr6YkWV4_J3W43nUZ1o_TJueptkQ9gnvxAr8EmUm5ALmbWpNZNx-tSHY6imhbAz5ZcXmqbTyzn7J9leHK2S0KTAJLjsM1RohiS4Yp2sbaakNT7Mw5IoXlGC0M0kyYs6aOxE22eHRny3dV/s640/blogger-image--901496542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr6YkWV4_J3W43nUZ1o_TJueptkQ9gnvxAr8EmUm5ALmbWpNZNx-tSHY6imhbAz5ZcXmqbTyzn7J9leHK2S0KTAJLjsM1RohiS4Yp2sbaakNT7Mw5IoXlGC0M0kyYs6aOxE22eHRny3dV/s640/blogger-image--901496542.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>A pair of bold, vintage curtains, screen printed in a vibrant indigo</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4YAPkIHu2WIP3UppFxAXWN-FQ4OHz4ErngRZx9TK6TBZFobX0Fl0r8jbu0IH0UGKVBBC5uLc6NSkc_xNSczTxBK71UyYmedCVWug79G8jBkBmbV7z8-5TjbKIkWJoEMp-kBEwyQJzGgW/s640/blogger-image--1588293455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4YAPkIHu2WIP3UppFxAXWN-FQ4OHz4ErngRZx9TK6TBZFobX0Fl0r8jbu0IH0UGKVBBC5uLc6NSkc_xNSczTxBK71UyYmedCVWug79G8jBkBmbV7z8-5TjbKIkWJoEMp-kBEwyQJzGgW/s640/blogger-image--1588293455.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>A decorative French lamp with gold insides to the shades. Re wired now with an English plug and beautiful when lit in the evenings.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HSOaKtmyne4cJfwPQkSGVh0VNshb39bYz6SKuazWqdOFHS3vnP9ZW2gYQE66CLN95aYd6Dxp31SSG5hJM33s6Irx1vMjImgbxRSbUyh_XYslt6JU5Y0iPJ20RTL_xI5UNwIbsTnTwPBJ/s640/blogger-image-1254822932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HSOaKtmyne4cJfwPQkSGVh0VNshb39bYz6SKuazWqdOFHS3vnP9ZW2gYQE66CLN95aYd6Dxp31SSG5hJM33s6Irx1vMjImgbxRSbUyh_XYslt6JU5Y0iPJ20RTL_xI5UNwIbsTnTwPBJ/s640/blogger-image-1254822932.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmNQC1RMEuXGHQIrlmIEPfKert0EAK1v-mbe_amGg8JjOv_emanBYUZ2D6AZvnMv7_5lbKuKvT2SThHEq4UckB_CK9i6ss8xXgZlfTC5AcNbEIQJCDNiaBkenn5AQqGUNSaJa4ATxpA7S/s640/blogger-image--1777928329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQssjZ47C5RGgyj4l2Ly1MRK_seTyu32kYVT_8jsLtyHNsg-pS_jKRd7eB8J808NUPi8nFfCATVafctdlAnQ7fNkYZowle2y4XusfsohHmc3S_MXZVa0AYW6hYRMdqho9aqr8kSZ56vyA-/s640/blogger-image-21203457.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I would have loved to have been involved with that house clearance!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Enjoy the sunshine and birdsong whatever you do today...and look after your loved ones x</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Back with you very soon,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Julie x</div></div><br></div><br></span></div><div><br></div>The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-4989767343731900562015-01-11T11:32:00.001-08:002015-01-15T12:02:38.996-08:00Change....<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">It has been a very long time since I showed you some Cloth Shed purchases... Miss Ottie and The Bastle seem to have featured more often in recent posts rather than my stock.</span></div><div><br><div>So, first up ... a collection of straw filled, handmade dolls with no faces. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5XK4GZv_k23SNfZuv8nfjlIiSYl5q41y6P8tp8phhONO7wXHotkAy2pDH7hydcXeGl-j0zoUY-GhnU42Wi6eqlJdMmMTPAjPQbezP7UF3f6kF1sto-usDs61MQX0i99y1a2829IHKt1U/s640/blogger-image-1362941212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5XK4GZv_k23SNfZuv8nfjlIiSYl5q41y6P8tp8phhONO7wXHotkAy2pDH7hydcXeGl-j0zoUY-GhnU42Wi6eqlJdMmMTPAjPQbezP7UF3f6kF1sto-usDs61MQX0i99y1a2829IHKt1U/s640/blogger-image-1362941212.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">3 with undergarments and little hands </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yEC_83H1hhYDxXjGyCBEbKwuNnTyZMTsYCQ4jZK9chF0m4adoVoJWCCVl_dwdcrZ4TVdOssnMlGyxQZ2c-Q1jThuT8iEdVqO8_ctGNS0KsWSaWIQHcErVDps6FEnsbixUXhZHWVcnTUM/s640/blogger-image--1232971738.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgeLTbP7g14Mr7k8wFp5IwZotbBLwVjLtONKYtx3-ZhN__UHlwPzl8dR9q56EUUDJv2l7WZdYMnvOuGhYGQKG3ADU9fbE-DNblueVLkq92IzPt_VFANanmfgbmD39f6z1-dbdo0oaxJmy/s640/blogger-image--762697177.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Charmingly simple and naive....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Unfinished, but I like them that way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">NOW SOLD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Continuing on the doll theme,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2 tiny "frozen Charlotte" glazed, china dolls....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64wre7ezGubZlO6E8Gb4YR9hGhJCJ8lmIyxgb-zOFGW9SglnaIXGadHK4043PNbKw6-7YWc-CAIK0eaUp-eYoZ76IAJjGc78Ck_aXdQsNtFp03N4ROSdMpIFxFJYA9V8YCsaFRKPCZU2Z/s640/blogger-image-1954226631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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That's the Victorians for you.</span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlzqwrbbdotRE_zW24qnc1Es_yMiz9mmMsMjw1bzHot3wmTf2TEarmvLa09K7WSVbuMDDE7Yu1NKeEF7d-bHWXXg5kdqdo2OK2-bYX4n2nnUzonLLvcCtI4Qnl0Virk-l4rrW7EV1Lo0l/s640/blogger-image-241261907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlzqwrbbdotRE_zW24qnc1Es_yMiz9mmMsMjw1bzHot3wmTf2TEarmvLa09K7WSVbuMDDE7Yu1NKeEF7d-bHWXXg5kdqdo2OK2-bYX4n2nnUzonLLvcCtI4Qnl0Virk-l4rrW7EV1Lo0l/s640/blogger-image-241261907.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">An equally tiny lead cat, perfect for a dolls house... NOW SOLD</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlZ065WrZsxSKvcZoWc9WiQZEzzBodskkO357hkAeD8ijr9mG9dkzEnbIai087ZZOHSuC63VhahyphenhyphenLZ0k7J71oD24jAKBvNwhUegCGXIlB67dw1G1OX3IPa4ZM9DLQYSljKeAn-fA-2ySf/s640/blogger-image-1163669813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlZ065WrZsxSKvcZoWc9WiQZEzzBodskkO357hkAeD8ijr9mG9dkzEnbIai087ZZOHSuC63VhahyphenhyphenLZ0k7J71oD24jAKBvNwhUegCGXIlB67dw1G1OX3IPa4ZM9DLQYSljKeAn-fA-2ySf/s640/blogger-image-1163669813.jpg"></a></div><br></font><div>And a napkin ring with a seated hare,</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMykesI_YyB91xo3BM4AsQzVt4h1YS1fGGOyrgIbWTj7YdA15pfkRFZZXqBp3YvUqpf_-Cw2m6y7kHL4BVHghAMsXey-NzPSTyFlISJkKPggJPFm2wP9VVLnWcjsVQjodDuitKFMkinJk/s640/blogger-image--1850863435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMykesI_YyB91xo3BM4AsQzVt4h1YS1fGGOyrgIbWTj7YdA15pfkRFZZXqBp3YvUqpf_-Cw2m6y7kHL4BVHghAMsXey-NzPSTyFlISJkKPggJPFm2wP9VVLnWcjsVQjodDuitKFMkinJk/s640/blogger-image--1850863435.jpg"></a></div><br><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZf12dT3NZm2qMdz4xykuyNpl_-diaomSmnADt9ae6xwhJIWM1Ft0oy75pPuST79Nrespfftr_xY3-I98z3aTJgAs6UTNZlH3RjSssommRcgLprfBHsycQD4dcronncwmopderWsS7tfT2/s640/blogger-image--1590620005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZf12dT3NZm2qMdz4xykuyNpl_-diaomSmnADt9ae6xwhJIWM1Ft0oy75pPuST79Nrespfftr_xY3-I98z3aTJgAs6UTNZlH3RjSssommRcgLprfBHsycQD4dcronncwmopderWsS7tfT2/s640/blogger-image--1590620005.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It would make a lovely Easter gift with a French linen napkin rolled inside. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">NOW SOLD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Finally, love it or hate it..... Vintage Fur.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXI7cfulwPNLRJhvyVTClVIinztIMYwM1xLd1_07uZKfZ9Ow6BkAYE1oJxC58wdeHX6VuUH1MBWH0GVkuMr-qHCVoidkU7U6oHw7eJJetXFU58hOn7wvMGD9NnPL9ZGvO2vQHNd8P7cm2b/s640/blogger-image-965148676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXI7cfulwPNLRJhvyVTClVIinztIMYwM1xLd1_07uZKfZ9Ow6BkAYE1oJxC58wdeHX6VuUH1MBWH0GVkuMr-qHCVoidkU7U6oHw7eJJetXFU58hOn7wvMGD9NnPL9ZGvO2vQHNd8P7cm2b/s640/blogger-image-965148676.jpg"></a></div><br></div>A beautiful 1950's /60's fur cape. Scalloped at the back with two hidden arm holes at the front allowing the wearer to drop it it off the shoulders for a more daring look.</div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoB5t8Z_FUEGF5y66ZF-pyXUvsYfrOv4iuldhow1iDzcWgbTiMNFhbWKYEAr082gipRGte5COPR8IQW65jdlNU3Cb6il4uQ-4UYWyGG28NTYPxET_2caBQi1gkQtPb50u0M3iTjhzQT9d/s640/blogger-image--2045076846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoB5t8Z_FUEGF5y66ZF-pyXUvsYfrOv4iuldhow1iDzcWgbTiMNFhbWKYEAr082gipRGte5COPR8IQW65jdlNU3Cb6il4uQ-4UYWyGG28NTYPxET_2caBQi1gkQtPb50u0M3iTjhzQT9d/s640/blogger-image--2045076846.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSO8f7PX6K_mviEAziZuHnLwjRp2BP0V3kOIvD-QL48OOk_w-3HXruTm0-MV6NpRlFi4IU7EhIu42ViVWZn6JRGz69Vzr1_FL3OlSBaTymL9pl32Xh8kjA4RzNE8UV72QF0hjqDS5PMKO9/s640/blogger-image--1799448927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSO8f7PX6K_mviEAziZuHnLwjRp2BP0V3kOIvD-QL48OOk_w-3HXruTm0-MV6NpRlFi4IU7EhIu42ViVWZn6JRGz69Vzr1_FL3OlSBaTymL9pl32Xh8kjA4RzNE8UV72QF0hjqDS5PMKO9/s640/blogger-image--1799448927.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BsuvWWXkihe_YS-udnbwcwGyQbIFq2fGMp9S9RxcGSa7_o2oz9s4B5wTw4SP0octo4SR32K1t2R9cnrIQSRGxmJenuQ1V7fSLVNi1aKU8eKf8WW6k0REp7NWYzOvFy0zvEOhGh5CrpDu/s640/blogger-image-443835966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BsuvWWXkihe_YS-udnbwcwGyQbIFq2fGMp9S9RxcGSa7_o2oz9s4B5wTw4SP0octo4SR32K1t2R9cnrIQSRGxmJenuQ1V7fSLVNi1aKU8eKf8WW6k0REp7NWYzOvFy0zvEOhGh5CrpDu/s640/blogger-image-443835966.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">NOW SOLD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>The other a 1930's stole.... Beautiful back and front....</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PbR08vjLk6HYlA789-mGEzguW3LAlaZr8kNZce0p69f08q-4pRlEQqLl5sOeMi7i3YSfdjDD8FXgdhgkpQ6z47HvuW4iP3EcyMPcwt6Znf5oyV3czc1Iwt51KasOv5aOPJGghzdeHx_0/s640/blogger-image-2050691958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PbR08vjLk6HYlA789-mGEzguW3LAlaZr8kNZce0p69f08q-4pRlEQqLl5sOeMi7i3YSfdjDD8FXgdhgkpQ6z47HvuW4iP3EcyMPcwt6Znf5oyV3czc1Iwt51KasOv5aOPJGghzdeHx_0/s640/blogger-image-2050691958.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzv1yvYnoBNbFHNEDaJ0BQOcT1MSnilX6Dx_2kjaWYC-TMAmPzj-8BGd4nX8OrSmpPCs5_ArbFfJg08A9HDu_BcY3Dx-UFFRtvj3gFIIK8NBqXLWN68SnyA-ZsSDz15RdmZdMTZ_wZCti/s640/blogger-image-168566668.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzv1yvYnoBNbFHNEDaJ0BQOcT1MSnilX6Dx_2kjaWYC-TMAmPzj-8BGd4nX8OrSmpPCs5_ArbFfJg08A9HDu_BcY3Dx-UFFRtvj3gFIIK8NBqXLWN68SnyA-ZsSDz15RdmZdMTZ_wZCti/s640/blogger-image-168566668.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JmUzsoDTKlQocpnkvvY9BBZqY5EXy9AkAQ-uR1ORKeBO1zUe1Z2J7dHS8rwTdo8d4SVs48KSFvhSY0oSjufC2Ggkf8-dQ50jVbEApHBGNR7DOoQogLvTYqWE59yCxHVljtV9khoZ6SFZ/s640/blogger-image-555539327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JmUzsoDTKlQocpnkvvY9BBZqY5EXy9AkAQ-uR1ORKeBO1zUe1Z2J7dHS8rwTdo8d4SVs48KSFvhSY0oSjufC2Ggkf8-dQ50jVbEApHBGNR7DOoQogLvTYqWE59yCxHVljtV9khoZ6SFZ/s640/blogger-image-555539327.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>So very Downton Abbey don't you think?</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you all had a lovely festive season....and I must say I am looking<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> forward to getting back into the work swing after a long Christmas/New Year break... I think I miss the buzz of the buying and selling!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">My next Fair is this Tuesday at Wentworth Leisure Centre, Hexham, Northumberland. Open 9.30-3.30pm</span></div><div><br></div><div>Till next time,</div><div>Julie x</div>The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-48635467827194331472014-11-04T00:47:00.001-08:002014-11-04T01:34:18.738-08:00Belated birthday.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KGHn4Mlh2VuelvE7ZRJhFR8QmCqZlQua5U_-z2meWtRKJapcCEDq2Kc55U6YHAHI6XZfs3RYtBSPv8FtAawQUBdYYvxxRgB6_ahHJNFDI_4PR-P_ezrwCpbyVD8596wUFtNz9zlA8lN3/s640/blogger-image-1931630069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KGHn4Mlh2VuelvE7ZRJhFR8QmCqZlQua5U_-z2meWtRKJapcCEDq2Kc55U6YHAHI6XZfs3RYtBSPv8FtAawQUBdYYvxxRgB6_ahHJNFDI_4PR-P_ezrwCpbyVD8596wUFtNz9zlA8lN3/s640/blogger-image-1931630069.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Miss Ottie is now a much bigger girl than she was this time last year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We have had lots of chewing....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSGX7LwfJiLYpcEERCdoShLjwaMxn5cDODTMi9WRDLjh_jhwlcGSHVeAx5FCnqNzNzMMpf2EkXkfeMIq_IX5fjEwPDEvoKH52Qs4jteswrJwfC2_RPOS8bgo5MnXdxazqZyrH5yMhCloD/s640/blogger-image-1829321835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-70565763430854160892014-09-17T07:00:00.001-07:002014-09-17T07:00:37.814-07:00All done and dusted...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWA06MXENTYN7-EnsrhMIl-4-7IrmffZW5aU3ADiFdoKOVab9gECyKfXUY7Cnuq1xVSrgXMfmiI2WlshOrJoeoimiW-qeNae3PA9WequR8rzyN-LWy3DnfoSzDGkrYNhMSXxcxvP2HJNbC/s640/blogger-image--658126817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWA06MXENTYN7-EnsrhMIl-4-7IrmffZW5aU3ADiFdoKOVab9gECyKfXUY7Cnuq1xVSrgXMfmiI2WlshOrJoeoimiW-qeNae3PA9WequR8rzyN-LWy3DnfoSzDGkrYNhMSXxcxvP2HJNbC/s640/blogger-image--658126817.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The significant lack of blogging at the cloth shed has been due to work, Miss Ottie and the above. Big apologies...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Safe to say though, we <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">are finally done after 4 years of extremely hard graft. Looking back at the old photos it is hard to believe it is the same house.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtqGXR0wwxphe0J0pZfm2SX0fm_pUUcGMhW9YxiNe0v-3G6TEO57sz01QLWk38D_PfyI_ElA-ffbUsi3oAnC6AJG8WRaKn9pJcLTyTqbLwuttF8tBhY-Dn73ByffTojdzC6OjIOWLwxwC/s640/blogger-image-548016128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLtqGXR0wwxphe0J0pZfm2SX0fm_pUUcGMhW9YxiNe0v-3G6TEO57sz01QLWk38D_PfyI_ElA-ffbUsi3oAnC6AJG8WRaKn9pJcLTyTqbLwuttF8tBhY-Dn73ByffTojdzC6OjIOWLwxwC/s640/blogger-image-548016128.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAe4-kDhM54s4Czqd5uehBSPfMm1pFbvzXXFq0gsRPusCZy1OZVtPC6VTAAjekG-lecrrHRHaUKv9XCIYLcRI5wmnZMoqedBrzm8L7NHb7TZJ74N3rgTDob8zONSA0whRm2i8tb1ylsbzt/s640/blogger-image-590698170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAe4-kDhM54s4Czqd5uehBSPfMm1pFbvzXXFq0gsRPusCZy1OZVtPC6VTAAjekG-lecrrHRHaUKv9XCIYLcRI5wmnZMoqedBrzm8L7NHb7TZJ74N3rgTDob8zONSA0whRm2i8tb1ylsbzt/s640/blogger-image-590698170.jpg"></a></div><br></div>The rare 'wrestler' roof is happy now with all the new work below it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVvfta_CPdD8aqq_lGKXT68LqYnyFha_AS9URQCqrQreOOMTEObRj-Ugf8tDWc1H_nSWFvKl71hyphenhyphenqMnLEbTPhz7Zqh20IHm3nxwMjHojouNeIS1CEaY4sUj1yulG4PcGw2BiX9_IDPTaK/s640/blogger-image-1266048820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilVvfta_CPdD8aqq_lGKXT68LqYnyFha_AS9URQCqrQreOOMTEObRj-Ugf8tDWc1H_nSWFvKl71hyphenhyphenqMnLEbTPhz7Zqh20IHm3nxwMjHojouNeIS1CEaY4sUj1yulG4PcGw2BiX9_IDPTaK/s640/blogger-image-1266048820.jpg"></a></div></div></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAc0uDmTDP4HmF675L6fKvMEzS6pkUw5leZT6flpeyDxGV9m82bagH86fQ77DUOepiDHbDaYjeF0R9SXsrGdNZ_zr3pa-Hrkx9M_v3kp7At3fTlHcYxyHqZ7hIBfMEYWbDTSmuCdoyras/s640/blogger-image-1115661856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAc0uDmTDP4HmF675L6fKvMEzS6pkUw5leZT6flpeyDxGV9m82bagH86fQ77DUOepiDHbDaYjeF0R9SXsrGdNZ_zr3pa-Hrkx9M_v3kp7At3fTlHcYxyHqZ7hIBfMEYWbDTSmuCdoyras/s640/blogger-image-1115661856.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And the huge boulder walls are well supported with the new lime mortar...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUAqdHhnnKaIten1UApOvDSkwlK1ht9QRFPMJyhs-KGli4bJRH6gUy7_KdlfpgjZ2IHuVX61yL8iQtUqxvOtoREdGSizzx65QLTdvi5vQFeXo1-uUHwJIsSrhTUGDQz-rxR9EmGNKU9mt/s640/blogger-image--1873693476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUAqdHhnnKaIten1UApOvDSkwlK1ht9QRFPMJyhs-KGli4bJRH6gUy7_KdlfpgjZ2IHuVX61yL8iQtUqxvOtoREdGSizzx65QLTdvi5vQFeXo1-uUHwJIsSrhTUGDQz-rxR9EmGNKU9mt/s640/blogger-image--1873693476.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Inside....the kitchen is full height to the old beams, dramatic iron chandelier and modern task lights over the cooking/work area. Well equipped with built in microwave, oven, dishwasher, induction hob and big ceramic sink.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaPA0lXwUav6XoxgtEQ0l05g3QyXzf-8p10NKkGAA-TLc8qtNLTVsa6o_yZcP7C7bM-jeJ4W4kfK2XGVwRmXy4xuote3QtKV7n7-u7ySjoXjG7ai_LZ8-R5w2j9HCdMh6g2j8ZtggCrwn/s640/blogger-image-1719953759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaPA0lXwUav6XoxgtEQ0l05g3QyXzf-8p10NKkGAA-TLc8qtNLTVsa6o_yZcP7C7bM-jeJ4W4kfK2XGVwRmXy4xuote3QtKV7n7-u7ySjoXjG7ai_LZ8-R5w2j9HCdMh6g2j8ZtggCrwn/s640/blogger-image-1719953759.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rIRXTaGxN2Zv3g4NYv7ILFC3HkkdaEBwFzDg2RMBbRyxej7M2up9w-Z06pdqwpa9u4-JmGXXyj4jFeyXtuvwdsp2W7eCfkZHBQ12DBHMy3WfUH3V75lqbbNvKSPUIXHTAQu0zyyPKIGP/s640/blogger-image--1825040241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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From Belgium. The weather was glorious and they enjoyed exploring the coast and countryside of Northumberland.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So I think we are up and running... 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The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-65041114831274023612014-07-06T14:27:00.001-07:002014-07-06T14:27:21.955-07:00Summer in the village....<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fDJg5iY_bHTnu5KjkgF_k79M0vc2tyIhn3PwE73tP1IqFZvQih6ZB9fyuqt3lldRKGhY2_JQym2kzzU7M3tQ2ZQz2-k8B-6LGsAHmGikwv9gcdQSw4NL3wLYlPxDKCZ13iCKM1aMeJCW/s640/blogger-image--1721027976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fDJg5iY_bHTnu5KjkgF_k79M0vc2tyIhn3PwE73tP1IqFZvQih6ZB9fyuqt3lldRKGhY2_JQym2kzzU7M3tQ2ZQz2-k8B-6LGsAHmGikwv9gcdQSw4NL3wLYlPxDKCZ13iCKM1aMeJCW/s640/blogger-image--1721027976.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fDJg5iY_bHTnu5KjkgF_k79M0vc2tyIhn3PwE73tP1IqFZvQih6ZB9fyuqt3lldRKGhY2_JQym2kzzU7M3tQ2ZQz2-k8B-6LGsAHmGikwv9gcdQSw4NL3wLYlPxDKCZ13iCKM1aMeJCW/s640/blogger-image--1721027976.jpg"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Gorgeous wedding flowers in our church this weekend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Summer flowers...alchemilla, sweetpeas, roses, scabious around the church door.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2ZtbOeljwLIii9bWMhtuxEpQQjNSG1Iq9jrnZxhAfT9lm6WakeKpfLyJvjzc78PrNoa4SEdSjnDZALrsSa1vtWNmDuShTutVva2465IVTmlWzjfOlo2RtuhGlT7lxCHgIQxzOxKEGlP-/s640/blogger-image--1270965999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2ZtbOeljwLIii9bWMhtuxEpQQjNSG1Iq9jrnZxhAfT9lm6WakeKpfLyJvjzc78PrNoa4SEdSjnDZALrsSa1vtWNmDuShTutVva2465IVTmlWzjfOlo2RtuhGlT7lxCHgIQxzOxKEGlP-/s640/blogger-image--1270965999.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The font...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcXP0LJcTQEmmItmwMCrZ1zbDHuBvNWOskdbGqZ1JkecgnBMBn2BJUlQ-W592oqhRDinfnyIM7qwn3sYKx5yLI0-pwb6Q7BsvI3wgwBfaDA_bbP5tbXz1-iQV015hKasqXZX5XsEByOtZ/s640/blogger-image-2016696996.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFcXP0LJcTQEmmItmwMCrZ1zbDHuBvNWOskdbGqZ1JkecgnBMBn2BJUlQ-W592oqhRDinfnyIM7qwn3sYKx5yLI0-pwb6Q7BsvI3wgwBfaDA_bbP5tbXz1-iQV015hKasqXZX5XsEByOtZ/s640/blogger-image-2016696996.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And the pews...beautiful xx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLjCWoXvIF-AXT0Fqf02oMah3YwJ8Sl34_0THJgbB4JOl1zot2lLXJS1dukPcm-yqVLU-yVcuJCLG7dJ-JLuJ7mw0JfyicR0A-Fro22Zbu4AbJYk042omp911iUAjSF8Si71K7OTww5l2/s640/blogger-image-982137861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLjCWoXvIF-AXT0Fqf02oMah3YwJ8Sl34_0THJgbB4JOl1zot2lLXJS1dukPcm-yqVLU-yVcuJCLG7dJ-JLuJ7mw0JfyicR0A-Fro22Zbu4AbJYk042omp911iUAjSF8Si71K7OTww5l2/s640/blogger-image-982137861.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Bastle is just next door to the Church and I can safely say, after 3 years...is on the final straight for completion...hurrah!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vFI3RbddGlmqNNTufARhrICZlrln_iENfB8GHK-W3E3D8lRswZ3NkZ_w97hHxF-y63tLnlBg-0HJshxtCYWoWRf1A7hdLcBKO4x1dBuPFGIp0DCbRTG0HpG2b9C2_59xiLYcXdDYRMhs/s640/blogger-image--1085167943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_vFI3RbddGlmqNNTufARhrICZlrln_iENfB8GHK-W3E3D8lRswZ3NkZ_w97hHxF-y63tLnlBg-0HJshxtCYWoWRf1A7hdLcBKO4x1dBuPFGIp0DCbRTG0HpG2b9C2_59xiLYcXdDYRMhs/s640/blogger-image--1085167943.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The outside is finished...simple, no clutter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij0pRyA_v2FWy0x9ja0r4tsQehW_cNssB-1r5sf1LxM8f4SbOqhZ3thnbXtrpkA5nvRwchkGTRjjub8-o9cG2CNro_hpbqCXBmht3GXp4OdTtecYYUuTo5FJR-LM2RyYOTyrfkYbl_zQKF/s640/blogger-image-1237881566.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Big squashy, " take your shoes off, curl up and relax" chair and sofa..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-H6FZX7HUa1zkH0llaBxaa_r2oCxjRw-_3zVmupauZ6bQyn-kvSyGA3oYlslDX8nPJfK1HuPGP8OAGnvJu2LHKvyA1_SoDY8mH497E4zSYwV3_eahwG5dK3KJvnyg8obAjR_a54N33IM/s640/blogger-image--2121543402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-H6FZX7HUa1zkH0llaBxaa_r2oCxjRw-_3zVmupauZ6bQyn-kvSyGA3oYlslDX8nPJfK1HuPGP8OAGnvJu2LHKvyA1_SoDY8mH497E4zSYwV3_eahwG5dK3KJvnyg8obAjR_a54N33IM/s640/blogger-image--2121543402.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">18th century Country furniture, a wood burning stove for chilly evenings and quirky additions on the wall...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKfY_sM1Ymygyw6SLBZVRRJeJJU5mFftRD5HQBfR3l05ycKxZ3PMwSOZgewR214kJAkDyDS0d9Uw6bjVpmmn-WrOHMCjmrEQGrVhnsN5FfYwiNrqEE9vTClsLk8etnkMFDzsrjO8OmmhA/s640/blogger-image--1235487267.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7et93b6SRU7KdPLPwt-9MO8MCJ-cYGbnB850OfVtkcnpQKXCn0EPAVycV2pCx2jwp3ATt6LEecwgGkBHLVg-2P10Jy1_sgPvV6AyjTBeR2u17rVPHAEJcFPjCZ5cEnWIbBcYDJJ6xuWEo/s640/blogger-image--642205434.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">She is looking rather smart as she has a new, personalised leather collar..a bit of bling for my shiny girl x</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbN64rwYZPKsqi_UZXU_QmV9rzd3Fj4Ar-jrfsk1f8CwP345jzJvD4-RjrVJmDfoNdqO1RGqmSJaNlN3wiTL5UikBfYuMND-XastH20LStVsGBu-ScN1Eu_6uu3TmHft9Jk0e_8FyIpOUL/s640/blogger-image-2026739718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbN64rwYZPKsqi_UZXU_QmV9rzd3Fj4Ar-jrfsk1f8CwP345jzJvD4-RjrVJmDfoNdqO1RGqmSJaNlN3wiTL5UikBfYuMND-XastH20LStVsGBu-ScN1Eu_6uu3TmHft9Jk0e_8FyIpOUL/s640/blogger-image-2026739718.jpg"></a></div><br></div>So, a few more weeks and hopefully it will be marketed for holiday lets in gorgeous Northumberland... A kick off the backside from Hadrian's Wall too x</div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO6JhIbE08hv9TILfYV10ZWDdnQ_JBKHbMfL2lS8W-pgjDgiEezbKoxYmLqPPBn5s6imYfAaM6PNeROW3jg0SXsqaL1cgVLLwXayudxT8SCfTBGHTS1ZqEYvvTW3cCZmKfL97r_iGLm2gL/s640/blogger-image-1019865334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO6JhIbE08hv9TILfYV10ZWDdnQ_JBKHbMfL2lS8W-pgjDgiEezbKoxYmLqPPBn5s6imYfAaM6PNeROW3jg0SXsqaL1cgVLLwXayudxT8SCfTBGHTS1ZqEYvvTW3cCZmKfL97r_iGLm2gL/s640/blogger-image-1019865334.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Julie x</div>The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-54996299946600013562014-06-07T01:48:00.001-07:002014-06-07T02:07:09.528-07:00New Bastle kitchen....<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_PYlAtXJ5-NS3S5mfvW3XdzD6yjAzU5P5gtrAPJsLSZz26kr3gk18d1x61JvNvYEMcHfnUc0-OA_456Px0VYhL1X3ZGI3fcu_C3gEhN04lpFzR7ldaQ9dGsTfKaEZ3zN49yQeJGgbDxu/s640/blogger-image--1985207355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_PYlAtXJ5-NS3S5mfvW3XdzD6yjAzU5P5gtrAPJsLSZz26kr3gk18d1x61JvNvYEMcHfnUc0-OA_456Px0VYhL1X3ZGI3fcu_C3gEhN04lpFzR7ldaQ9dGsTfKaEZ3zN49yQeJGgbDxu/s640/blogger-image--1985207355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6TXGQsiHVagttmN2wlI4BXq0AMxDo34NJaHHo0RHdDEdginUqCtcHZbu2IULo_3jFV1XhLZrFNtTRPa2bw4q_eb_2Bocs14JEw_hzSrIAtGT1TMz8qyArPXcm1QRE_3JfSh-x0gq4k8b/s640/blogger-image-503563980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6TXGQsiHVagttmN2wlI4BXq0AMxDo34NJaHHo0RHdDEdginUqCtcHZbu2IULo_3jFV1XhLZrFNtTRPa2bw4q_eb_2Bocs14JEw_hzSrIAtGT1TMz8qyArPXcm1QRE_3JfSh-x0gq4k8b/s640/blogger-image-503563980.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">You may remember the Bastle kitchen as it was over 3 years ago.... A little pod in the 18th century side extension to the original 16th century Bastle building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRISJXwyUe9ciJM2Z2KuWHFbzKgjgRLOuZ3SNtP1Y-O3QviLzbPBftkBJDUKMKHDlEVlthgO5AZB37dWU5zFT5UBx2L0YKRalAkrYZqD146H1GQIA6kiSQCTcN_H_u-L_gK8Vb6xxCqAmn/s640/blogger-image--826945401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRISJXwyUe9ciJM2Z2KuWHFbzKgjgRLOuZ3SNtP1Y-O3QviLzbPBftkBJDUKMKHDlEVlthgO5AZB37dWU5zFT5UBx2L0YKRalAkrYZqD146H1GQIA6kiSQCTcN_H_u-L_gK8Vb6xxCqAmn/s640/blogger-image--826945401.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Well after a " little" destruction.... Kitchen units, ceiling and cupboard removed, concrete render taken off in 3 to 6 inch slabs from the walls and re pointed with lime mortar, ceiling insulated, floor dug out, insulation and underfloor heating installed and screed in place.</div></div></div><br></div><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeuHxnWUofROn4ZdDs-eQcC-vCyaAZYxqaia9dgvcvy5LfHnf-1Rq3z0DuUba9g6NgDkaioAXdCG9_6TM1YeidRx5zrXja3YWBGUjMKJNK0NkyK-LOESd88UbtbjJHSAw-lBq4jl_HWU9/s640/blogger-image--127810904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeuHxnWUofROn4ZdDs-eQcC-vCyaAZYxqaia9dgvcvy5LfHnf-1Rq3z0DuUba9g6NgDkaioAXdCG9_6TM1YeidRx5zrXja3YWBGUjMKJNK0NkyK-LOESd88UbtbjJHSAw-lBq4jl_HWU9/s640/blogger-image--127810904.jpg"></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">New oak door frame and reclaimed door to the boot room, new doors, windows and shutters</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPOFCRr3GxOfrzjM5BwOc7nue4J6gCLLGyeRF4bHQn1rpuKBjc7cJQRNyD3qXrY7y9nbrj2ZdGvxo5UWgpUEjMJaLd9m-d7Q8-5qw2wuL-5k4d5q5D0K2-_GsqvcLKk8ZjuCagj5-wO_k/s640/blogger-image-209696630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPOFCRr3GxOfrzjM5BwOc7nue4J6gCLLGyeRF4bHQn1rpuKBjc7cJQRNyD3qXrY7y9nbrj2ZdGvxo5UWgpUEjMJaLd9m-d7Q8-5qw2wuL-5k4d5q5D0K2-_GsqvcLKk8ZjuCagj5-wO_k/s640/blogger-image-209696630.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Large slate floor laid.... Blooming heavy slabs...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eKF6A9nt4EMbotFi9gO9Df7Y6qRywLs_xUP_lQk_t2UZxbooJtKEJ7KxR_4ScIqJ0cNV9sCDshA4weF-F7Y_MhqLr3_og72Xv3pFZ4h83PRr1UZ8IXp1ztN3A1E5udwj4rMM9aE4_TWr/s640/blogger-image--1080979432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eKF6A9nt4EMbotFi9gO9Df7Y6qRywLs_xUP_lQk_t2UZxbooJtKEJ7KxR_4ScIqJ0cNV9sCDshA4weF-F7Y_MhqLr3_og72Xv3pFZ4h83PRr1UZ8IXp1ztN3A1E5udwj4rMM9aE4_TWr/s640/blogger-image--1080979432.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Still no staircase yet, just a scary ladder to get to the second floor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCmhNLmQj1vJoezg_LjKzxpu56_KksXkozOhG9hkK4WZGP64Y5qJB1945e8Tb7ItCMqWRxhf79ILEmMtakMUUDFCgYR-HHn3tiZy3he1WzfHCXGRRB7df5_vlxyeYSbn7X-u2OKxksBpr/s640/blogger-image-1364457475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It has had a bit of a hard life I think, judging by the scratches and broken bed stretchers.</div>
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( Just don't think about it's previous "occupants" Julie....best not go there.)</div>
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Just awaiting a nice, comfy mattress now...then on with the French linen sheets, snuggly feather and down duvet and the bargain goose down pillows from TK Maxx...bliss....<br />
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The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-91829056487037611972014-05-20T10:43:00.001-07:002014-05-22T13:25:59.575-07:00A Grand Day Out...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8XETDaGXu3Av13EWb2LT68aiCjzLRiNM_W8Wb_5xnguSkX5tUAD98oEdOPtiswpvyXMcjZkRfxCzn-y6WXvNAY6a4iqrgCmF_BafAJIlq8fVOJudK3NDZzvaOZene1bfxXFGr1TA-2d0/s640/blogger-image-1519419278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8XETDaGXu3Av13EWb2LT68aiCjzLRiNM_W8Wb_5xnguSkX5tUAD98oEdOPtiswpvyXMcjZkRfxCzn-y6WXvNAY6a4iqrgCmF_BafAJIlq8fVOJudK3NDZzvaOZene1bfxXFGr1TA-2d0/s640/blogger-image-1519419278.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A trip to God's own County... Yorkshire.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ripley near Harrogate to be precise, which yielded a little bit of France for me at the weekend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Stall after stall of salvaged and decorative pieces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0fSeNyM7XX0OSx7xgdFA0PXNiJ2rfzyc-BzCAEb2PZgDeYrCjZuxASMRYURqQZWsN-usfliTMZtiVQTdUH-IjDabG5Y7uizrqwhPNAiVWpMur1qcdUcJ0nfSLhSbLJhenhLLK6UzFXUF/s640/blogger-image-363372801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0fSeNyM7XX0OSx7xgdFA0PXNiJ2rfzyc-BzCAEb2PZgDeYrCjZuxASMRYURqQZWsN-usfliTMZtiVQTdUH-IjDabG5Y7uizrqwhPNAiVWpMur1qcdUcJ0nfSLhSbLJhenhLLK6UzFXUF/s640/blogger-image-363372801.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>The weather was beautiful, and perfect for sitting with coffee and cake at the trendy coffee van...people watching. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Somethings people pick up you think ...why? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Others, you think... Ooh I would have had that...put it down and walk away please!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRkeveKam9Y92EZhkPsn3f_d5v7zLahZfxGxcNJx0swctLlK0vyXWmYJwj8jK3plkoHwOEfugXcnhN_nnv3rc8zOC9-lUDhxUA5zUp9AmNXXFkbY5rIfeF7PKJIMTTeEdeqecoSA4R24q/s640/blogger-image-1888826176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRkeveKam9Y92EZhkPsn3f_d5v7zLahZfxGxcNJx0swctLlK0vyXWmYJwj8jK3plkoHwOEfugXcnhN_nnv3rc8zOC9-lUDhxUA5zUp9AmNXXFkbY5rIfeF7PKJIMTTeEdeqecoSA4R24q/s640/blogger-image-1888826176.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Tents full of nicely painted old furniture... Armoires, tables, chairs, beds etc</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Autentico paint seemed to be the flavour of the month in the chalk paint department.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">French linen sheets, cushions, nightshirts, curtains ... Cloth Shed heaven!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2RGOk8ut0s-Adr5Haqn5aVEVML3DeFbFolmuQTNpE-SzO7xaat749GLp2ajOBduTgpQqMZdn4u-DVr4F0-9NN7_D3FOn98l1T1Aurb59412IDGxE6si9CuPwjTw_lM35k6SESn5Nm0h2/s640/blogger-image--1330901742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2RGOk8ut0s-Adr5Haqn5aVEVML3DeFbFolmuQTNpE-SzO7xaat749GLp2ajOBduTgpQqMZdn4u-DVr4F0-9NN7_D3FOn98l1T1Aurb59412IDGxE6si9CuPwjTw_lM35k6SESn5Nm0h2/s640/blogger-image--1330901742.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Naturally, I had to make several purchases along the French line,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gs9A9myIdO6WEcxzjor3IGq6EjRhYOmFC_2lBgr99RbS95lP1A7K33agCwlkxy4ozoYJoPU7qtYBL0g0ae8G-P_IhW8HJT6x-TyCCN_URj_vlunDDgUdyeJtEZW_GYDrFBVRpjIA1VLR/s640/blogger-image-1435233809.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gs9A9myIdO6WEcxzjor3IGq6EjRhYOmFC_2lBgr99RbS95lP1A7K33agCwlkxy4ozoYJoPU7qtYBL0g0ae8G-P_IhW8HJT6x-TyCCN_URj_vlunDDgUdyeJtEZW_GYDrFBVRpjIA1VLR/s640/blogger-image-1435233809.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A large, heavy weight sheet with initials....and a finer linen sheet made into a cushion. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4ysfEO0ToXNs5OAe8K7yE1oz4sm5qc4wIviDug8HJhga8_FJCMQvISqEembZustaAz99TFUrnu7H5Laj2xj_EjJQyO9h6rzTv-RKcZVPGw0S0F_08lC0ltdLOgemv297Ov5slptSLwp_/s640/blogger-image-179109665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4ysfEO0ToXNs5OAe8K7yE1oz4sm5qc4wIviDug8HJhga8_FJCMQvISqEembZustaAz99TFUrnu7H5Laj2xj_EjJQyO9h6rzTv-RKcZVPGw0S0F_08lC0ltdLOgemv297Ov5slptSLwp_/s640/blogger-image-179109665.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSbqAzN-_tfzEuNiuusa-giOK32Vv7mQYtxSLu0kIL4phVATOSphSwMfTi_rsMcq7y_Ilmpr0Ts9nzofCUzoAEdgRNDeSxQLl9IA1fOomdLOrrm8UYgs24jS1MREpmLf9rMVKuOc3LaqC/s640/blogger-image-903847951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSbqAzN-_tfzEuNiuusa-giOK32Vv7mQYtxSLu0kIL4phVATOSphSwMfTi_rsMcq7y_Ilmpr0Ts9nzofCUzoAEdgRNDeSxQLl9IA1fOomdLOrrm8UYgs24jS1MREpmLf9rMVKuOc3LaqC/s640/blogger-image-903847951.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A lovely toile de jouy cushion... The old panel of toile depicting "The cut finger" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOhQbS2s8Un2RaQZ2YN8OwqtLh1ySWt4_jtfHnpIzvBSKNwJhqUjQwGN8Ey9yTG_q2SsYBlewGMnPvcrLRhpD1PvqigIjL3HcyNVJH5qXsb-SiOfJryfmHHu-zJP4BjhKrT9Hhj7sP1a8/s640/blogger-image--1751306474.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOhQbS2s8Un2RaQZ2YN8OwqtLh1ySWt4_jtfHnpIzvBSKNwJhqUjQwGN8Ey9yTG_q2SsYBlewGMnPvcrLRhpD1PvqigIjL3HcyNVJH5qXsb-SiOfJryfmHHu-zJP4BjhKrT9Hhj7sP1a8/s640/blogger-image--1751306474.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtPppts8LJM8M9SbhSt0Zzgec6J_L76fF8PlMjrDPb8lXUugfrLvKrbOlixGT4X9sxlTtxa1vnteW-0y6-J1gPfVmaG8YaBXOBGL3E7Zzi6KHpRGBynLeL7hSWUYRG8iQN7vSEMufbCpl/s640/blogger-image-1101620522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtPppts8LJM8M9SbhSt0Zzgec6J_L76fF8PlMjrDPb8lXUugfrLvKrbOlixGT4X9sxlTtxa1vnteW-0y6-J1gPfVmaG8YaBXOBGL3E7Zzi6KHpRGBynLeL7hSWUYRG8iQN7vSEMufbCpl/s640/blogger-image-1101620522.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Nicely backed with rough, French linen....another for my ever growing cushion collection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Not to be outdone, Mr CS spotted two huge ex factory light fittings which, when re wired are to go up in the kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzs-cxkQC7sC8t07QSoFTEzoWwcq1DSx4FuwiF-3wowe3Z7c1BJ1l3-iiLVWWb3Q1ghpfS3On_7Hq4LUyxA0EXFCGB59oaps3asAa8iYiU2CXw-jnDNgikmUV8ei3VEKm7UpUFjeJOfWeB/s640/blogger-image--305808086.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzs-cxkQC7sC8t07QSoFTEzoWwcq1DSx4FuwiF-3wowe3Z7c1BJ1l3-iiLVWWb3Q1ghpfS3On_7Hq4LUyxA0EXFCGB59oaps3asAa8iYiU2CXw-jnDNgikmUV8ei3VEKm7UpUFjeJOfWeB/s640/blogger-image--305808086.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgtzRnc-ZWRHIeWzP3TOOTegDorckQ1rg9tfGWzSDe98bCj4F6r0LGqGseOwnO1iBlqIEOlz10ZHDqnAICD54_XLDk_DPhrU_jOEnW51x4EIjyXWxUR9QJKEV72dpyaMH6AjppChJnHRY/s640/blogger-image-554143952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgtzRnc-ZWRHIeWzP3TOOTegDorckQ1rg9tfGWzSDe98bCj4F6r0LGqGseOwnO1iBlqIEOlz10ZHDqnAICD54_XLDk_DPhrU_jOEnW51x4EIjyXWxUR9QJKEV72dpyaMH6AjppChJnHRY/s640/blogger-image-554143952.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Industrial salvage at its best... Useful and different...real statement pieces!</div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Even Miss Ottie had a great day...she met so many dogs and people she was totally shattered. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Even her favourite chicken dinner had to wait till she got her breath back!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1usiLqFAls0-Iv9DHbGHFspF257YMCRy3cOM9Q_e-XAEN7SFdc3n5kyPfw5OMgA-I_71AFSB2vrdQaVqmhdaIT8YdpVwOUcfoKCV-YW4kAEs60XHwtmtunqxkyUAervT1S36IZWW0bW8/s640/blogger-image--1232841797.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1usiLqFAls0-Iv9DHbGHFspF257YMCRy3cOM9Q_e-XAEN7SFdc3n5kyPfw5OMgA-I_71AFSB2vrdQaVqmhdaIT8YdpVwOUcfoKCV-YW4kAEs60XHwtmtunqxkyUAervT1S36IZWW0bW8/s640/blogger-image--1232841797.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Love that dog....xxx</div>Julie x</div></div><br></div>The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-27428918843983962292014-04-23T03:21:00.001-07:002014-04-23T13:10:33.013-07:00Lace panel dress...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7pV55MPNBmhvSA1Oz1eiPhCcl2FwHhABjWzV2hYX0YoTHIqk1kSkm9oKU2FTYEDczTJPMKERexxBKJi9NC8rsnZciM-U68pwkRLxZAhvNhpHjUb2lRdAkibTEwpaY4oddG8O7QYcxaTS/s640/blogger-image--1864143099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho7pV55MPNBmhvSA1Oz1eiPhCcl2FwHhABjWzV2hYX0YoTHIqk1kSkm9oKU2FTYEDczTJPMKERexxBKJi9NC8rsnZciM-U68pwkRLxZAhvNhpHjUb2lRdAkibTEwpaY4oddG8O7QYcxaTS/s640/blogger-image--1864143099.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This unusual French dress, hand made from lace curtain panels, tablecloth edging, and lace border dyed blue/grey ( no, not by me...) has found its way recently to the cloth shed emporium.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5KW4U0FraqS_hhdWVvJH_T1CFCaR0t8B20-KarulGWOxu4NmHCBP7JMJbD-pb2NAhoHlHJ7rJwx5Xprp4HkDCg7qWG068cBVnhrz2GPm3FzSwmoe4uWP6T8TYD0CA3Q-XE5wTVFkFcCx/s640/blogger-image-1378971100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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And yes, it was literally a piece of toast added to a jug of boiling water, allowed to cool, then poured through the strainer spout to catch the bits.</div><div>Goodness knows what it's nutritional value was to invalids, but obviously popular enough for the potteries to make jugs advertising the contents.</div><div><br></div><div>Missing its lid with a few chips too but what an interesting piece of history.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYI-9CtvEXk0XTgqFwIlfYnHM6MwRiJPytrIo7UpDUVnvAccN3AYwBfYngG0V0XDo7ozPjAjHMijdx73PZMPdO0Ize1tjnI_UVjNAXU-w7YYyTkKM3YZ3sTxhAl_UHavCixDBZ_coYgxsc/s640/blogger-image--518141735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYI-9CtvEXk0XTgqFwIlfYnHM6MwRiJPytrIo7UpDUVnvAccN3AYwBfYngG0V0XDo7ozPjAjHMijdx73PZMPdO0Ize1tjnI_UVjNAXU-w7YYyTkKM3YZ3sTxhAl_UHavCixDBZ_coYgxsc/s640/blogger-image--518141735.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I wonder if this is where Emma Bridgewater got her inspiration for her Black Toast range which incidentally has a large water jug?</div><div><br></div><div>Julie x</div>The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-62106709786968727642014-03-26T01:27:00.001-07:002014-03-26T01:55:56.006-07:00Cat call...<div>Not to be outdone by the arrival of Miss Ottie to Northumberland... Monsieur Oscar from Paris has sent me some poses to show everyone how handsome he still is.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipL5f9xk6N25ZByy5RPJQVOCnnQVz8J2OBH5Tf-sGwVr9d_FRwuB3z8AHLGk5q2xNjoG5NDxBsW_1VtT2pP4MXhckl9vFjTM60dM7x5eO7QQe5ERIsZ2v0_VPk7p5uH6WIUrx46jJ2UhbF/s640/blogger-image--431260136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipL5f9xk6N25ZByy5RPJQVOCnnQVz8J2OBH5Tf-sGwVr9d_FRwuB3z8AHLGk5q2xNjoG5NDxBsW_1VtT2pP4MXhckl9vFjTM60dM7x5eO7QQe5ERIsZ2v0_VPk7p5uH6WIUrx46jJ2UhbF/s640/blogger-image--431260136.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>This is the cat that deliberately sits on the neighbour's window annoying the hell out of the dog inside ....and the same cat that sneaks into another neighbour's window with muddy paws and curls up on his white sofa....</div><div><br></div><div>Amazingly they still love him.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCfAL5vgqXb6LfTbiGh8MUUn2V8-eyaJ3w9F9ryDv3SdDKioOVJok9PgD-L_4pJFsr4MvjZJxBSTnemKGmPDkMuooGkzCuJ6vGNnNjn_n71AcZ3rsgwbEq4z3QRme6kqOZapu8Myfu8p8/s640/blogger-image-934189595.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCfAL5vgqXb6LfTbiGh8MUUn2V8-eyaJ3w9F9ryDv3SdDKioOVJok9PgD-L_4pJFsr4MvjZJxBSTnemKGmPDkMuooGkzCuJ6vGNnNjn_n71AcZ3rsgwbEq4z3QRme6kqOZapu8Myfu8p8/s640/blogger-image-934189595.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcdusWGT5xNi6qPjtJ5Yw66S_mG6j9u6DtBv_MvJQh_vXNZ7Z1MCjQJ9NcjvSquyBWXZXKouvLliwzw4pZkF_xso2wK88p2Zdl0EpcGtB0CmcWSddOggqjvHEGIio0peZbCDkA1dFqLD7/s640/blogger-image--2108527326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcdusWGT5xNi6qPjtJ5Yw66S_mG6j9u6DtBv_MvJQh_vXNZ7Z1MCjQJ9NcjvSquyBWXZXKouvLliwzw4pZkF_xso2wK88p2Zdl0EpcGtB0CmcWSddOggqjvHEGIio0peZbCDkA1dFqLD7/s640/blogger-image--2108527326.jpg"></a></div><br></div>And who wouldn't?</div><div><br></div><div>Partaking of a light supper in the evening..</div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0KKv3ngVyWfF7ChLRifGi-SzKpscVTki9f1xHRLnIFjGW2m8PTPgKxvUk6thrCfDGibyQ_W9pI6gLG8rPpdwxJQKqXwo-Eh6iZoByADH0bBJZc6MLXMKzYgIXGH-aACGQVqXH75fi44O/s640/blogger-image-1048369480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0KKv3ngVyWfF7ChLRifGi-SzKpscVTki9f1xHRLnIFjGW2m8PTPgKxvUk6thrCfDGibyQ_W9pI6gLG8rPpdwxJQKqXwo-Eh6iZoByADH0bBJZc6MLXMKzYgIXGH-aACGQVqXH75fi44O/s640/blogger-image-1048369480.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">He is a great companion for my daughter, with a marvellous character and like all cats....has his own life rules.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3V7vJjKWR5nDsXS2W26TYL6CdVsEdoM0qk4jRWPT53ZL61kqh8o_sm9KWQm2qSF92PTM6gy26HlouYgu817OeR8O2YUMAWLleHKdvGcrzbOCq7a7UXgIUOQ6cspwJ3Mg6yIKSXecZQil/s640/blogger-image-762563474.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3V7vJjKWR5nDsXS2W26TYL6CdVsEdoM0qk4jRWPT53ZL61kqh8o_sm9KWQm2qSF92PTM6gy26HlouYgu817OeR8O2YUMAWLleHKdvGcrzbOCq7a7UXgIUOQ6cspwJ3Mg6yIKSXecZQil/s640/blogger-image-762563474.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Which as you can imagine are religiously obeyed by all around him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Julie x</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-29683164497719775932014-03-04T10:19:00.001-08:002014-03-07T13:47:01.490-08:00Catch the pigeon....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am in love.<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_BsIq_nmLVbxYxxFcBloGlSt_kOklQaAeczHj2O1g6rxXBce1dAvFHfguHGlHukmx8aR9mnjrpyF4_iJUKb0T32UOn2F1FRe-bi4oQ3SbRDgcormFA-w3Hk_zNHhD5mj8NQpN4l4IgPI/s640/blogger-image--1566903231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_BsIq_nmLVbxYxxFcBloGlSt_kOklQaAeczHj2O1g6rxXBce1dAvFHfguHGlHukmx8aR9mnjrpyF4_iJUKb0T32UOn2F1FRe-bi4oQ3SbRDgcormFA-w3Hk_zNHhD5mj8NQpN4l4IgPI/s640/blogger-image--1566903231.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">With my gorgeous girl... 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Quiet roads leading in many directions...Hills and moorland, stunning coastline, impressive local stone castles, bastles, barns and farms all dot the landscape.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"Breakfast" is taken in one end of the beamed family sitting room...prepared by John a professional chef, who sources his food from local suppliers and makes all his own hedgerow preserves.....and very tasty they are too!</span></div>
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The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-22167363753536325382013-12-22T23:55:00.001-08:002013-12-23T09:25:22.426-08:00Christmas greetings....I think I am all done.<div><br><div>The Christmas tree was decorated in record time this year.... 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A new piece of furniture for the kitchen arrived yesterday... Unpolished, water stained feet from the washing of floors, old ring marks and rusty hinges, but I love it!</div>
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The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-88282024956530411872013-11-23T08:16:00.001-08:002013-11-23T08:20:11.698-08:00Bushel box...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Not one for hiding my light under the proverbial bushel...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHK7IvBNqM4np3hNU2eLPZQOrLYcy95pXkHkgpX9pl8zN1Co1CMPUNHCa2OQfdO6cH2FcaXPW_ePH9izvJAg0u-QICUbOlbSyeoNZwMqwtJ5KGhssKY6vm9UUnRtNlEIgq7azSJEslivk/s640/blogger-image--1032012688.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyHK7IvBNqM4np3hNU2eLPZQOrLYcy95pXkHkgpX9pl8zN1Co1CMPUNHCa2OQfdO6cH2FcaXPW_ePH9izvJAg0u-QICUbOlbSyeoNZwMqwtJ5KGhssKY6vm9UUnRtNlEIgq7azSJEslivk/s640/blogger-image--1032012688.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This full size bushel barrel (19 ins diameter ) and its heavy roller have found a new home here at Cloth Shed Towers and are proudly displayed on the "very distressed" side table in the hall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUm-D7pqs04zqK_d6NTr4eyXo5eFo0e9-P04aYZkCGx4ySOT7YjlsQzVQPxNjGohWAoLD_pgfT3gYYttYcEc4ISUQPzb_yrXFzNe2Cyix7hWx13rK7ONflpFvOEimGYlxjA4a9TTjnvrW/s640/blogger-image--1038768349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQbdxGuQAtKXWLqhqyYS3RAjs5y0RQmy-ifC_UoxCOFXrvp1NFS4JYvVbBIzU0UDG8bcLapzzCc5eFnCMHWYKTOr9coAa4SBLb_IZkyDklxrFS4BmCrlpwM_3jccvdnjHQIY9t6EIruPI/s640/blogger-image-1377550600.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>And stamped inside 1923.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRudmX0uAKceeddcgqbZz7ujA1tFuDaEq6czfgu3zTs3J-thGzlhmZukcR93tyj45mm3XtDJgUGfSzekmpggiBCQMOkTmLmSFAfIvxrNiSpGcG0jR_B8TedNm39ZnCwoqM-2eS_6z0YMC/s640/blogger-image-2051719675.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRudmX0uAKceeddcgqbZz7ujA1tFuDaEq6czfgu3zTs3J-thGzlhmZukcR93tyj45mm3XtDJgUGfSzekmpggiBCQMOkTmLmSFAfIvxrNiSpGcG0jR_B8TedNm39ZnCwoqM-2eS_6z0YMC/s640/blogger-image-2051719675.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The roller would have run over the iron rim to level the barley, ensuring the correct measure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2CooGZXkRxOadjx6DipivJAuIK9VOWb1FB2xPbUx8ViZQbvYjRC5V5diZH9hLIlDisN0fuGFUsqk-uPR-kd3HxHeoVI2w0Nwvo-PntLETiJhcBDNdzmAjzODcvetp7O8Vz29EDa6GVDd/s640/blogger-image-1705932255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2CooGZXkRxOadjx6DipivJAuIK9VOWb1FB2xPbUx8ViZQbvYjRC5V5diZH9hLIlDisN0fuGFUsqk-uPR-kd3HxHeoVI2w0Nwvo-PntLETiJhcBDNdzmAjzODcvetp7O8Vz29EDa6GVDd/s640/blogger-image-1705932255.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It is currently used for holding the last few windfall apples before I turn them into crumbles, but I do think it would make a good kindling box for the wood burning stove.... Which incidentally is keeping the house nice and toasty today....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As an aside and a test of your knowledge of old fashioned measures.... how many pecks in a bushel?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Four... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBPrhgHCn1rwceTeK_xyiTkzwpsspsJxQ7TB3z8bOynLWG2_awhoFsgwN7sPqT64-qqZx4gSIwoQrfLUI5wwXLB14MdzeLUcGomb6lCTd-CjXjolJIc6_dxjoL0NA5Qfb-xAzQwZRdWJ7/s640/blogger-image-1456447281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBPrhgHCn1rwceTeK_xyiTkzwpsspsJxQ7TB3z8bOynLWG2_awhoFsgwN7sPqT64-qqZx4gSIwoQrfLUI5wwXLB14MdzeLUcGomb6lCTd-CjXjolJIc6_dxjoL0NA5Qfb-xAzQwZRdWJ7/s640/blogger-image-1456447281.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Julie x</div>The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-75683618940807839042013-11-02T11:33:00.001-07:002013-11-02T11:33:50.968-07:00Moving down.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmj0krnDkQhU2vvj0AJz7yxAUpt953TpaMx0xxLPqXtwYnuMb7U5gq02sn-B1KmZ-AG5LYyD37LB4hgILY8rvdSLDMFCTXbdcCh_a7DjxGlrd8avJsMYHI-JmqXcHUL1pGRx9eHtnMyJ-/s640/blogger-image-1439855987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmj0krnDkQhU2vvj0AJz7yxAUpt953TpaMx0xxLPqXtwYnuMb7U5gq02sn-B1KmZ-AG5LYyD37LB4hgILY8rvdSLDMFCTXbdcCh_a7DjxGlrd8avJsMYHI-JmqXcHUL1pGRx9eHtnMyJ-/s640/blogger-image-1439855987.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Bastle landing is more or less finished now....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Just need to put the iron thumb latches back on the doors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DlOYTFzsZz6mvxUalvSyhdxxuB7iVLhrSruJOR1t0SHrzNlsLI8AINIk_KwZdLlHrnpJZB3QhH3xgcDGNOli5KeXTK_kwfaXtj9W6ce98O6qivYXf_1mUugWXnnDWMrp1X5dEjxG0xiR/s640/blogger-image-731216551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-DlOYTFzsZz6mvxUalvSyhdxxuB7iVLhrSruJOR1t0SHrzNlsLI8AINIk_KwZdLlHrnpJZB3QhH3xgcDGNOli5KeXTK_kwfaXtj9W6ce98O6qivYXf_1mUugWXnnDWMrp1X5dEjxG0xiR/s640/blogger-image-731216551.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Natty LED lights in the wall to guide you down to the staircase,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkcFmGR-8Jr1YcjtJb0Wp9-nDAz6_1NciwDag4ALnQLY8Tnycup5B4Z7jY-p5wXm1iSyLXt_kdHyu1okJK3-GpVGRct_CuUiDk31iK-pxckMsvHfPbODh3Z94HbA_a-muQrqzxzWJT03n/s640/blogger-image--223194947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkcFmGR-8Jr1YcjtJb0Wp9-nDAz6_1NciwDag4ALnQLY8Tnycup5B4Z7jY-p5wXm1iSyLXt_kdHyu1okJK3-GpVGRct_CuUiDk31iK-pxckMsvHfPbODh3Z94HbA_a-muQrqzxzWJT03n/s640/blogger-image--223194947.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some remnants of old lime plaster on the walls,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFivEZj9YDWhqfVoUMUAMkRbChQLVgocVr-osrW4mxgKcI2muRboUtWdaTIo05447uFi0LBO2G_SZV3aAqv_TYsXklhWU6108y2LmS7EXqkNWftVCaZPZNnqkZPjk5g2B-U5Sjw5i79U7/s640/blogger-image--714078740.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFivEZj9YDWhqfVoUMUAMkRbChQLVgocVr-osrW4mxgKcI2muRboUtWdaTIo05447uFi0LBO2G_SZV3aAqv_TYsXklhWU6108y2LmS7EXqkNWftVCaZPZNnqkZPjk5g2B-U5Sjw5i79U7/s640/blogger-image--714078740.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And exposed beams and purlins add to the atmosphere.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3lh32N73fnrHDKlsEHPiiAsnkvI2AsRSHHoll87Ji76dRMZZgxy8F_SLwSTvfjdiRvO3NKB0p8ndu4UkwtyLXRrdNeRdEjoybrz8vYo3j5fnnp88JEryPhpsY8CGxRfnbt1HwosvTJGY/s640/blogger-image-768483760.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3lh32N73fnrHDKlsEHPiiAsnkvI2AsRSHHoll87Ji76dRMZZgxy8F_SLwSTvfjdiRvO3NKB0p8ndu4UkwtyLXRrdNeRdEjoybrz8vYo3j5fnnp88JEryPhpsY8CGxRfnbt1HwosvTJGY/s640/blogger-image-768483760.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Looking back to the bathroom with the angled window above the door.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJth_gGUNPEzGePrBVtN5MgZCc5gxlq0xZ2QZMr3w3_hHDG4kZ9wgR3mU_0AqA2rU8r8YfHGNpQA6BYOWamYKy1575etPo1MEpMX_3A4-a9qA0c9eGxoLbtFi6jhbD0YYrqdTLNilN7q_i/s640/blogger-image--1580463731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5dLpaj7reAFPUfj5sAo9hQrL2g7X3_MuYmZ95g2jpoI_fP0DFbJ-PGjtlcGSVZIoTto5qzTNAEdn-e0bcekpuESagawNWTPCvtTKFjM3zf9QmcvOh5lol5JfSdzNFf9tFOtLUf38r7Ls/s640/blogger-image--848892509.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The two bedrooms are almost complete and just require the emptying of tools, left overs and an awful lot of dust.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Then I will be in to touch up the paintwork and think about the furnishings....The best bit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">All the windows have shutters but I think curtains will be going up in the bedrooms for a cosy feel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Down the stone steps onto the new staircase and it is a very different story....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvoK90diKtY_vdPKyeVJPRVmEZBu7mlUZylp4B53aTYN09ZZUW6ER6dbDTZTvRpT9bxNbGby1L5jUCWIo2GY99gcQl34KJpoqt9VWgNtQijoHlrjqKg9rLuPhy5MwE3A9Kb-5qL8Ivo-1/s640/blogger-image-484647668.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvoK90diKtY_vdPKyeVJPRVmEZBu7mlUZylp4B53aTYN09ZZUW6ER6dbDTZTvRpT9bxNbGby1L5jUCWIo2GY99gcQl34KJpoqt9VWgNtQijoHlrjqKg9rLuPhy5MwE3A9Kb-5qL8Ivo-1/s640/blogger-image-484647668.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The 'soon to be' kitchen with the exposed stone walls, more beams and towering ceiling have taken a lot of our time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKE92udPqfh2UX0qbPoJeh6OCiCthtI7OPlBNlNCxlfyIr6Na1rg6gYW6-7BrQeXrHjq4SOApxPX-TYa3SszJ0vdbZUS7uIwO8-A6p_5B4zCwS-tsbZdC6MW2wjbqj_Ntkf14SSZUbV4Ks/s640/blogger-image--788130821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKE92udPqfh2UX0qbPoJeh6OCiCthtI7OPlBNlNCxlfyIr6Na1rg6gYW6-7BrQeXrHjq4SOApxPX-TYa3SszJ0vdbZUS7uIwO8-A6p_5B4zCwS-tsbZdC6MW2wjbqj_Ntkf14SSZUbV4Ks/s640/blogger-image--788130821.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Good job Mr CS enjoys being on the scaffolding as I don't do anything over 2 metres.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Unfortunately he hates painting, but we both agree his plastering is pretty damn good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXWCcp-aJ45DBjPeuaWg8fezR9UNJP6XI1qbF6FDMVFGq7PjbbCr5BlfLZi5IdatxbHiYkDuZQI-k7FcmE8l1zGVdgkHkqYLeunxv_TPhEqPF7YqVb_u28QoLU3tgwu0YCXu10aTAIdm-/s640/blogger-image-21787661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXWCcp-aJ45DBjPeuaWg8fezR9UNJP6XI1qbF6FDMVFGq7PjbbCr5BlfLZi5IdatxbHiYkDuZQI-k7FcmE8l1zGVdgkHkqYLeunxv_TPhEqPF7YqVb_u28QoLU3tgwu0YCXu10aTAIdm-/s640/blogger-image-21787661.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Putting the insulation, battens and boards on at that height was neck breaking...so pleased it is done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Looking back to how it was three years ago, I think we can safely say it is an improvement even if there are no kitchen units!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlXKisQ9F1d4MSAO_IKzyDKTT9O4m6BFez8bbA4g_83qtyBCYSesgHHvaN16tB7HfUbkXOPpS9kDCeKsT1AOoRlzzi-EjMrh-7yyBvPNWh_rJwlGGsVdqbx8x3VVvpqIgQ60wT5K5uAYu/s640/blogger-image-102011469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlXKisQ9F1d4MSAO_IKzyDKTT9O4m6BFez8bbA4g_83qtyBCYSesgHHvaN16tB7HfUbkXOPpS9kDCeKsT1AOoRlzzi-EjMrh-7yyBvPNWh_rJwlGGsVdqbx8x3VVvpqIgQ60wT5K5uAYu/s640/blogger-image-102011469.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Julie x</div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151191417521066135.post-82017152779970879582013-10-28T03:06:00.001-07:002013-10-28T08:38:42.953-07:00Cat and mouse....<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYQmckXPDNh1GaDvJNAyottugW3L9hSVU9xFESJUSOP1aciMPLQ-8jC9RgKnRuIrfMheTALx6Pv0alFV1WJwLvq5E0yeC38OnPsXFGEPOLvY2WpyGIQGmx378xmL0RLzf7WCJv2I0EIhk/s640/blogger-image-633926106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYQmckXPDNh1GaDvJNAyottugW3L9hSVU9xFESJUSOP1aciMPLQ-8jC9RgKnRuIrfMheTALx6Pv0alFV1WJwLvq5E0yeC38OnPsXFGEPOLvY2WpyGIQGmx378xmL0RLzf7WCJv2I0EIhk/s640/blogger-image-633926106.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">As you probably know, Monsieur Oscar lives in a bijou apartment in Paris with his doting human parent.... My daughter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Beautiful tabby, totally spoiled and in her eyes, can do no wrong.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLKh_5IT7aAoZmjLRzQgwFKGk-FpywvPp8xgUxgQ845ydmk1NyEk8A4URm-f7OQBwtRDndYtJkvObPXegTGxMslQHywVhvC0pAVZnz2WQ3PHncwyzz9UY1h9uHLI_4vJCdqhBy82YYM7u/s640/blogger-image--1351771480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimLKh_5IT7aAoZmjLRzQgwFKGk-FpywvPp8xgUxgQ845ydmk1NyEk8A4URm-f7OQBwtRDndYtJkvObPXegTGxMslQHywVhvC0pAVZnz2WQ3PHncwyzz9UY1h9uHLI_4vJCdqhBy82YYM7u/s640/blogger-image--1351771480.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">That was until the other weekend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Having been let out for his usual wander round the courtyard one morning...he returned...highly vocal, vocal enough to ring alarm bells that something was a little different this time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">She opened the door and in he ran, pleased as punch with his "prize"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFQWxdu16bTVug1ktT3oW9pVBOm9JrbC6RHlIXC1zHj-yIx9v_eGDY5_ZIkUpgdE7NblpExhzOq_yZn1K1xvdRLO13Jb98crozxpr_5COHmBU1XzelQ4TJuJD0Oh54_D4IuUH73cggmJg/s640/blogger-image--1048142545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFQWxdu16bTVug1ktT3oW9pVBOm9JrbC6RHlIXC1zHj-yIx9v_eGDY5_ZIkUpgdE7NblpExhzOq_yZn1K1xvdRLO13Jb98crozxpr_5COHmBU1XzelQ4TJuJD0Oh54_D4IuUH73cggmJg/s640/blogger-image--1048142545.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Straight into the bathroom he went and with quick thinking she shut the door on him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Plucking up courage, she eventually peeked her head around the door, to find he had dispensed with his prey....which was now lying motionless on the bath mat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">But what to do with it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">She rang me!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I can't pick it up... What should I do?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We finally agreed rubber gloves, kitty poop scoop thingy and a plastic bag to tip it into would be the answer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Dispatched to the dustbin outside and it was gone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Result.....One traumatised daughter, one chuckling mother and a very bad cat!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZaPAOr6yc1JgjdwmK0EhNq51uTjAMxjyZo5dm2uo622i5sqlffJLgJ47RhYWQ0RsUKkGmfIdgwmAQVvM1_cOImBzE2R1_bCdwuo4uqq67jaUdB19nJdGPjZwgL3VApMudkmKtd3dn1OI/s640/blogger-image--1618418090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZaPAOr6yc1JgjdwmK0EhNq51uTjAMxjyZo5dm2uo622i5sqlffJLgJ47RhYWQ0RsUKkGmfIdgwmAQVvM1_cOImBzE2R1_bCdwuo4uqq67jaUdB19nJdGPjZwgL3VApMudkmKtd3dn1OI/s640/blogger-image--1618418090.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Julie x</div>The Cloth Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160123563436297753noreply@blogger.com6