Playing with shades and textures is such fun in the world of interior design and deco. Decorating should be fun and incredibly enjoyable, if you are unsure or are looking for ideas, tips and inspiration, I would recommend you to visit the Housetohome website which is an Ali Baba Cavern when you are looking for expert advice.
I particularly loved the clever and chic hints from their rubric “style idea” especially the two latest subjects the first one being about rejuvenating your living room and the second one being about beautifying your home with gorgeous natural materials that as you well know I am very fond of!
They have chosen linen and stone which are working in harmony together. As every natural material the possibilities are endless with them and it is what I find so special about them whether it is stone, wood, cotton, wool or linen etc., they all embellish one another so well, there is nothing like this! What a great website!
Photo: Courtesy of Marie Claire Maison Magazine
Posted on : 27-08-2008 | By :
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I’ve been trying to find out a way to bring the Milk and Honey bee buzzing over to the blog. If you look up at your address bar you’ll now see the little chap at the beginning of the url.
If you don’t know, this is called a Favicon and here’s a simple way to add it to your blog. And if you’re stuck with creating one, have a look at www.favicon.co.uk where you’ll find a generator.
A little bit of code that just finishes off your site – perfect!
Posted on : 27-08-2008 | By :
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Taking over for the first time an allotment and growing everything from seeds were never going to be easy. However, it is one of the nicest projects I undertook this year, the rewards from it are incredible and it is a learning curve that is truly captivating.
The allotment is going well for certain species and has been a learning curve for some others, I have to admit that so far the carrots are doing well, the pumpkin has turned to be some marrows (I must have put the wrong label on whilst growing it) however I don’t seem to find anywhere the pumpkins and the lettuces are probably one of my specialty so far… On Sunday I picked this huge Marrow (the size of a rugby ball (I promise you that I am growing everything on my plot organically!) and brought it home wondering what to do with it. I am so happy to have home grown this that I felt inspired by this recipe for it.
Ingredients:
-2 onions
-2 cloves of garlic
-1 big marrow
-3 tomatoes
-1 Tin of chopped tomatoes
-1 pack of rashers of smoked bacon
-Salt and pepper
In a large frying pan, add a drizzle of olive oil and fry the onions and garlic chopped until golden.
Cut into small and thin pieces your marrow without peeling the skin, add them to the frying pan until they reach a softer and more sheer appearance, then add the 3 chopped fresh tomatoes and then finally add the tin of chopped tomatoes and the bacon cut into small strips. Season, leave it simmers for 30-45 min and it is ready! Serve with some fragranced rice like Basmati, delicious…
Posted on : 26-08-2008 | By :
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With my sister, we laughed at myself the other day as I have magic green fingers, I simply can’t explain why almost everything seem to be growing really well with me even though I am really not endowed with the character of an accomplished
gardener.
We were then trying to determine the core qualities to be a talented gardener. We came up with this: you have to be committed, pragmatic, and attentive to detail but without being obsessive, practical but with a twist artistic and of course to be armed with plenty of patience and laughter. A sense of humour is we believe probably the key here.
As a lot of women, I love shopping. If you are looking on the net for a base to start navigating through really lovely shops, Sheerluxe is a luxury guide for online shopping, you will find listed there pretty much all the finest retailers online such as Fashion, Beauty, Interiors and so on… It is definitely worth a visit…
Posted on : 06-08-2008 | By :
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For all the chocoholics in the world, you really want to try this Charlotte au Chocolat recipe.
In order to realise it you will need:
Ingredients (for 6 people):
For the Chocolate Mousse:
- 200g of Dark Chocolate
- 5 eggs
-80g Butter
-60g Sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
For the Charlotte Cake:
- 30 ladyfingers
Directions:
Melt gently the chocolate (in pieces)and the butter in a saucepan. During this time whisk the egg yolks and the sugar together, when the butter and the chocolate is melted, take off the saucepan from the heat and vigorously mix the molten chocolate and the egg yolks preparations together.
Beat the egg whites until stiff with a salt pinch.Incorporate the whites very gently in the chocolate preparation, this is your Mousse.Soak the ladyfingers in the Grand Marnier and place them in the mould (line the container with it).
Then pour the chocolate Mousse preparation into your prepared lined mould.Place in the refrigerator for at least 6 hours.
Et voila, c’est Pret! Enjoy…
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