Hand Crafted Memories

Where did this week go? I've been really busy with my new office/craft room and the time has just flown. It looks fantastic, even better than I had imagined. Just a couple of finishing touches and I'll be able to take pictures. I bought an office chair from Argos but it looked so big and black in my lovely light room. It's a shame that there really isn't much choice in colours unless you want to pay a fortune., so I bought some fabric to match the blind and turned this: into this: I love it and it's really comfortable. It's still a bit too black but I can live with it better now. The added bonus was that it was free. I asked if I could use my nectar points that I've been collecting towards it, and I had enough to pay for it. I love free! I've completed this weeks Pencil Lines challenge Sketch 126 and this what I came up with. I had to turn it on it's side because of the photos orientation but I think it still worked. I'm so happy with my new ...

I had to tell this story because I keep chuckling about it. I have spent all of my week so far running backwards and forwards between B&Q, Wickes and the Plumb Centre. I ended up buying the untis from Wickes because they were cheaper in the sale than the B&Q ones, but they looked exactly the same. Here they are.When the units for the office were delivered things were not quite right, I ordered white units and a couple of extra end panels to have some shelves fashioned for my printer. When the end panels turned up they were oak, so they went straight back on the van. I love oak it's my favourite wood, my living room furniture and floor is oak, but the office is to be white beech and apple green. I also ordered one of the wall units at 500mm and I should have ordered 600mm, so I had to take that one back. Thirdly I wanted drawers for my base units but when I went to price them up they were not in the sale and were £122 each, making them more expensive than everything else. S...