Cinnamon bun & tea ...

After a busy week, what better way than to relax with a hot cup of tea & something sweet ...

Hot Ikea cinnamon buns, the frozen ones you bake at home, & tea :)

Some of the vintage-cutlery and coloured-cutlery being used again.

I love the details on the mugs & plate set too. It just makes for a relaxing cup of tea!

Perfect end to a busy day ♥

Hope your weekend is relaxing; take time to just sit & enjoy life too. Thanks for stopping by, always pleased to return the visits.

Dee ~♥~

Time for some fruit crumble ...

While out at a favourite place in Dorset last weekend, we ordered 'apple & rhubarb crumble' for dessert only to be told that only apple crumble was available because our poor Spring weather had not been good for the rhubarb harvest.

Luckily, once home, I found some fresh rhubarb at a farm shop so knew exactly what we wanted to do with it ... apple & rhubarb with a generous crumble topping

 

 

 

Absolutely lovely with some custard. Are you a crumble fan? What fruit combinations do you favour?  Cream, ice-cream, custard or plain?

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Using the coloured cutlery at home ....

I shared my cutlery organising vintage-cutlery-needs-vintage-cutlery-trays and this is how we use & enjoy them at home.



























So as you can see, coloured cutlery can be formal or informal but it is enjoyed by us & used often - isn't that the best use of something you enjoy?

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Dee ~♥~

My space

I have shared my personal space before ....



My vintage desk was originally dark wood but when it no longer fitted in, I painted it in Fired Earth Cream paint & it fits in perfectly in with the cream furniture in my bedroom.

The desk is a compact version which is a very convenient space to catch up on letters, cards & keep special letters & cards.

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I left the inside dark because by then I was all 'painted out' from several coats of paint but I am now tempted to paint it a lighter colour too.

I am inclined towards a cream paint or should I just go bold & do red?

Decisions, decisions, decisions ... what would you do?

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Dee ~♥~

To frame or not to frame ....

... that is the question!



I bought this original art work some years back simply because I loved the elegance of the subject.

I knew right away where I wanted it to go - above my ladies desk in my bedroom so I could look at it every day & just enjoy it.

I only have art / painting / photos up that mean something or I really like so this one is personal just because she caught my eye & I enjoy it.

The mezzotint engraving is by Henry Macbeth Raeburn & is signed by the artist & carries a copyright inscription dated 1926 ... 

I bought her unframed from a private collector & have been contemplating to frame or not to frame ever since. I have heavy gold framed mirrors & gold frames elsewhere in the house so that is one thought but .... does she need a gold frame?

 

I have also always wondered who she is? The artist & Henry_Raeburn is known to have done many important portraits & I wonder who this elegant sitter was. Please share if you do know anything about her ...

So ~h e l p~ to frame or not to frame - what are your thoughts?

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Dee ~♥~

Vintage cutlery needs vintage cutlery trays ....

Isn't it strange how one small task can lead to a whole lot of other tasks ...

While browsing the vintage markets on a weekend away in Dorset, I found a wooden cutlery tray & knew right away that I needed it ....

Kate at Cornucopia Bridport produced a second, matching one & I knew exactly where they would be used!

I love old cutlery, especially coloured cutlery that I use with my vivid table settings & just the week before a friend had moved & needed a cutlery tray so I gave her one of mine but plastic trays are never a favourite ....

Our cutlery is divided between the sideboards in the conservatory ...

.... and the dining room

Two additional vintage cutlery trays & 4 drawers of cutlery meant that it took a whole afternoon to sort it out into a workable order.  Sometimes these simple tasks - transferring cutlery from plastic trays to wooden trays - just escalate into a whole afternoons sorting, especially when it involves photos too.

There is actually an order to the seemingly random drawers - conservatory trays hold the 'tea & cake' cutlery while the dining room drawers should contain knives, forks, spoons & serving cutlery ...

I love coloured cutlery - they just make ordinary place settings look special but they are not easily available & mostly hand-washable but we still love them. I like to mix old & new so the sorting reflects this ...

These are the 'tea & cake' drawers once they are sorted - do you have any favourites?

Some are vintage family cutlery from both hubby & my side for the dining-room

The coloured cutlery are all different styles, era's & patterns but are used together

Hand beaded gifts from South Africa that I use often

























So a job well done - all the cutlery sorted. I know we will use them more often because they are easy to find & there is even a whole lot that no I no longer have any use for because you should not keep things that are not useful or beautiful :)

Do you have a cutlery drawer - or two, or three, of interesting bits or is your home streamlined?

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Dee ~♥~

Pocketwatch time ....

I have shared my favourite sideboard plates several times on my blog

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The daughters found the original Ralph Lauren Pocketwatch plate on the top left some time ago & I just fell in love with the quirkiness of it.

I am very fond of the top right one & for my birthday last week the daughters found a large charger plate in the front & a wonderful find of a single black plate in the centre back.

Is it not a really lovely plate & I love how it sits amongst the others on the shelf ....

I really love the challenge of finding a special piece to go with a set & these pocketwatches are such a challenge.

Because they were manufactured several years ago for Ralph Lauren's series, they are not readily available.

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Dee ~♥~