Kitchen cupboards

Some time in the blur before christmas I re-painted the front panels of  the kitchen cupboards ... which of course I have been meaning to do ever since we moved in. Why then? Who knows, but when the urge for a project hits, I do it. One of my children has been diagnosed with ADHD and there is definitely a strong genetic component ... I don't think I would be able to support a diagnosis for myself but I do have a lengthy list of learned tricks to get myself to do things. 

This is the cupboards before - actually before we moved in - when we brought number one out for an inspection (and snacks). The light aqua blue is actually quite lovely and looks nice with the floor.

Unfortunately it did not work with the dark blue that we put in the hallway, and which the painter also used to go around the hearth in the kitchen.

So I painted the cupboards the darker blue as well. It's quite a striking colour and perhaps not something I would choose for a kitchen ... but it definitely looks better having it all the same, rather than different blues. 

It took about three quarters of an hour for each coat (I did two) so not a huge job. And you wouldn't want to look too closely at the edges ... but for a kitchen that we'll probably have to replace in about five years anyway, it's fine.

Happy New Year

Look at this, the first post for 2026!!! I don't make resolutions, but after the massive changes of 2025 I am looking forward to a gentle, settling year of quietly seeing what is what. 

We are continuing to learn about summer in the country. The flies were driving us MENTAL so I bought some fly screens to wear under your hat. Or over your hat if you cut a big hole at the top (of the screen, not the hat). Either way, it is an absolute lifesaver, we were going crazy with flies on our face the second you started to sweat. They love a bit of moisture.

Here is a very scrappy quilt - called "Voodoo doll". I had made a few dozen of the scrap blocks so decided to use them up in this bold extravaganza of dots and purpleness.

I got in a car to go to the hardware store today and it was the first time I had been in a vehicle for ONE WEEK. Can you imagine? I had been down to the quilting premises a few times (we are having a tidying / sorting / decluttering effort) on my bike, but nothing else. The rest of the time has been at home on a project to clean, mend and re-paint the inside of the garden shed ... shocking no-one it has taken much longer than we thought. I will post photos when it's done but - fair warning - it is the dodgiest set of handy tasks ever done by anyone ever.