drumming Sunday......

It was a noisy, sunny Sunday. Paul, Finn and Ollie had a wee drumming session that lasted a while. I think it ended with Ollie chucking the drum around the floor and being so proud of himself.

This is our bedroom in the new part of our home. We made the old kitchen into our on-suite bathroom, it is such a treat to have this. The room is very tranquil with the light tones of the sycamore furniture and the swedish white wall and ceiling colour. I chose teal for the wall behind the bed as i just love that colour and it makes me happy.

LOVE hearts

some of my hearts and little bits and bobs

some of my favourite things

I love all my little things that i have collected from travels and also from my shop. I have them scattered around the house on tables, floors, walls, any surfaces I find a space usually works.

Elm stairs

This staircase used to be a full spiral but it changed shape a little during the build.

dining on wood

This is our dining table that Paul made. He had this wood for a very long time, years and years. It is camphor laurel. When he was doing all the hand sanding he said the smell was so strong of camphor. It has a few natural holes in it and Finn loves putting things through them. He sees different animals and shapes in the wood every day, breakfast is great fun.

aga....

I love my aga, i am still learning how to use it, i think it takes a while, well it is taking me a while. It is a whole different way of cooking with 80% of the cooking done in the ovens and only 20% on the hot plates. it's great when our friends and family arrive they go straight to it for a wee warm up.

the heart of the home....

Here is my kitchen. i love this part of my home as it is so open and Finn & Ollie have space to run around like crazy, (or crawl).

our house guests.....still around since christmas

These guys sitting on my bench have been living with us since christmas, it's a busy wee home. I was reading a little card which was attached to them when they arrived. The pixy family comes from a itty-bitty tiny country far away in the north. from there pixies have wandered to most other parts of the world, yet only the fewest know the little pixie well. The little pixie is shy and would much rather have us believe that he is made only from pure cotton from top to toe. But we do know that deep inside of him a sweet little christmas heart is pounding.

our bumblebee cottage at long last......

Finally, as promised, a few photos of our cottage. It was a funny old day with rain, sun, hailstones, blue skies and then deep grey skies with mega downpours, so i didn't manage to catch the sunshine all day for the photos, but i gave it a go......

Esteban....

Our new stocks for Bumblebee are starting to arrive. Esteban, a fantastic french home frangrance and bath range has just arrived. There are four new scents, which are amazing and the packaging is really tasteful. They have also launched scented reeds, I have opened one up for the shop and the smell when you walk in is great.

sun & sea....yippee

Don't get too excited, this is not Scotland today! This is my favourite beach in the whole wide world, so far anyway. This photo was taken at sunset when all the locals and the travelling punters play the drums to the sun going down. Most of the folk on the beach are usually jumping around and drinking sangria!! (or something a little stronger). I forgot to mention, it is at Benirras in Ibiza.