Bookends

Lovely idea...

Via Lifestyle Etc
http://lifestyleetc.co.uk/2012/12/19/and-the-nominees-for-the-dulux-lets-colour-award-are/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=and-the-nominees-for-the-dulux-lets-colour-award-are

Walthamstow School of Shorthand & Typewriting

More lovely ghost signs of E17

Upcycling

From salvaged scaffolding boards to sleek and sophisticated shelves ... clever Mr Butterfly Mind!
My contribution was driving to collect 25 4ft bits of wood from a working scaffolding yard in deepest Bow ...

Illegible

Nice ghost sign in Walthamstow, near the William Morris Gallery.

I played around with it in Photoshop in an attempt to make it legible but to no avail...

While we were peering at the sign, the owner stopped in his car and wound down the window, to see if we'd deciphered it. He thought it had been a barbers or beauty parlour. This building stands alone on this corner of Forest Road, amid sixties council estates, lone survivor of what must have been pretty devastating blitz damage.

Any ideas what it says? Please post in the comments if you can make it out!

Moving house

Not so fun bits ...

And fun bits ...

Words to live by

"Cultivate a healthy attitude to time ... Don't get hung up on what has happened or will happen. You can't control either. The present is all you've ever got."

"All life is paradox. Nothing can ever be finally worked out ... Embrace ignorance brightly – not knowing is what makes life worth living. To know everything would be hell."

"... don't judge others, or yourself, too harshly ... Be good, but don't try to be better than you are."

Wise words from Guardian columnist Tim Lott in 'In the company of women', 14 July 2012

Kitchen Inspiration

Apparently, my dream kitchen has lots of shelves and cupboard space. Oh and metro tiles...

Kitchen Inspiration on Pinterest