DD said we needed new curtains in the dining room............

I like to change my curtains and soft furnishings on a regular basis,I have just put up the winter eight curtains which are cream damask to replace the voiles that go up for summer when I change over I replace the cushions and throws they are not always newly bought just brought down from the loft but with this being the first Christmas we will have in the bungalow I have treated myself to rich burgundy throws on both sofas and cream & burgundy check cushions all oversized,all the colours will match up with the Christmas trimmings that will come down from said loft in the next few weeks and should look good.

should read winter weight curtains ^^ oops wish we had an edit button.

I think we should be invited to Christmas in Kitty’s dining room/ baronial hall, seated at the very long table decked out with holly, it woukd be a marvellous sight, but I insist on being placed above the salt.
Marmight love the antlered head.

Stags are everywhere at the moment. Ornaments, on cushions, even on curtains.

I saw them as a pair of condiments finished in silver which would grace any dining table.

glamma your soft furnishings sound lovely, a warm welcoming colour scheme.

Spend your money and enjoy as you can't take it with you where you will end up. Sorry . Without a doubt others will not hesitate to then spend it for you.

I have the same furniture I have had for years. The suite is Parker Knoll and I have had it recovered 3 times. Last time it cost £1765 but that included dining chairs and stool also.

I haven't replaced wallpaper in lounge since 2004 I remember because that is the year my Mum died. I like the design on the paper and, quite honestly, I haven't seen anything I like as well.

Also my marvellous decorator isn't working anymore as he is poorly.

Do you all have the ad for Plumb's fitted covers ?
We always knew Big Brother was watching us.

I'm Adfree!!

Perhaps that could be my new username

Mine, if I CBA was going to be I used to be blonde but I can't.

Oh I love a change, every year I buy new accessories for the lounge.... cushions, lamps, pictures rugs throws it looks like a new room every time.

We don't change just for the sake of it because we have family stuff, some antique, some not! But we've replaced carpets, curtains, sofas etc. I love my "stuff" because it all has a back story. I have a thing about cushions and am always changing those - bit of a family joke . Love the stag's head/Mona Lisa and the tip about putting the "old vases" etc in the Christmas decorations boxes - I often can't remember where I've stashed them!

Can't live with the minimalist look, as I have far too many books that I want to keep, a lot of them over 100 years old, (too shabby to be worth much), therefore bookshelves everywhere but not cluttered. Those old fashioned china cabinets make great bookcases. I don't use curtains at all as they tend to close my rooms in and I like as much daylight as possible. Absolutely hate clutter and spend hours aligning the pieces on my mantlepieces...a bit OCD I think!

Blinds in living room and dining room, can’t be bothered with curtains or nets have to be washed, or cleaned.
Just dust over the blinds.
Wooden floors in dining room, carpet in living room.
New unit in dining room and sideboard that’s it now=finished.

Jalima, that's brilliant! Why have I never thought of that?

I just do bits and bobs of painting, repairing, bodging and updating wherever is most offering it.

That is, to put the ornaments etc in the Christmas decs box!

Most needing it, I meant.
I constantly have a 'project' on the go. Some work, some not so well.

We like to mover furniture round and rearrange ornaments but would never want to keep replacing things annually. What a waste of money! An occasional new item is enough for me.

Spent the forenoon moving an Ikea sofa and two armchairs round in the sitting-room, so that DH can lean his good arm against the back of the sofa and see TV at the same time,

Necessary because his broken clavicle is stubbornly refusing to mend.

Moving sofa plus chairs is one thing, but it also entailed moving two standard lamps, dragging carpet more over to the other side of the room, dusting and sweeping behind where sofa had been. You get the picture? Just got rid of what I hope is the last of the pine needles from last year's Christmas tree more or less in time for the fresh load coming in next month!

Made much needed coffee and the front door bell rang. A neighbour taking me up on my offer to come in for a cup of coffee sometime. And she brought a beautiful white azalea in a pot! So kind; it made our day.

My ad is for Oak Furniture Land!!

Mine is for blinds.
I was just thinking; when I was younger I would often spend hours moving my furniture around. Having to find extension leads for things, put plants in front of stuff, moving pictures around to match the new lay out. Then often moving it all back the same day! I haven't done that for years.

For a while now I've been asked by friends and family when I'm having a new kitchen. My response is something like 'it'll do me' or 'what a cheek'. I'm now in the process of getting estimates and informing none of them. Can't wait for responses once update takes place. Mind you, can't say I'm enjoying the sales pitch process. Only once, when I've been asked how I envisage the end result, have I been completely accommodated. Otherwise it has been 'oh, you don't want that' 'have you thought about this?' 'I think I can do better for you'. Mmmmmmm...... Arduous and I once thought of abandoning the whole thing but I'm back with a little more hope. Just waiting for the price and pictures after today's visit. Scary thought!

None of my furniture matches ,in any room in the house.If anyone had told me when I married in 1964 that fifty odd years later that I would have hotchpotch furniture,I would'nt have believed them.Moving around for years in the forces did/nt help either.We just acquired bits here and there. My dining table came from an aunt's house,it was made in 1926 I love it,my 6 dining chairs cost me a fiver each in an auction of ex RAF stuff in1972,likewise my bedroom furniture.The only new things we ever buy are beds.I'm happy,I like my old mismatched stuff.My daughter and grand-daughter despair of me,all that bothers them is how much stuff they've got to get rid of when I pop my clogs.