A nice start to the week

On Sunday I did some of this and...


some of that....


Picture from The Advertising Archives
There is something about 1950's advertising that
made housework look so easy and effortless. The
women still managed to look glamorous.



Picture from The Advertising Archives
I love looking at some of 1950's guides to being a good wife etc..
What I wonder is, what women in the 1950's really thought when
they read them!

I hope that you all had a good weekend. On Saturday we took Phoebe to her best friend's horse riding birthday party which she really enjoyed. On Sunday my husband and I talked about how we can make best use of the space we have upstairs and have decided to have a big swap around.
We are still going through de-cluttering each room and the issue is space. Well, lack of it keeps coming up. We live in a 19th century cottage which we love but for the amount of things we have (both hoarders, although most of it mine..), it isn't quite big enough at times. So total re-organisation is needed! At present my workroom is the kitchen! Not ideal really.

Our bedroom will now become my workroom, we will have my daughter's room and she will have the guest room which used to be her room. I am glad that it was Phoebe's suggestion that she has her old room back as it will help me greatly as I did not want her to be put out. The guest room is smaller but she appears to prefer that, finding cosier.

There is a lot to be done still, trips to the recycling centre, charity shop drops etc.. Our new bedroom and my workshop will need to be redecorated. My husband will take a week off soon so that we can both get stuck in to it. I am looking forward to it. There so much to be done but once done, I will be able to progress with my plans much more efficiently.

Just as I finished planning my day today (ironing, more housework, more de-cluttering) the door bell rang. A parcel for me from Counting your Blessings. I have been looking forward to receiving it.


I wish they still looked like this

Inside was a stunning mannequin head along with some lovely magnet cards and Eiffel tower book marker, what lovely presentation. I love collecting hats but was lacking mannequin heads. As you will see from the photos below she really is stunning. (Polly, I am very pleased with her. Patty has done a really good job, thank you!)




Had fun trying out some of my hats on her
(Have not named her yet!)




The 2 magnet cards and Eiffel tower book mark

Well I really ought to get on with some work now!

A bientôt!

Isabelle x