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I’m now cat free for the first time in 21+ years. Which is very weird. Really weird: there’s still a little Benjamin Franklin sized hole in my house, and I occasionally hear his miaows or the tinkle of his bell as he prancesbut those are all memories.. I planned what I would do to my house with the view he would be with me for 14 years, so as to not disturb him. ADVENTURES IN KITCHEN STORAGE (AKA MORE BLOODY MOCCONA Another thing I did as part of my 2020 CoVID Cleaning, was go through my herb and spice storage: Turns out there's two sizes of small moccona jars (I use them for my herb and spice storage). The older versions of the small jars are too tall to sit on top of the storagerisers
WANT? | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE These teapots and matching mugs are just awesome. The ones above are from a kitchen gift shop in Morley, the ones below (turquoise and magenta = squee) are from Spotlight. PRODUCT REVIEW: WHO GIVES A CRAP TISSUES AND TOILET PAPER Quantity Product Comparative Cost of Previous Brand Pros/Cons; 1: Forest Friendly Tissues – 12 Boxes Current online price $24.00: Kleenex 2 Ply White Facial Tissues 250 pack Based on Coles’ Current online price $3.30: By cost: WGC: $2 for 70 tissues ($7.14 for equivalent amount of tissues) vs Kleenex: $3.30 for 250 By quantity: Kleenex is significantly cheaper BUT in terms of renewable RECIPE: MANDARIN CORDIAL I looked after the Garden Goddess Et Mari's house while they were travelling foreign lands. Apart from checking how their garden grew while they were away, checking that there were no burglars and collecting their mail, this responsibility also meant I was free to take any ripened produce from their garden. Like Mandarins. Lots and RESTORING THE DAYBED (IN WHICH I SUPERVISE, DIY DAD MUGS You may (or may not) recall the daybed I freecycled in 2012. While it was in immaculate condition when I freecycled it, leaving it in the garage with the mattress on top of it wasa massive mistake. The mattress got damp, and the top layer of plywood REUSING MOCCONA JARS #1 The urge to collect Moccona jars is strong in my family - DIY Dad tends to buy and keep the larger ones while I usually get the smaller ones to keep spices in. Obviously at some point, one reaches critical mass for the amount of Moccona Jars one household can contain. Howeverwhile DIY Dad
DIY | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE | PAGE 3 Posts about DIY written by princesstachana. on the plus side, it’s not the gutter And with the physical wardrobe situation as it currently stands (i.e. a future rather than BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO HOME OWNERSHIP There are some things that should be staples in every pantryor at least in every pantry of anyone who can eat them. Things like a jar of semi sun dried tomatos in oil, vegetable stock, couscous, chickpeas (in a tin for quick dishes), evoo in a bottle and a spray can, a jar of pitted black spanish olives, tins of sweet corn (the smaller ones are fine), marinated mushrooms in a jar, sunflower AUGUST | 2014 | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE 10 posts published by princesstachana during August 2014. So an apple galette is basically a circle of puff pastry, with a thinly sliced fan of peeled apples on top, sprinkled with caster sugar and brushed with melted butter and then popped in a hot oven for about 25 minutes.. It’s very fancy, but you can do a cheaper and easier version (in both time and money), with one apple, one sheet ofHOUSEOLUTIONS 2021
I’m now cat free for the first time in 21+ years. Which is very weird. Really weird: there’s still a little Benjamin Franklin sized hole in my house, and I occasionally hear his miaows or the tinkle of his bell as he prancesbut those are all memories.. I planned what I would do to my house with the view he would be with me for 14 years, so as to not disturb him. ADVENTURES IN KITCHEN STORAGE (AKA MORE BLOODY MOCCONA Another thing I did as part of my 2020 CoVID Cleaning, was go through my herb and spice storage: Turns out there's two sizes of small moccona jars (I use them for my herb and spice storage). The older versions of the small jars are too tall to sit on top of the storagerisers
WANT? | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE These teapots and matching mugs are just awesome. The ones above are from a kitchen gift shop in Morley, the ones below (turquoise and magenta = squee) are from Spotlight. PRODUCT REVIEW: WHO GIVES A CRAP TISSUES AND TOILET PAPER Quantity Product Comparative Cost of Previous Brand Pros/Cons; 1: Forest Friendly Tissues – 12 Boxes Current online price $24.00: Kleenex 2 Ply White Facial Tissues 250 pack Based on Coles’ Current online price $3.30: By cost: WGC: $2 for 70 tissues ($7.14 for equivalent amount of tissues) vs Kleenex: $3.30 for 250 By quantity: Kleenex is significantly cheaper BUT in terms of renewable RECIPE: MANDARIN CORDIAL I looked after the Garden Goddess Et Mari's house while they were travelling foreign lands. Apart from checking how their garden grew while they were away, checking that there were no burglars and collecting their mail, this responsibility also meant I was free to take any ripened produce from their garden. Like Mandarins. Lots and RESTORING THE DAYBED (IN WHICH I SUPERVISE, DIY DAD MUGS You may (or may not) recall the daybed I freecycled in 2012. While it was in immaculate condition when I freecycled it, leaving it in the garage with the mattress on top of it wasa massive mistake. The mattress got damp, and the top layer of plywood REUSING MOCCONA JARS #1 The urge to collect Moccona jars is strong in my family - DIY Dad tends to buy and keep the larger ones while I usually get the smaller ones to keep spices in. Obviously at some point, one reaches critical mass for the amount of Moccona Jars one household can contain. Howeverwhile DIY Dad
DIY | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE | PAGE 3 Posts about DIY written by princesstachana. on the plus side, it’s not the gutter And with the physical wardrobe situation as it currently stands (i.e. a future rather than BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO HOME OWNERSHIP There are some things that should be staples in every pantryor at least in every pantry of anyone who can eat them. Things like a jar of semi sun dried tomatos in oil, vegetable stock, couscous, chickpeas (in a tin for quick dishes), evoo in a bottle and a spray can, a jar of pitted black spanish olives, tins of sweet corn (the smaller ones are fine), marinated mushrooms in a jar, sunflower AUGUST | 2014 | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE 10 posts published by princesstachana during August 2014. So an apple galette is basically a circle of puff pastry, with a thinly sliced fan of peeled apples on top, sprinkled with caster sugar and brushed with melted butter and then popped in a hot oven for about 25 minutes.. It’s very fancy, but you can do a cheaper and easier version (in both time and money), with one apple, one sheet of VERY BELATED HOUSEOLUTIONS 2020 Turns out I spoke too soon about 2017-2019 throwing curveballs 2020 told them to “Hold my beer” and has shown EVERYONE what a curveball (or series of WANT? | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE These teapots and matching mugs are just awesome. The ones above are from a kitchen gift shop in Morley, the ones below (turquoise and magenta = squee) are from Spotlight. RECIPE: OLIVE OIL PASTRY Yesterday's home-made sunday project was to teach myself how to make olive oil pastry. I already know how to make butter pastry and for something like this I would ordinarily be slack and get a sheet of pastry from the freezer. But yesterday I decided RECIPE: ELDERFLOWER SPRITZ I apologise in advance for not having the best photos of this drink. For some reason I keep forgetting to take a photo of it when I serve it. And I serve it at almost every dinner party, because it is a non-alcoholic winner of a drink for the non-drinkers, and the skippersand the
CHEZ DIY DAD IS INVADED BY THE ROMANS After facing the prospect of Curtains, then getting Hemmed in, DIY Dad faced a final challenge in the form of the Romans. The Roman Blinds that is! The last phase of the beautification of the windows Chez DIY Dad, was to make some bespoke Roman Blinds (because of course the 100+ year old sash windows in his 100+ year old workers cottage are not the standard sizes of today’s window sizes). TRACTOR SEAT PLANTS, MARK #1 AND MARK #2 The title sounds foreboding, but rest assured there is a happy ending for both Mark #1 and Mark #2 Tractor Seat Plants. When I last left my quest to own Ligularia Dentata, affectionately known as Tractor Seat Plants, I’d successfully identified the plants, and tracked some down to an independent garden store who had ordered them in for me (which took months by the way): I’d bought 6 pots BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO HOME OWNERSHIP There are some things that should be staples in every pantryor at least in every pantry of anyone who can eat them. Things like a jar of semi sun dried tomatos in oil, vegetable stock, couscous, chickpeas (in a tin for quick dishes), evoo in a bottle and a spray can, a jar of pitted black spanish olives, tins of sweet corn (the smaller ones are fine), marinated mushrooms in a jar, sunflowerREMOVALISTA CHIC
A major part of Saturday was the moving of my bed, washing machine, sofa, futon sofa, buffet and chest from DIY Dad’s to chez moi. Myself, the Coffee Fairy and DIY Dad were the major characters in this drama, with supporting roles played admirably by a rental trailer, DIY Dad’s car and a huge roll of plastic.. There were a couple of minor tragedies on the day: SEPTEMBER | 2015 | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE 6 posts published by princesstachana during September 2015. First it was pumpkin and now tomato: 2015 clearly is the year for stuffing things inside vegetables and cooking them.. This recipe is perfect for the occasions when you want to make something special for a vegetarian, but you don’t want to stuff a whole pumpkin to do so. SOMETHING THRIFTY: LAWN SEED SHAKER After watching a segment about Lawn Care on Better Homes and Gardens, I came away with a couple of thrifty tips and ideas.. The first was the one featured in the segement – using a small plastic plant pot to spread lawn fertiliser (1:40 in the clip at the link above) as opposed to paying upwards of $40.00 for something you will only use4/so times a year.
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I’m now cat free for the first time in 21+ years. Which is very weird. Really weird: there’s still a little Benjamin Franklin sized hole in my house, and I occasionally hear his miaows or the tinkle of his bell as he prancesbut those are all memories.. I planned what I would do to my house with the view he would be with me for 14 years, so as to not disturb him. RECIPE: OLIVE OIL PASTRY Yesterday's home-made sunday project was to teach myself how to make olive oil pastry. I already know how to make butter pastry and for something like this I would ordinarily be slack and get a sheet of pastry from the freezer. But yesterday I decided RECIPE: MANDARIN CORDIAL I looked after the Garden Goddess Et Mari's house while they were travelling foreign lands. Apart from checking how their garden grew while they were away, checking that there were no burglars and collecting their mail, this responsibility also meant I was free to take any ripened produce from their garden. Like Mandarins. Lots and RECIPE: LIQUID DIET CHALLENGE I got really sick at the end of 2020. So sick I am currently in the waiting list to see a surgeon to be operated on. So that was a nice wrap up to a pants year. And a great start to the new year. About a week into being sick, my doctor suggested I ADVENTURES IN KITCHEN STORAGE (AKA MORE BLOODY MOCCONA Another thing I did as part of my 2020 CoVID Cleaning, was go through my herb and spice storage: Turns out there's two sizes of small moccona jars (I use them for my herb and spice storage). The older versions of the small jars are too tall to sit on top of the storagerisers
REUSING MOCCONA JARS #1 The urge to collect Moccona jars is strong in my family - DIY Dad tends to buy and keep the larger ones while I usually get the smaller ones to keep spices in. Obviously at some point, one reaches critical mass for the amount of Moccona Jars one household can contain. Howeverwhile DIY Dad
DIY LEARNING: #4
If you are applying gloss paint, think again as it is a pain to work with. If you choose to disregard my hard won advice, consider the following: You shouldn't apply gloss on gloss, so if you are planning on doing skirtings then it's a really good idea to first paint with alow sheen
RECIPE: UNCLE JOHN’S ONION PUDDING First I need to tell you a little bit about my uncle John, and when I first had this onion pudding. Uncle John has been my Uncle Roger's partner since the early 80's (maybe even the late 70's), and in every way that counts: he's family (although he doesn't like to admit it).So he's
PRODUCT REVIEW: WHO GIVES A CRAP TISSUES AND TOILET PAPER Quantity Product Comparative Cost of Previous Brand Pros/Cons; 1: Forest Friendly Tissues – 12 Boxes Current online price $24.00: Kleenex 2 Ply White Facial Tissues 250 pack Based on Coles’ Current online price $3.30: By cost: WGC: $2 for 70 tissues ($7.14 for equivalent amount of tissues) vs Kleenex: $3.30 for 250 By quantity: Kleenex is significantly cheaper BUT in terms of renewable CRAZY CUSHION LADY WITH CRAZY KITTEN CUSHIONS You know me, dear reader. So you know I like a cushion. I like a pretty cushion, I like a playfully witty cushion, I even like to make a cushion or two. I like to swap them around, I like to change the covers with other covers from my (currently small) stash of sparecushion
HOUSEOLUTIONS 2021
I’m now cat free for the first time in 21+ years. Which is very weird. Really weird: there’s still a little Benjamin Franklin sized hole in my house, and I occasionally hear his miaows or the tinkle of his bell as he prancesbut those are all memories.. I planned what I would do to my house with the view he would be with me for 14 years, so as to not disturb him. RECIPE: OLIVE OIL PASTRY Yesterday's home-made sunday project was to teach myself how to make olive oil pastry. I already know how to make butter pastry and for something like this I would ordinarily be slack and get a sheet of pastry from the freezer. But yesterday I decided RECIPE: MANDARIN CORDIAL I looked after the Garden Goddess Et Mari's house while they were travelling foreign lands. Apart from checking how their garden grew while they were away, checking that there were no burglars and collecting their mail, this responsibility also meant I was free to take any ripened produce from their garden. Like Mandarins. Lots and RECIPE: LIQUID DIET CHALLENGE I got really sick at the end of 2020. So sick I am currently in the waiting list to see a surgeon to be operated on. So that was a nice wrap up to a pants year. And a great start to the new year. About a week into being sick, my doctor suggested I ADVENTURES IN KITCHEN STORAGE (AKA MORE BLOODY MOCCONA Another thing I did as part of my 2020 CoVID Cleaning, was go through my herb and spice storage: Turns out there's two sizes of small moccona jars (I use them for my herb and spice storage). The older versions of the small jars are too tall to sit on top of the storagerisers
REUSING MOCCONA JARS #1 The urge to collect Moccona jars is strong in my family - DIY Dad tends to buy and keep the larger ones while I usually get the smaller ones to keep spices in. Obviously at some point, one reaches critical mass for the amount of Moccona Jars one household can contain. Howeverwhile DIY Dad
DIY LEARNING: #4
If you are applying gloss paint, think again as it is a pain to work with. If you choose to disregard my hard won advice, consider the following: You shouldn't apply gloss on gloss, so if you are planning on doing skirtings then it's a really good idea to first paint with alow sheen
RECIPE: UNCLE JOHN’S ONION PUDDING First I need to tell you a little bit about my uncle John, and when I first had this onion pudding. Uncle John has been my Uncle Roger's partner since the early 80's (maybe even the late 70's), and in every way that counts: he's family (although he doesn't like to admit it).So he's
PRODUCT REVIEW: WHO GIVES A CRAP TISSUES AND TOILET PAPER Quantity Product Comparative Cost of Previous Brand Pros/Cons; 1: Forest Friendly Tissues – 12 Boxes Current online price $24.00: Kleenex 2 Ply White Facial Tissues 250 pack Based on Coles’ Current online price $3.30: By cost: WGC: $2 for 70 tissues ($7.14 for equivalent amount of tissues) vs Kleenex: $3.30 for 250 By quantity: Kleenex is significantly cheaper BUT in terms of renewable CRAZY CUSHION LADY WITH CRAZY KITTEN CUSHIONS You know me, dear reader. So you know I like a cushion. I like a pretty cushion, I like a playfully witty cushion, I even like to make a cushion or two. I like to swap them around, I like to change the covers with other covers from my (currently small) stash of sparecushion
FEBRUARY | 2021 | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE 5 posts published by princesstachana during February 2021. Being of British descent, this is properly termed porridge. But pumpkin pie and pumpkin pie spice is such a RECIPE: VARIETY NOODLE SOUP I have a couple of easy cheat meals that I don't share with other people: they're my "Want Flavour but CBF Cooking" meals. Ones where I expend minimal effort, but get maximum flavour when doing so. Asian-inspired noodle soups are definitely one of my Want Flavour but CBF Cooking meals, because as long as you JANUARY | 2021 | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE 7 posts published by princesstachana during January 2021. You know me, dear reader. So you know I like a cushion.I like a pretty cushion, I like a playfully witty cushion, I even like to make a cushion or two.. I like to swap them around, I like to change the covers with other covers from my (currently small) stash of spare cushion covers. RECIPE: CRANBERRY DELIGHT This is pretty easy to make, it's a long drink that works really well at adult gatherings. For the drinkers, you could add vodka (or citrus vodka and some triple sec) to make a nice cocktail. It is really nice as it is though and means adult non-drinkers don't feel like they'vebeen sent to
CRAZY CUSHION LADY WITH CRAZY KITTEN CUSHIONS You know me, dear reader. So you know I like a cushion. I like a pretty cushion, I like a playfully witty cushion, I even like to make a cushion or two. I like to swap them around, I like to change the covers with other covers from my (currently small) stash of sparecushion
DIY LEARNING: #4
If you are applying gloss paint, think again as it is a pain to work with. If you choose to disregard my hard won advice, consider the following: You shouldn't apply gloss on gloss, so if you are planning on doing skirtings then it's a really good idea to first paint with alow sheen
RECIPE: HOMEMADE PASTA WITH SLOW COOKED BEEF RAGU Ever since I saw Jamie Oliver make a ragu sauce using a cheap cut of meat and a pressure cooker to cut down on slow cooking time, I have wanted to make a slow cooked ragu. Especially after sampling the spaghetti ragu served at Sandrino (Fremantle): YUM. Of course, I TRACTOR SEAT PLANTS, MARK #1 AND MARK #2 The title sounds foreboding, but rest assured there is a happy ending for both Mark #1 and Mark #2 Tractor Seat Plants. When I last left my quest to own Ligularia Dentata, affectionately known as Tractor Seat Plants, I’d successfully identified the plants, and tracked some down to an independent garden store who had ordered them in for me (which took months by the way): I’d bought 6 pots ALL COLOURS OF THE RAINBOW CHARD L'artiste was a little sick recently (for "a little sick", read "completely flu-ridden"), so I harvested a forest of rainbow chard from my garden and used a leek instead of onion to create a L'artiste-friendly version of Green Debutante Soup: There's no recipe, as apart from a little substiution it's pretty much exactly the same SOMETHING THRIFTY THIS WAY COMES This frugal twofer trick was taught to me by the Divine Mrs M (nee T) and is the reason so many of my plants are so lush. What you need Are empty beer bottles (or cans) or even empty milk bottles.HOUSEOLUTIONS 2021
I’m now cat free for the first time in 21+ years. Which is very weird. Really weird: there’s still a little Benjamin Franklin sized hole in my house, and I occasionally hear his miaows or the tinkle of his bell as he prancesbut those are all memories.. I planned what I would do to my house with the view he would be with me for 14 years, so as to not disturb him. ADVENTURES IN KITCHEN STORAGE (AKA MORE BLOODY MOCCONA Another thing I did as part of my 2020 CoVID Cleaning, was go through my herb and spice storage: Turns out there's two sizes of small moccona jars (I use them for my herb and spice storage). The older versions of the small jars are too tall to sit on top of the storagerisers
WANT? | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE These teapots and matching mugs are just awesome. The ones above are from a kitchen gift shop in Morley, the ones below (turquoise and magenta = squee) are from Spotlight. PRODUCT REVIEW: WHO GIVES A CRAP TISSUES AND TOILET PAPER Quantity Product Comparative Cost of Previous Brand Pros/Cons; 1: Forest Friendly Tissues – 12 Boxes Current online price $24.00: Kleenex 2 Ply White Facial Tissues 250 pack Based on Coles’ Current online price $3.30: By cost: WGC: $2 for 70 tissues ($7.14 for equivalent amount of tissues) vs Kleenex: $3.30 for 250 By quantity: Kleenex is significantly cheaper BUT in terms of renewable RESTORING THE DAYBED (IN WHICH I SUPERVISE, DIY DAD MUGS You may (or may not) recall the daybed I freecycled in 2012. While it was in immaculate condition when I freecycled it, leaving it in the garage with the mattress on top of it wasa massive mistake. The mattress got damp, and the top layer of plywood RECIPE: MANDARIN CORDIAL Finely grated zest and juice of 2 mandarins, keep the mandarin halves after juicing (try and get the firm mandarins, the ones with lots of pips that have their flesh up against the skins). Basically throw the zest, sugar and juice into a large container, along with the boiling water. Stir and then leave in the fridge over night. REUSING MOCCONA JARS #1 Reusing Moccona Jars #1. The urge to collect Moccona jars is strong in my family – DIY Dad tends to buy and keep the larger ones while I usually get the smaller ones to keep spices in. Obviously at some point, one reaches critical mass for the DIY | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE | PAGE 3 Posts about DIY written by princesstachana. on the plus side, it’s not the gutter And with the physical wardrobe situation as it currently stands (i.e. a future rather than BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO HOME OWNERSHIP There are some things that should be staples in every pantryor at least in every pantry of anyone who can eat them. Things like a jar of semi sun dried tomatos in oil, vegetable stock, couscous, chickpeas (in a tin for quick dishes), evoo in a bottle and a spray can, a jar of pitted black spanish olives, tins of sweet corn (the smaller ones are fine), marinated mushrooms in a jar, sunflower AUGUST | 2014 | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE 10 posts published by princesstachana during August 2014. So an apple galette is basically a circle of puff pastry, with a thinly sliced fan of peeled apples on top, sprinkled with caster sugar and brushed with melted butter and then popped in a hot oven for about 25 minutes.. It’s very fancy, but you can do a cheaper and easier version (in both time and money), with one apple, one sheet ofHOUSEOLUTIONS 2021
I’m now cat free for the first time in 21+ years. Which is very weird. Really weird: there’s still a little Benjamin Franklin sized hole in my house, and I occasionally hear his miaows or the tinkle of his bell as he prancesbut those are all memories.. I planned what I would do to my house with the view he would be with me for 14 years, so as to not disturb him. ADVENTURES IN KITCHEN STORAGE (AKA MORE BLOODY MOCCONA Another thing I did as part of my 2020 CoVID Cleaning, was go through my herb and spice storage: Turns out there's two sizes of small moccona jars (I use them for my herb and spice storage). The older versions of the small jars are too tall to sit on top of the storagerisers
WANT? | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE These teapots and matching mugs are just awesome. The ones above are from a kitchen gift shop in Morley, the ones below (turquoise and magenta = squee) are from Spotlight. PRODUCT REVIEW: WHO GIVES A CRAP TISSUES AND TOILET PAPER Quantity Product Comparative Cost of Previous Brand Pros/Cons; 1: Forest Friendly Tissues – 12 Boxes Current online price $24.00: Kleenex 2 Ply White Facial Tissues 250 pack Based on Coles’ Current online price $3.30: By cost: WGC: $2 for 70 tissues ($7.14 for equivalent amount of tissues) vs Kleenex: $3.30 for 250 By quantity: Kleenex is significantly cheaper BUT in terms of renewable RESTORING THE DAYBED (IN WHICH I SUPERVISE, DIY DAD MUGS You may (or may not) recall the daybed I freecycled in 2012. While it was in immaculate condition when I freecycled it, leaving it in the garage with the mattress on top of it wasa massive mistake. The mattress got damp, and the top layer of plywood RECIPE: MANDARIN CORDIAL Finely grated zest and juice of 2 mandarins, keep the mandarin halves after juicing (try and get the firm mandarins, the ones with lots of pips that have their flesh up against the skins). Basically throw the zest, sugar and juice into a large container, along with the boiling water. Stir and then leave in the fridge over night. REUSING MOCCONA JARS #1 Reusing Moccona Jars #1. The urge to collect Moccona jars is strong in my family – DIY Dad tends to buy and keep the larger ones while I usually get the smaller ones to keep spices in. Obviously at some point, one reaches critical mass for the DIY | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE | PAGE 3 Posts about DIY written by princesstachana. on the plus side, it’s not the gutter And with the physical wardrobe situation as it currently stands (i.e. a future rather than BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO HOME OWNERSHIP There are some things that should be staples in every pantryor at least in every pantry of anyone who can eat them. Things like a jar of semi sun dried tomatos in oil, vegetable stock, couscous, chickpeas (in a tin for quick dishes), evoo in a bottle and a spray can, a jar of pitted black spanish olives, tins of sweet corn (the smaller ones are fine), marinated mushrooms in a jar, sunflower AUGUST | 2014 | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE 10 posts published by princesstachana during August 2014. So an apple galette is basically a circle of puff pastry, with a thinly sliced fan of peeled apples on top, sprinkled with caster sugar and brushed with melted butter and then popped in a hot oven for about 25 minutes.. It’s very fancy, but you can do a cheaper and easier version (in both time and money), with one apple, one sheet of WANT? | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE These teapots and matching mugs are just awesome. The ones above are from a kitchen gift shop in Morley, the ones below (turquoise and magenta = squee) are from Spotlight. RECIPE: CHICKEN AND BLACK BEAN SOUP So this soup came about by accident: I was not feeling the greatest and wanted a comforting but filling soup that had chicken and also beans in it. Plus I had 2 tins of refried black beans in my pantry, bought by mistake for tins of whole black beans. Soup Base Starting Point Ingredients Diced CRAZY CUSHION LADY WITH CRAZY KITTEN CUSHIONS You know me, dear reader. So you know I like a cushion. I like a pretty cushion, I like a playfully witty cushion, I even like to make a cushion or two. I like to swap them around, I like to change the covers with other covers from my (currently small) stash of sparecushion
RECIPE: ELDERFLOWER SPRITZ I apologise in advance for not having the best photos of this drink. For some reason I keep forgetting to take a photo of it when I serve it. And I serve it at almost every dinner party, because it is a non-alcoholic winner of a drink for the non-drinkers, and the skippersand the
TRACTOR SEAT PLANTS, MARK #1 AND MARK #2 The title sounds foreboding, but rest assured there is a happy ending for both Mark #1 and Mark #2 Tractor Seat Plants. When I last left my quest to own Ligularia Dentata, affectionately known as Tractor Seat Plants, I’d successfully identified the plants, and tracked some down to an independent garden store who had ordered them in for me (which took months by the way): I’d bought 6 potsVEGETARIAN OPTION
In one frypan, melt butter. Add clove of garlic and rosemary, when fragrant add in the mushrooms. Stir to coat with butter, fry until soft. Set aside. In another frypan, pop some olive oil and heat. Add your small piece of fillet steak, and cook until RECIPE: ASIAN NOODLE SOUP WITH TOFU Ingredients. Put 750mL of water into your soup pan, add the egg noodles, carrot, celery, garlic, lemongrass and minced ginger. Cook until the noodles are starting to soften, then add the snow peas, capsicum and chili. Cook until snow peas are green and tender, add the tofu cubes to warm through. When the tofus is warm, serve in a bowland
GALLERY HANGING SYSTEM IN DA HOUSIE You know I’ve wanted a gallery hanging system in my house since 2012.Technically, I’ve wanted it since 2009 but I made it official by telling you that I wanted it in 2012. [I do like to workshop things before I commit in case they are passing fancy (coughpeacock blue coloured hallway), or I find a more practical/economical/suitable solution (coughfelt storage boxes as inserts for my RECIPE: ROAST PUMPKIN AND BROAD BEAN RISOTTO I still have my surplus of broad beans sitting in my little bar fridge sized freezer. Not that I am complaining and it certainly won’t prevent me from planting them again this year, especially now that I’ve found a recipe for grilled fava beans (Fava Beans = the other, fancier name for Broad Beans). But the surplus does need to be eaten to make way for the new harvest in a couple of months. SOMETHING THRIFTY: LAWN SEED SHAKER After watching a segment about Lawn Care on Better Homes and Gardens, I came away with a couple of thrifty tips and ideas.. The first was the one featured in the segement – using a small plastic plant pot to spread lawn fertiliser (1:40 in the clip at the link above) as opposed to paying upwards of $40.00 for something you will only use4/so times a year.
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I’m now cat free for the first time in 21+ years. Which is very weird. Really weird: there’s still a little Benjamin Franklin sized hole in my house, and I occasionally hear his miaows or the tinkle of his bell as he prancesbut those are all memories.. I planned what I would do to my house with the view he would be with me for 14 years, so as to not disturb him. RECIPE: LIQUID DIET CHALLENGE I got really sick at the end of 2020. So sick I am currently in the waiting list to see a surgeon to be operated on. So that was a nice wrap up to a pants year. And a great start to the new year. About a week into being sick, my doctor suggested I ADVENTURES IN KITCHEN STORAGE (AKA MORE BLOODY MOCCONA Another thing I did as part of my 2020 CoVID Cleaning, was go through my herb and spice storage: Turns out there's two sizes of small moccona jars (I use them for my herb and spice storage). The older versions of the small jars are too tall to sit on top of the storagerisers
RECIPE: OLIVE OIL PASTRY 1 cup plain flour. 2 tbsp olive oil. 1 tsp salt (I would probably reduce that next time) 1/4 cup cold water (75mL) Combine flour and salt in a bowl. Mix well. Add the olive oil and mix with a fork until the mix starts to go really crumbly. At this point, it’s easier to use your hand to make sure you you have rubbed all the flour and oiltogether.
CRAZY CUSHION LADY WITH CRAZY KITTEN CUSHIONS You know me, dear reader. So you know I like a cushion. I like a pretty cushion, I like a playfully witty cushion, I even like to make a cushion or two. I like to swap them around, I like to change the covers with other covers from my (currently small) stash of sparecushion
PRODUCT REVIEW: WHO GIVES A CRAP TISSUES AND TOILET PAPER Quantity Product Comparative Cost of Previous Brand Pros/Cons; 1: Forest Friendly Tissues – 12 Boxes Current online price $24.00: Kleenex 2 Ply White Facial Tissues 250 pack Based on Coles’ Current online price $3.30: By cost: WGC: $2 for 70 tissues ($7.14 for equivalent amount of tissues) vs Kleenex: $3.30 for 250 By quantity: Kleenex is significantly cheaper BUT in terms of renewable RECIPE: MANDARIN CORDIAL Finely grated zest and juice of 2 mandarins, keep the mandarin halves after juicing (try and get the firm mandarins, the ones with lots of pips that have their flesh up against the skins). Basically throw the zest, sugar and juice into a large container, along with the boiling water. Stir and then leave in the fridge over night. REUSING MOCCONA JARS #1 Reusing Moccona Jars #1. The urge to collect Moccona jars is strong in my family – DIY Dad tends to buy and keep the larger ones while I usually get the smaller ones to keep spices in. Obviously at some point, one reaches critical mass for the RECIPE: UNCLE JOHN’S ONION PUDDING First I need to tell you a little bit about my uncle John, and when I first had this onion pudding. Uncle John has been my Uncle Roger's partner since the early 80's (maybe even the late 70's), and in every way that counts: he's family (although he doesn't like to admit it).So he's
DIY LEARNING: #4
If you are applying gloss paint, think again as it is a pain to work with. If you choose to disregard my hard won advice, consider the following: You shouldn't apply gloss on gloss, so if you are planning on doing skirtings then it's a really good idea to first paint with alow sheen
HOUSEOLUTIONS 2021
I’m now cat free for the first time in 21+ years. Which is very weird. Really weird: there’s still a little Benjamin Franklin sized hole in my house, and I occasionally hear his miaows or the tinkle of his bell as he prancesbut those are all memories.. I planned what I would do to my house with the view he would be with me for 14 years, so as to not disturb him. RECIPE: LIQUID DIET CHALLENGE I got really sick at the end of 2020. So sick I am currently in the waiting list to see a surgeon to be operated on. So that was a nice wrap up to a pants year. And a great start to the new year. About a week into being sick, my doctor suggested I ADVENTURES IN KITCHEN STORAGE (AKA MORE BLOODY MOCCONA Another thing I did as part of my 2020 CoVID Cleaning, was go through my herb and spice storage: Turns out there's two sizes of small moccona jars (I use them for my herb and spice storage). The older versions of the small jars are too tall to sit on top of the storagerisers
RECIPE: OLIVE OIL PASTRY 1 cup plain flour. 2 tbsp olive oil. 1 tsp salt (I would probably reduce that next time) 1/4 cup cold water (75mL) Combine flour and salt in a bowl. Mix well. Add the olive oil and mix with a fork until the mix starts to go really crumbly. At this point, it’s easier to use your hand to make sure you you have rubbed all the flour and oiltogether.
CRAZY CUSHION LADY WITH CRAZY KITTEN CUSHIONS You know me, dear reader. So you know I like a cushion. I like a pretty cushion, I like a playfully witty cushion, I even like to make a cushion or two. I like to swap them around, I like to change the covers with other covers from my (currently small) stash of sparecushion
PRODUCT REVIEW: WHO GIVES A CRAP TISSUES AND TOILET PAPER Quantity Product Comparative Cost of Previous Brand Pros/Cons; 1: Forest Friendly Tissues – 12 Boxes Current online price $24.00: Kleenex 2 Ply White Facial Tissues 250 pack Based on Coles’ Current online price $3.30: By cost: WGC: $2 for 70 tissues ($7.14 for equivalent amount of tissues) vs Kleenex: $3.30 for 250 By quantity: Kleenex is significantly cheaper BUT in terms of renewable RECIPE: MANDARIN CORDIAL Finely grated zest and juice of 2 mandarins, keep the mandarin halves after juicing (try and get the firm mandarins, the ones with lots of pips that have their flesh up against the skins). Basically throw the zest, sugar and juice into a large container, along with the boiling water. Stir and then leave in the fridge over night. REUSING MOCCONA JARS #1 Reusing Moccona Jars #1. The urge to collect Moccona jars is strong in my family – DIY Dad tends to buy and keep the larger ones while I usually get the smaller ones to keep spices in. Obviously at some point, one reaches critical mass for the RECIPE: UNCLE JOHN’S ONION PUDDING First I need to tell you a little bit about my uncle John, and when I first had this onion pudding. Uncle John has been my Uncle Roger's partner since the early 80's (maybe even the late 70's), and in every way that counts: he's family (although he doesn't like to admit it).So he's
DIY LEARNING: #4
If you are applying gloss paint, think again as it is a pain to work with. If you choose to disregard my hard won advice, consider the following: You shouldn't apply gloss on gloss, so if you are planning on doing skirtings then it's a really good idea to first paint with alow sheen
RECIPES | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE 1 tsp/clove of minced garlic. Add some olive oil to a large sauce pan, and pop in your carrot, onion and celery. Fry until soft and add the dried herbs (rosemary, sage, thyme and rosemary) and the garlic. Add the diced chicken and seal. Add 2-3L of boiling water and the vegeta stock powder and simmer for 40 minutes. KITCHEN | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE Posts about kitchen written by princesstachana. And we’ve had it pretty sweet in WA: 2020 was the one time Perth’s isolation has worked for us, rather than causing us to miss out on bands, festivals, certain plants and bulbs, and anything else too expensive to transport across the Nullabor to BATHROOM | LIFE AT 1:1 SCALE This is the most common problem, and the easiest to fix. Although it is a little fiddly. Before you do anything: turn the tap off at the wall, and flush the cistern. Then you need to look at the flush unit to work out how you can lift it out so that you can change the flushwasher.
CHEZ DIY DAD IS INVADED BY THE ROMANS After facing the prospect of Curtains, then getting Hemmed in, DIY Dad faced a final challenge in the form of the Romans. The Roman Blinds that is! The last phase of the beautification of the windows Chez DIY Dad, was to make some bespoke Roman Blinds (because of course the 100+ year old sash windows in his 100+ year old workers cottage are not the standard sizes of today’s window sizes). EXPERIMENTING WITH OVERNIGHT OATS aka: how to make breakfast while you're sleeping After my successful experiments with Chia Porridge, I wanted to try the more traditional overnight oats. It's an easy, low calorie breakfast that can be customised to what you have in your pantry. And it's very quick do to, all you need is to: Throw ingredients into RECIPE: HOMEMADE PASTA WITH SLOW COOKED BEEF RAGU 4 eggs. Olive Oil (EVOO) Plain flour to dust. Preheat the oven to 170°C. To make the ragu, dust the beef with the flour while you heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in an oven proof pan. Add the beef to the pan and brown on all sides. Remove the beef from the pan and set aside (in a bowl), add the other tbsp of oil, start scraping off the flourthat’s
BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO HOME OWNERSHIP There are some things that should be staples in every pantryor at least in every pantry of anyone who can eat them. Things like a jar of semi sun dried tomatos in oil, vegetable stock, couscous, chickpeas (in a tin for quick dishes), evoo in a bottle and a spray can, a jar of pitted black spanish olives, tins of sweet corn (the smaller ones are fine), marinated mushrooms in a jar, sunflower RECIPE: ELDERFLOWER SPRITZ I apologise in advance for not having the best photos of this drink. For some reason I keep forgetting to take a photo of it when I serve it. And I serve it at almost every dinner party, because it is a non-alcoholic winner of a drink for the non-drinkers, and the skippersand the
LIFE’S A (DAY)BED OF RETRO As a novice sewanista, I was too scared to cut to measure so I decided I actually needed measurements from the 2m long piece of foam (which was also about 0.9m wide and about 0.17m thick). That was my second mistake. Ugh. My third mistake: deciding the beautiful daybed needed a mattress cover with piping on it. GARDEN MOBILE AND BIRD SCARER Garden mobile and bird scarer. I’ve noticed this week that there is a mystery marauder who seems to have a predilection for brussel sprouts. To whit, this mysterious figure of crime has eaten the tips of two of my brussel sprout plants as well as all the leaves of one. Although my gardening book does say to pinch out the growing tips whenthe
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BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE GALLERY HANGING SYSTEM: INDAOFFICE! July 28, 2019 by princesstachana It’s not only the Gallery Hanging System in the hallway making mehappy
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it’s also the Gallery Hanging System in my office!!!! Yep: my office now has a bad case of the Gallery Hanging Systems AND THIS IS ONE THING I DON’T NEED TO VACCINATE FOR. Gallery inspiring productive prettiness. I chose my hallway (hello to hanging my amazing Miik Green’s)
and my office as the first two rooms to receive the glory of the Gallery Hanging System. And it’s a decision making me very happy. FYI: phase two will be: bedroom, lounge room; phase 3 will be studio and part of the other side of hallway…I dread to think how many drillbits DIY Dad will go through (one reason why this project is being approached in _stages.)_ Gallery on the facing wall. Most of this artwork is actually my own work, so I don’t get to #humblebrag and #namedrop an amazing artist, I just get to #humblebrag that this is mostly me 😉 This is what I see when I look in the doorway of my office, and itmakes me happy.
From the top left: You have a drawing of my mum (study for a larger painting I still need to do for my sister…it’s only about 7 years late), a painting by my mum and framed in an ornate plaster frame by my uncle (sadly the frame was damaged when the painting fell off a wall – we don’t talk about that, it still hurts – so I need to get it reframed e.x.a.c.t.l.y. t.h.e. S.A.M.E. OR ELSE) and the restis me again.
How could you not be happy with this view? On the other side, from the top left: that’s me, then a still life donated to my by my aunt Denny, then a painting donated to me by one of my workmates (we’ll call her Isabella’s mum)…it was Isabella’s mum’s mum’s if I recall correctly, and then the rest is me again. Fun fact: the bouganvillea cuttings I painted in the bottom right and on the opposite wall, were from my aunt’s garden#itsallconnected
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GALLERY HANGING SYSTEM IN DA HOUSIE July 28, 2019 by princesstachana You know I’ve wanted a gallery hanging system in my house since 2012.
Technically, I’ve wanted it since 2009 but I made it official by _telling _you that I wanted it in 2012.
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And now, in 2019, I’ve broken the seal and bought the first set of lengths of the system and begun populating my walls with gallery hanging system and then artworks hanging from the aforesaid system. First room off the rank, is the hallway where I’ve finally hung two massive Miik Green paintings. Miik is a contemporary Western Australian artist (and friend) who does both paintings and sculptures, very amazing! Looking down the gallery Miik Greens into the living room Miik’s paintings draw from cell-staining techniques and biological pigmentation, where colour can define abnormalities or infection. He injects, drags and extracts liquid materials, pigments and chemicals, and the paintings evolve and develop as the materials and mediums used interact with each other. I’m a fancy art owner now. Like a grown up. Miik finishes his paintings with a hardened, highly reflective skin so any photograph of his paintings is also a photograph of reflections.Super amazing.
I’m quite enjoying seeing parts of my house reflected back at me, although it has made it challenging to take pics of only the works, especially given their placement in my hallway means I’ll always take the pic on an angle. Much reflection, many book. Such artwork. Just glorious. SUPER massive props to DIY Dad who did the drilling and fixing of the points into the wall so we could fasten the rail to it. DIY Dad’s efforts were not without challenges: we went through 3 drill bits thanks to the occasionally super hard bricks in my house; and 3 different sizes of wall plugs thanks to the occasionally super soft bricks in my house; and had to discuss our different appreciations of levels (DIY Dad = use a level, DIY Daughter: follow the cornice so it looks good, I can level the paintings.) Reflection of a bekvan stool in a Miik Green. 3 drill bits, 3 sizes of wall plugs, 1 trip to bunnings, 1 trip to DIY Dad’s house to collect a couple of important things he’d forgotten, a brief stop for Yum Cha et voila! The hallway is not completely done: there’s another section where I can put the hanging system but that’s not as urgent as getting Miik’s beautiful works on the wall. So 75% of the work is done, but there’s 25% to do when budget and DIY Dad time permits me to continue the progress in the hallway.Posted in The House
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NEW YEARS HOUSEOLUTIONS 2019 March 8, 2019 by princesstachana Frankly, if I thought 2017 threw me some curveballs, 2018 and 2019 threw and are throwing even more!Early
2019 books to read pile: I now only have 2 of the books left to read. I’ll be travelling to USA and Mexico this year, because my sister is getting married in Mexico this year, and I’m the bridesmaid. Plus while we’re over there, DIY Dad and I will be doing a road trip across the USA. That’s going to be both fun, and funny. At the sametime.
So this year, I’ve had to strip back my houseolutions to the bare minimum, because I got sh*t to do this year. And not a lot of ithouse-related.
2019 HOUSEOLUTIONS
* Travel (not actually a houseolution) * Study (also not actually a houseolution) * Gallery hanging system: I can’t wait anymore, I want some paintings hanging on my walls instead of just leaning against them…and I don’t care what else has to go on hold while I do that. (The important part of the hallway is done,
and the office is done.)
BONUS:
* Anything else on the previous houseolutions list.
PREVIOUS HOUSEOLUTIONS * Houseolutions 2018 * Houseolutions 2017 * Houseolutions 2016 * Houseolutions 2015 * Houseolutions 2014 * Houseolutions 2013 * Houseolutions 2012 * Houseolutions 2011Posted in The House
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BOLSTERING MY SPIRITS March 8, 2019 by princesstachana Although I may have finished the restoring the MCM daybed project,
it hadn’t quite finished with me. After we put the daybed against the wall at GreenHead, and propped some of DIY Dad’s lairy cushions on it…we realised it needed a little something, something, something. It just needs…a something. A little something like a bolster to lie its length. Luckily I had enough fabric and piping to make a cover, once a suitably proportioned bolster was sourced (and here I’d like to thank eBay in all its glory, and also myself for my magical ability to use eBay to find things. So many things.) To be frank: if I had ended up keeping the daybed at my house, there would have been a bolster (…and no lairy cushions), so I actually got to execute the restoration as I had envisioned (because envisioning is my jam, you know). DIY Dad took his bolster up to GreenHead this weekend and sent me pics on request…I have to warn you that I haven’t quite finished impressing on DIY Dad the importance of the jzuzz. But he tried.He _really _tried:
It just needs a little…jzuzz (translation: straighten the mattress cover, centre the bolster, take another photograph). I had to ask for a lairy pillow free photo (above), because the first pics he sent me had the lairy pillows hiding most of the bolster: Also in need of a jzuzz (translation: straighten the mattress cover, put the lairy cushions on diagonally…or if you want them square then make them more symmetrical and give them the karate chop on the top like the good interior design shows do). He tries…he took these pics for me before he’d even taken the dust covers on the couch: We’re so civilised, we have dust covers at our beachhouse… …what you may not realise, is that dustcover is this quiltcover (it got holes in it…so had to be retired). Posted in DIY , The House| Tagged
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February 6, 2019 by princesstachana#Smugcatlyfe
The holidays weren’t just about drapery for DIY Dad, I managed to purchase a linen bedspread in my favourite green. Turns out: also The Ginger Menace’s favourite green. Reflections and creases (well: l.i.n.e.n. d’uh). It looks pretty and replaces the green “floral/branch” one which sadly developed holes, and is now having a second life as a dustcover at DIY Dad’s beachhouse. Look for it in cameos in futureposts.
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A V.E.R.Y. BELATED STYLEMAS 2018 January 30, 2019 by princesstachana This post 2 months late, no biggie…White,
tin and wood themed styleMAS tree I took these photos in early December, but just didn’t get around to writing the post for a number of reasons: 2018 was a big year for me. Why? Well let me unpack how big it was for me…I am still trying toprocess it myself.
I started studying late January 2018, while still sorting out being burgled in late 2017 (that situation didn’t get fully resolved until early March 2018). So there’s that. I studied two modules that overlapped by a month in April/May, so I could apply for a Masters at mid-year (which I was accepted into). So I swung from the modules, to applying for a new course, to studying again. And of course I decided to do a second year unit in my first semester of the Masters #nobiggie! My exam was 2 days before my birthday in November, the results didn’t come out until the 11 December so I didn’t completely wind down from that aspect until the grades were up (got a High Distinctionso it paid off!).
Moody
lighting
The study load alone would have been tiring, but we went through change management at work too. If you’ve been through one, you know how shite they are for months on end. That’s months and months and months of stress, speculation, the anti-climax of the announcement, followed by the drag of waiting for the changeover date…and then months and months and months as new hires and new teams storm, form, norm and perform (and that’s stillgoing on).
And while there appears to be a fantasy that change management can be smooth, easy, not stressful and transparent, the reality is it’s about change, people’s livelihoods, and change. And that is always stressful: whether you have the stress or whether you are surrounded by others who are stressing, speculating, second guessing. And then there are the people who are impacted, REALLY impacted by the change. People who you know and work with for many years. It’s a tough time on so many levels, and that suck is part of the ugly nature of organisational change… So yes: 2018 was a big year. On many fronts.Dark
reflections
And then on top of that, my sister announced the date and location for her wedding: so I knew I would be travelling in early 2019. That threw a wonderful spanner in the works in terms of house stuff for 2018-19, study in 2019 and meant other things to prepare for. Delightful, wonderful spanner, but a spanner in all my finely laid plansnonetheless.
Make no mistake, it’s going to be great: DIY Dad and I will be travelling over, celebrating with friends and family in an all inclusive resort and then doing a road trip afterwards. Meanwhile planning and logisticating for the epic trip in early 2019 meant much time in between study, shite and stuff has been spent planning the itinerary, destinations and logistics for the upcoming holiday. Also planning menu items: I plan to eat my way across the USA, eating all the regional foods. And maybe see some sights…inbetween courses.
Well lit
On top of that, I was still on planning duties for DIY Dad’s epic home renovation. ARGH. If my lunch breaks weren’t full of study, or trip planning, then they were full of Ikea kitchen, bathroom and laundry planner and planning. I was even tempted to add Expert at Ikea Kitchen Planning to my resume: I did it THAT much. Across 2017-2018, I have tried every online planning tool there is, and then had to jig, and rejig designs as DIY Dad confirmed measurements, requirements, preferences and then selectively listened to counsel about important features for kitchens, bathrooms and laundries which he then turned into some naively optimistic demands that could not be facilitated in the space he had, on the budget he had or with the design constraints he himself had put in place. If you have ever wondered where I get my Veruca Salt level demandingness, wonder no more. DIY Dad gives Veruca and me a run for our money (something that not only impacted kitchen, bathroom and laundry planning but has also impacted Daddy-Daughter road trip and itinerary planning as well). You can thank me for the fact that there is a place inside DIY Dad’s house where you can fill a bucket for a mop, wash a cat litter bowl and soak clothes…that isn’t the kitchen sink. You can thank me for planning a laundry that meant he had to get rid of his twin tub washing machine and upgrade to a front loading washing machine. You can thank me for the ample amount of bathroom, kitchen and laundry storage (DIY Dad has so much storage he does not know what to do with it, but for everyone else there is an ample and satisfying amount). You can thank me for introducing him to 4 switch light switches, over trying to have 4 separate light switches on one wall. Yes: thank me.Last
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I even hit my holidays running: going up to the beach house with DIY Dad to drop off the day bed,
making curtains for DIY Dad and cleaning and jzuzzing his house, having sleepovers and making cheese, testing out blancmange and junket recipes (long term goal, tell you about it later), plus reorganising, gardening, and doing all those annual jobs and stuff around the house in preparation for the big trip PLUS getting the flu…and then recovering from the flu (still not 100% yet). YIKES. So I have been a bit slow on posting, and I probably will be for a little while as I catch up and think about what else I want 2019 to have in store for me… Posted in Randomness, The House
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| Leave a Comment » AND IT’S CURTAINS FOR DIY DAD January 30, 2019 by princesstachana I’ve always wanted to write that sentence on this blog: and it’s _curtains_ for DIY Dad. And it is literally: CURTAINS for DIY Dad. Some people travel on their holidays, some catch up on things to do around their house, some watch eleventy billion hours of netflix…and at least one person will make curtains for their Dad. 24 metres of curtains. That’s right: 24 metres of curtains. Yes, dear reader, that IS a lot of curtain. It is a shedload of curtain, a metric fuck-tonne of drapery, a herculean holiday task…one that I decided from start to finish it was only going to take me 5 days. This herculean and expedited task involved wrangling 8 metres of 280cm wide blockout lining, 18 metres of 150cm wide curtain fabric and 5 metres of 280cm wide curtain fabric to turn them into 24 metres of tab-topped curtains for 4 windows. Not that I am counting, or anything. And I pretty much did it: started them on Thursday afternoon and (mostly) finished them on Monday (there was one tiny piece of facing I sewed the next morning). So I feel like a bit of a hero,actually.
The backstory to this epic sewing task is: DIY Dad is reaching the final stages of doing up his house. And part of those final stages has been the gentle realisation (thanks to many firm suggestions on many fronts) that matchstick blinds and 2 saris do not a window treatment make. They don’t make a window treatment if you are seeking privacy, and they don’t make a window treatment if you’re seeking to block the sun out and they certainly don’t make a window treatment if you’re in a 100+ year old weatherboard workers cottage which needs all the insulation help it can get:Not
actually a window treatment, unless you’re living in a share house in the 80s or 90s…and even then. For the record: matchstick blind and sari thing is actually all my fault: I decided it was cool in the 90s and did it in my bedroom…and then DIY Dad wanted to do it in every other room in his house. Clearly sari-over-matchstick-blinds was a design decision that appealed to his patchouli-scented, indian bazaar maxi wrap skirt wearing, doc martens owning and Smashing Pumpkins listening nineties uni student self. The nineties are alive and not only living in Portland, they’re also living in DIY Dadland.These
saris have been hanging up there since about 1997-98, for the record. The original vintage sari I used in my room disintegrated about 15years ago…
Something needed to be done, and not just in his bedroom (the photos above), but also in the guest bedroom where these curtains were hanging when DIY Dad purchased the house…and they were old then (the blinds are slightly newer…if you remember that everything 90s has come back around and is new again):What
super villain puts window length drop curtains in a room that has 12 feet high ceilings? ARGH. And then in the loungeroom, DIY had replaced the disintegrating vintage silk sari with some hand-me-down curtains that one of his lady friends gave him to address his lack of curtains (nice curtains, not really to the style of the house AND WHAT SUPER VILLAIN PUTS WINDOW LENGTH CURTAINS IN A ROOM THAT HAS 12 FEET HIGH CEILINGS!?!), so that’s two layers of sheer if you count the matchstick blinds:For the
record: the matchstick blinds don’t have long to live… And then in my old bedroom, some more ill-fitting matchstick blinds (my old bedroom is the junk repository at the moment, hence the broken chair and eskie in the shot):Privacy:
who needs it when you’re in weatherboard cottages this closetogether?
Luckily the firm commentary about drapery and curtains from MANY sources made an impact, so DIY Dad and I went on a daddy-daughter haberdashery expedition, where we purchased 8 metres of 280cm wide blockout lining, 18 metres of 150cm wide curtain fabric (I had to order the living room fabric from the UK):It looks
a lot smaller when it’s folded. And then I had to do planning, lots and lots of planning involving consulting several sewing and interior design bibles (including the 1985 Laura Ashley Book of Home Decorating,
which my aunt gave me along with her retro cookbooks):
Luckily I
had a good project manager And then I had to scribble a bunch of calculations for hems, widths vs lining widths, tab calculations (width, count and distance between…#headexplodingemoji). It was analogue Mission Impossiblelevel planning:
The only
reason I didn’t have post its stuck all over my house…I WAS OUT OFPOST ITS
Srs planning: for each room and each set of curtains because each of the windows and curtain rod measurements were not quite the same:Many
calculate, much plan. The project manager was concerned about the complexity of the job and the timeline allowed for it:Concerned
and bitey project manager. Thanks to some amazing tips from the peeps at Homecraft , I managed to eke out double layers of curtain lining for 3 of the 4 rooms…the 3 where the weight of the curtain fabric was lighter. That’s going to be good when the cold hits the weatherboard in winter:I turned
my lounge room, dining room and kitchen into a curtain productionline…
First curtains finished, marimekko-esque canvas ones for my old bedroom. I actually thought the curtain colour choices would help mute the level of yellow paint DIY Dad has applied to every room of his house. Fun fact, it didn’t and in fact the yellow is reflecting offthe curtains…
Pretty
epic curtain drop (I’m going to hem all the curtains once they’ve hung for a while and settled) I had enough canvas fabric left over to make both DIY Dad and the project manager some cushions. The project manager decided he liked his newly reupholstered throne:Every day
he’s supervising.
Then it was onto the guest bedroom:That
light duck egg blue is not making a dent in the yellow…time to coverit with artwork.
At about this time I realised DIY Dad’s house had not been dusted, polished or cleaned since I last did it…in 2016 when my sister visited. So I added another holiday job to the list: cleaning and jzuzzing DIY Dad’s house. The photo below is pre-cleaning and it’s been colour corrected to show the colour of the curtains:It’s a
shame the yellow walls aren’t this washed out. At this point, you might be asking why DIY Dad has a thing for yellow walls? Turns out: along with the sari-over-matchstick-blinds-for-window-treatments, that’s also myfault.
Yep: my fault….In 2007 DIY Dad and I went to the UK to see my sister (she lives there) and as part of that trip I dragged them across the channel for 5 days in Paris. Because DIY Dad likes Monet’s paintings (as do I), I thought it would be a great idea to visit Monet’s house and garden in Giverny. And it was a great idea: amazing, amazing, amazing. An amazing idea, but for one thing: Monet painted his dining roomYELLOW. And
_BOY_ did that make an impression with DIY Dad: he liked that. Heliked that a lot.
He liked it so much he’s so far painted the inside of two houses: yellow. Every single room inside those two houses: yellow. For the record: Monet only painted ONE room of his house yellow (along with the dining table, chairs, credenzas and more) and he covered up a lot of the walls with artwork AND the colour scheme for Monet’s kitchen is BLUE , but those are minor details and when DIY Dad picks a colour…he REALLY PICKS acolour.
So yep: that’s also all my fault. Unintended consequences.BRILLIANT.
Getting back to curtains, the last set to be made in my 5 days of intense curtaining (and cleaning), were the ones for DIY Dad’s bedroom (to replace the mismatched saris): Pre-cleaning…and the yellow just bounces of everything. The curtains really are a lot whiter than they look in the photos (thank you so much Monet, thank you so much 2007 me):Much
pigment, many eyeburns. Then I had to wait for the living room fabric to arrive from the UK (and for time in my schedule to finish the herculean epic). The fabric for the living room curtains gave me the most joy:Welcome
to the jungle…
At this point, I had cleaned all the house and jzuzzed (just ignore the tiled platform in the living room…that’s a battle I will fightanother day):
Curtains
by big sister, cat cushions by little sister… And I had fabric left over from this, so I made DIY Dad a runner for his kitchen/dining buffet (and did a bit of cleaning and reorganisingas well):
Nana and
Grandma’s crockery takes a bow And placemats for his dining table (trying to ween him off terribletablecloths):
I got to
put the placemats down, then I had to put everything back on thetable…
And I even had enough fabric to make placemats for myself #winning. Now that I’ve recounted my epic task, I am feeling a bit tired…I think it’s time for some downtime chez moi:Project
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