The Garden Centre ready for the weekend + an apology

First off let me apologise for the quality of the last two posts.
No excuses. THEY WERE BOTH SHOCKINGLY POOR !
................Just joking ............. HA.............. I have to admit that Kristen's 2 posts were ok........................ I guess...... HA HA Yes they were very good darling...............


To be serious let me also thank everyone who emailed and commented with their best wishes for Lotte. We have been home since yesterday afternoon and she seems to be improving all the time. To such an extent that Krsiten has been happily watching the CBEEBIES with her all afternoon while I have been getting our centre spots ready for the weekend. Here are some photos of our space at

the Cottage Garden Nursery ~

Lovely little bench seat

Shabby style, ornate coffee table

Old Kitchen Dresser, cleaned by Nan while Lotte and I were away ~ Thanks Nan

Lovely leadlight doors.

Maple trinket drawer dressing table.

Something about the pokerwork like details on these old dressing tables that I am always drawn to. Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Who you going to believe 'people' or your of your own eyes

When ever Katherine and I go to a house we have to always remember to ask if anything is under the house or backshed that folks might want to sell. Last week when I asked someone if there was anything under the house. The response was "nothing under there you would want". I asked if we could have a quick look in anycase.
So Katherine disappeared under the house and did not surface for what seemed ages. Among the many goodies she found was not
                                                                                  ONE

NOT TWO

BUT THREE HUGE OLD BOOK PRESSES

It just shows that not only have you always got to ask, but you also have to look.
Ps Thanks for all the comments and emails about Lotte, things seem to be improving somewhat if a little slowly.The doctors want to be sure that Lotte can eat and drink successfully before they release her. So she and Katherine may have a few more days more at the hospital yet. So more takeway and precooked bought meals for me and the boys for a while yet.

Catfish POD CHAIR

                                              We found this great retro chair on the weekend.

 and have taken it over to the WAC

The catfish are a later addition to the chair and are the work of a well known Graffiti artist.

Frankie-James was a great help today taking this chair and some other bits of furniture with me to the WAC.

The me in question is Kristen, Katherine's husband. Katherine has left me in charge of the blog while she stays with our daughter Lotte who had to go to hospital over the weekend. So any poor posting and or spelling mistakes are mine,though the ideas are hers. Indeed she keeps texting me with different ideas for postings on the blog every few hours. I will see how I go.

The WAC ~ Ready for the weekend

           Some new pictures of some of the furniture in my spaces at The Woolloongabba Antique Centre.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

More Lovely Ugly Keepers

 Yes, yet another post about one of my favourite things, West German goodness. You may remember when I first confessed to my addiction in this post. The tall brown one at the back above and his lovely friend in the front are two of my latest.

I love the touch of red on this one.

The chap at the back is also a recent find. Lovely orange and super lava texture.

 This one was on my dining table recently in an earlier post. I used to have a rule about the colours I keep so as to keep my collection under control but I have devised a way to keep a few greeny ones I love by putting them in another part of the house. I know what you are thinking..."she is out of control" and you are probably right but I did say this is an addiction.

My hallway is new West German virgin territory and will be home to a few green chaps. This guy is now on top of my linen cupboard. If only the hallway was bigger but thank goodness for high ceilings.