Period Christmas

[Penners]

Actually, we are doing our bit. We're taking the crackers. :wink:

Just be careful when you're pulling them, you know your back can't take a lot of strain.

I haven't pulled for years, Gareth, so I should be OK. But I'm touched by your concern.

 

[mims&pip]

Merry Christmas all!!!

Finally, here are a few piccies of our main tree/decorations...... The second and third pic are of the breakfast hall that opens into the snug. We have a bit of a 'bird' thing going on, which all began with the Voysey 'Fool's Parsley' wallpaper and a little green Farnham pottery owl purchased at Portobello many years ago, so now we have owl and bird's nest tree ornaments as well as the odd feathered creature amongst our permanent decorative items!

I'll try to take some more later that show the India Yellow properly, as the snug pic here is so focussed on the tree you can't really see much of the wall colour or the rest of the room :roll:

PP, I love your period Christmas locks but would love to see your tree, lol :lol:

Mims x

Edited to add: please excuse the overly lengthy curtain pole in the first piccie - it was that length at our previous house and as we plan to reuse it at our next house I didn't want to shorten it :wink:

 

[JoceAndChris]

That's seriously lovely Mims! The Voysey wallpaper is so beautiful! Where did you get it from? I love it! Love the look of the India yellow as well, and the tree! Thanks for sharing! Would love to see more!

 

[noj]

I'm so follicly challenged that I've nothing suitable to extend - so rather than reveal my true hair envy I'll add some tree pics...

 

[Penners]

please excuse the overly lengthy curtain pole in the first piccie

Excuse??!!

It's too late for that! I was so horrified by it that my whole Christmas has been ruined!

 

[mims&pip]

please excuse the overly lengthy curtain pole in the first piccie

Excuse??!!

It's too late for that! I was so horrified by it that my whole Christmas has been ruined!

My dear Penners, the only remedy i can suggest for a ruined Christmas is copious quantities of kit-kats, taken at once, repeat hourly till the feeling of ruination subsides :lol: :lol: :lol:

In fact I was expecting you to show your own tree adorned with kit-kats and I think your excuse that you don't have a tree because you are spending the festive season with family is really not good enough :wink:

Noj, what a charming tree/decorations!

Joce, thank you! The Voysey wallpaper came from a guy that imported it from the US for his own use, but then had a change of plan. I think it originally came from Trustworth Studios. We found it on ebay a few years ago
Hope your bathroom is progressing as planned?

Mims x

 

[Penners]

Mims, I tend to keep my stockpile of KitKats in a rather more secure place than hanging on the tree (if tree there were). If you'd met our dog, you'd know that these choccy biccys need to be inside a locked steel box, on a shelf above head level, behind a door with a combination lock.

 

[tobydog]

Mims, I tend to keep my stockpile of KitKats in a rather more secure place than hanging on the tree (if tree there were). If you'd met our dog, you'd know that these choccy biccys need to be inside a locked steel box, on a shelf above head level, behind a door with a combination lock.

That's it, blame the poor dog. You just want to keep them out of the reach of Mrs. P :roll: .

 

[a twig]

Mims, I tend to keep my stockpile of KitKats in a rather more secure place than hanging on the tree (if tree there were). If you'd met our dog, you'd know that these choccy biccys need to be inside a locked steel box, on a shelf above head level, behind a door with a combination lock.

With a sign saying, "Beware of the leopard" perchance? :lol:

 

[Penners]

Leopard? Pah! The dog, small though she is, can kill a leopard with a single glance!

But you've given me an idea... how do you spell 'Tyrannosaurus Rex'?

 

[angrybird]

Mr Angry didn't seem too keen on the idea of a paper Carpenter's hat, he thinks he might get laughed off site :lol:

 

[Flyfisher]

I remember my grandfather showing me how to fold a carpenter's hat out of newspaper and recommending it for decorating. Slightly more stylish than a knotted hanky I suppose

But I digress (in the grand tradition of ppuk), so happy Christmas to everyone and a happy and healthy new year

 

[Penners]

Same to you, FF, and to Mrs and Junior FF. (House is looking wonderful!).

 

[jocelyn plummer]

Merry Christmas FF and Family! I know we are just down the road ( so to speak) we must try to get together this year!! xx

 

[Zebra]

"Beware of the leopard" :lol:

Leopard?!! Where? LEOPAAAARD! Clippetycloppety clippetycloppety clippetycloppety clippetycloppety clippetycloppety clippetycloppety clopclopclopclop.....
Has it gone?

 

[Feltwell]

Mims, I tend to keep my stockpile of KitKats in a rather more secure place than hanging on the tree (if tree there were). If you'd met our dog, you'd know that these choccy biccys need to be inside a locked steel box, on a shelf above head level, behind a door with a combination lock.

With a sign saying, "Beware of the leopard" perchance? :lol:

But the plans were on display......

(extra anorak points to those who know what I & twig are on about.....)

 

[Zebra]

Sorry Feltwell, not a clue......

 

[Feltwell]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by the late, great Douglas Adams. I have fond memories of listening to it as a kid on Radio 4 whilst in my Dad's shed, watching him work.

Arthur Dent, one of the central characters, is laying in the mud in front of the bulldozer sent to demolish his (period!) house to make way for a bypass, arguing with a Mr Prosser from the Council.

Mr Prosser: But, Mr Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine months.
Arthur: Oh yes, well as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You hadn’t exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them had you? I mean like actually telling anybody or anything.
Mr Prosser: But the plans were on display…
Arthur: On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.
Mr Prosser: That’s the display department.
Arthur: With a torch.
Mr Prosser: The lights had probably gone out.
Arthur: So had the stairs.
Mr Prosser: But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?
Arthur: Yes yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying beware of the leopard.


So there you go. Sorry you spoke up now eh? :wink: :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UURRp24iD4

 

[mims&pip]

Hope everyone is having a peaceful, relaxing and very Merry Christmas

Well, Santa delivered my huge mirror and it's in place in the newly (almost) decorated snug!!! Piccies to follow :wink:

Best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2017 to all!

Mims x