Shelley's House

I'm a huge fan of Imogene Lamport's blog, Inside Out Style. She compiles an enormous amount of information about colour, proportion,...

I've never been a fan of those stick-on hook things, not trusting them much, but I bought a pack of them some time ago to hang a mirror...

Right, this is the slightly more light-hearted end of the books I got for Christmas. Affordable Spendour , by Diana Phipps.  I...

As usual, I had loads of books on my Amazon wishlist and family and friends all know reading is almost as necessary to me as breathing or ea...

My Christmas this year was mainly books, thanks to my Amazon wishlists.   I've yet to download the programme that allows me to list anyt...

You may or may not remember that I like data analysis .  I read not long ago that Pauline at the English Organiser keeps track of her wardr...

Romance is the theme for this month…probably something to do with weddings. Other than the very occasional Royal Wedding, I have to say that...

The theme for May is ‘sensuality’.  Personally, I'd say it was still a bit too chilly around here to be entirely in touch with one's...

April's colour of choice will be navy blue.  There isn't much that doesn't go with navy, though personally I wouldn't pair i...

This month's theme is Maintain .  (Do you remember a time when 'Just trying to maintain ' was the 'in' phrase?  I think ...

Taupe is my chosen colour for March, largely because I was running out of neutrals and I wanted to try for 12 different ones.  It is a weird...

This month's theme is Clarify .   Give yourself a home facial . Perfect a signature dish by practicing it often; when that one is mast...

I don't know about you, but I'm pleased to see the end of January.  I always think it's a cold, dark month best used for hiberna...

You can see a trend coming on here, can't you?  After all, it only takes two point to draw a line. Amongst Frederic's suggestions ...

I never got around to mentioning that my preferred clothing colour in December was purple.  This worked especially well as I got to wear my ...

This is an 'old' book, published back in 2000.  Before you go 'Oh, that's just so Millennium ', I'd like to state th...

One of the most salient lessons I learned about frugality from Amy Dacyczyn, in her Tightwad Gazette was to appreciate, and even enjoy, lim...