TAT OF THE WEEK!

Now then tat lovers! It's TOTW time, the time where you get to see the creme de la creme, the cream of the crop, the icing on the cake.. you get the picture! There was no conferring needed this week, as we had a hands down bargain of the century winner (despite Laura scoring a couple of good hauls and me not getting a look in due being sociable and staying out of charity shops ALL WEEKEND! I know, it was TOUGH, but don't worry, I pulled through unscathed)

So, some of you may know that almost a year ago I finally got the keys to a Victorian fortress, it is a massive work in progress for me and my beloved, and it has taken until this week to find the perfect dressing table for our bedroom. I had seen it on eBay with a start price of £50... a bargain enough for what it was, but I forgot to bid in time, and it ended without a buyer! My world immediately crumbled and I regretted being an idle fool for letting the curvaceous beauty slip through my fingers. And for what? I'll tell you what! A new start price of £9.99, suckeeerrrrrs! Luckily nobody else wanted the buxom old girl, and she was all mine, mine I tell you! So without further ado, here she is:

I think you'll all agree that she's pretty sassy for a seventy year old bird! Aside from her creaky drawers (oo-er!) and a few bumps and scrapes, she's in pretty good nick! Eventually I'll give her a once over the flannel and tart her up with some varnish but for now she's sitting pretty and she couldn't look better! 

The moral of the story (there wasn't going to be one, but I'm feeling self important now and quite smug about this entire tale) is to be feckless patient! If you don't press the 'bid now' button straight away, chances are you're not totally feeling it! Just sit tight and see what happens. You never know, you might end up featuring on 'Tat of the Week!', and when you do, I'll be here waiting for your eternal gratitude.

Keep your eyes peeled and your elbows out! The tat is yours! 

Ta-ra for now,

Jenna x

Downstairs loo, Lav, bog, throne room, john, powder room.

Happy Tuesday sweetie pies. I thought I'd pop by and have a quick chin wag about my downstairs loo!  Now I understand, that talking about toilets is a pretty weird subject, but I'm not talking about the actual porcelain princess..... No no no.... I'm talking about all the pretty ways you can jazz up the smallest room in the house! 

It came to me today that loo's are pretty dull, and yet we spend so much time in there! Some more than others granted (what DO men do in there?) but why settle for a blank canvas while making our flowery deposits? Time to decorate, I'd say. 

Now my loo is a bit of a talking point in my house. It's the first room in the house and it's teeny tiny.... So a pale colour was needed to brighten things up! I suppose a 'normal' person might stop there on the quest of decoration, but to me, unless my guests are perspiring with claustrophobia it hasn't had the desired effect. 

                 

                        (This picture drummed up lots of likes on Instagram...... @justlaura____) 

I have a bit of a 'thing' for pictures, and I would happily hang them on every free bit of wall in my house if I could, but I do have some limits ( I think??) so my boring downstairs toilet became my tat gallery. Pictures, mirrors, paintings, plaques of all colours shapes and sizes now all reside in one space... And do you know what? So what if they don't match. That makes it all the more quirky. 

                  

I used a paper chase gift wrap to cover the tiles, not long term obviously but until I win the lottery and can buy pretty real ones! It's held up okay for over a year! 

I've used a little Cath Kidston tea towel for the window as a makeshift blind, I just sewed some pretty pink pom poms on to jazz it up, and ta da!!!! A toilet/gallery. 

Hope you like it, and if your ever passing by and I'm in then I might let you use it! ;-) 

Lots of love 

Laura xxx