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Angry Gardening and the perils of borrowed landscape
I have a lovely little office – decorated on a theme of imperial naval superiority. It is carved from what was once the house’s original dining room. It is full of bits and pieces. However I spend most of my … Continue reading
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Mortimer – a friend of Oscar’s.
Some time back I blogged about a small collection of artworks I have accumulated relating to Oscar Wilde – https://decorextremus.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/in-oscars-corner/ – and which hang in the library here. Today the collection was joined by a Mortimer Menpes etching of Cairo acquired … Continue reading
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The Old Safe (1)
We have for some time been looking to add extra storage to the little china pantry we have created. The room has a large sideboard already overflowing with china and a small bookcase stacked with recipe books. However at the … Continue reading
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What a little moisturiser can do …
Sometime back I bought a little portrait at Dunbar Sloane in Wellington. Well as it happened I bought two on the same night but this is the story of one. I discovered it among a number of small paintings in … Continue reading
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Grandmother’s couch
Sometime ago Douglas and I began to think we probably needed a couch in our bedroom. We wanted to read in more comfort than we could sitting on a chair and wanted something on which you could also slump, in … Continue reading
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Epergne fever
An epergne is an Edwardian or Victorian vase-like arrangement for the centre of the dining table. It usually has several stems and allows for a kind of mass effect – utterly decorative and of no practical use. Of course as … Continue reading
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Omega Workshops – Down on the Farm
Today is the first day of a short holiday I’ve cooked up for myself, in order to sit in front of the fire and do nothing. Surprise, surprise then if I wasn’t at Maidens & Foster at 9.30am this morning … Continue reading
Simple Jams – that look good on the shelf
Knowing that there is still a jam making season (now passed), and participating in it, is a great part living in Napier – indeed it this is a real Hawke’s Bay tradition that has lingered long after the invasion of … Continue reading
Special moons and strange visitations
During May there was something of a special moon. Or something strange happened to the sun and there on the wall of Douglas’ new bathroom was a shimmering apparition, as close as you could get to magic. It was in … Continue reading
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Decor Neglect
Are we guilty of décor neglect? Probably. A follower has reprimanded us for our lack of postings and it is true – our minds have been elsewhere. That is not to say that the pressing issues of décor haven’t been … Continue reading
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