My Monday Muse - Anthropology

I just love the style of Anthropology and have been a fan for ages now.  We are now lucky enough to have a store in Edinburgh (the only store in Scotland I believe) and it is just amazing.  Here are a few of my favourite pieces from the Autumn/Winter collection.

MSM xx

New Old Chairs

I love wood and I love wooden furniture, especially if it has an age and a history to it.  I have a couple of retro G-Plan sideboard in my house, one of which is in my dining room.

I made a great discovery on Gumtree this week and found these dining chairs - there are four of them - for just £15.

What a bargain and they are in excellent condition.  When I picked them up I thought that I would be re-upholstering them, but now that they are in my house I think I like them the way they are - with black pvc seats.  Reason being, the covers are in perfect condition, are completely wipeable and still look good.

I will live with them with these covers for the time being and maybe think about re-covering them in the near future.  I am thinking an orange or a moss green - just can't decide!

MSM xx

I am shocking!!

What a slacker I am.  So sorry for the lack of posts - life seems to have just taken over.  I am now back in the loop and looking forward to sharing lots from the past few months and with what is new with me now.

We are now nearing the end of our school summer holidays so have been doing lots and lots with my two children over the summer and will get some more me-time from next week.  Watch out for lots of posts.

Over the summer my son has had am obsession with creating shops in our home, selling whatever he can get his hands on - clothes, books, his sister! etc.  This has led me to having a huge clear out and will be ebaying like mad soon.  All of the clothes that I didn't think were suitable for ebay went to a place in Edinburgh called "Cash 4 Clothes".  It is a charity but they give you 0.50p per kilo for your donations.  This I am sure will encourage more people to donate which is a great idea.   We went with 21 kilos of clothes which was great.  What a slick operation, they take the bags out of your car, weight them, hand  you a slip of paper with the weight on it, you go to the reception and collect your cash!  Simple, all in and out in less than 3 minutes.

Here is the link here if you live locally.

MSM xx

Bank Holiday Camping Trip

This is my son and two of my gorgeous nephews enjoying a long woodland walk whilst camping in a National Park this weekend in Scotland.  We had such great fun and the sun was a welcome treat - bit cold at night but well worth the chill to have a chilled weekend with my sister and her lovely family.

Can't wait till the next trip with the tent!

MSMxx

Vintage Eyeglass Case - 1950s

Now readers of this blog will know that I love a bit of vintage, and especially a bit of vintage from the '50s.

I found this eyeglass case on eBay and was playing the game and watching it for a while as I thought that there would be a few people keen on this one.  Well, much to my surprise, I was the only one to bid on it and I won it for 99p.  A total bargain.

It is white on one side, and brown on the other.  Now my glasses have a super stylish 1950s vintage home to call their own! 

MSMxx

Coffee at The National Galleries of Scotland

My children are really interested in art - both are good artists even at the ages of just 7 and 6.  They love a wander round an art gallery but especially if there is something on there for children.  The National Galleries does a drop in art session for kids once a month which is brilliant.  

After the sessions we go for coffee and cake in the gallery restaurant.  It is quite over priced but totally worth it!

And, you don't just get one scone with your order, you get two! 

MSMxx

Helping the toad migration...

We got up very early the other morning (6.30am!) to get to Holyrood Park in Edinburgh to join the rangers of Historic Scotland for the migration of the toads in the park.  My kids just loved it!  We went searching for toads that were a bit exposed and open to crows having them for breakfast!

We helped gather the toads and put them into buckets and then helped release them into the water.

We then made our way back to the education centre to cut out some toads and make lovely toad-y crafty things.  What a lovely and different way to spend a morning!  Many thanks to Historic Scotland for letting us be part of this!

MSM xx