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Almost 40 years in Fairford

The very picturesque mill pond It is difficult to believe that in May 2022, we will be celebrating living in this loveliest of places for 40 years – and are still in love with it! I know that it is 40 years because my son James is forty this...

My Sampler Study Boxes

Every angle used to display my treasured samplers! As with so much of what goes on at Pinks Barn, and indeed in my life, I think you could say that my new range of Sampler Study Boxes were some sort of organic progression. My fascination for antique samplers and the...

Inspired by Darning Samplers

I do not know how many of you still darn socks – I don’t. Like so many of us, I can be wasteful with clothing and throw away items that perhaps could be mended. Maybe it was my time as a nurse that put me off. I can still remember darning my black stockings that I...

Outside at last!

There is simply no doubt that post-Covid I am rather lacking puff but gradually catching up now with the encouragement of better weather. I had a rather grotty reaction to my second vaccination or caught a stinking cold (I am not sure which), and it lasted three...

I blame Claude Monet…

Permanent sunshine in the kitchen – and can you spot the lemon? It all started when I paid yet another visit to Monet’s House in Giverny, France. It is his fault that I am redecorating the kitchen here at Pinks Barn – the dark blue and yellow scheme rattled around in...

What to do for our Birthday Weekend?

I am finding it difficult to believe that my ‘Finder of Treasures’ venture is a year old. It was originally timed for my 70th Birthday on the 8th May but we were ready a day early and thought we would press the button and see what happened. I never imagined...