After I published my last Christmas photo I was asked where I bought the pom pom garland. I made it myself and here's how to.

You need:

1. scissors
2. thick fishing wire
3. long needle

and lots of pom poms. You can get them at most arts & crafts shops. I got mine from the arts & crafts department of the HEMA - and I left the really big pom poms out.

Cut a length of fishing wire to your desire (mine is about 1.50 m) and tie a knot with a loop on one side and place the needle on the other side of the wire. Now all you need to do is thread the pom poms through the needle. You have to make sure not to thread all the same colors in a row or all the same sizes, just mix and match. When you're done you tie a knot with a loop.

My homes are funny things, I sit in them and look around in them and than all of a sudden they tell me what I need to do. This new home told me to use black. So I've started to use black. What do you think?

Ingrid even sneaked in some black yesterday and I just didn't want to give it back to her.

I've bought the botanical rose poster from The Evolution Store, the chestnut seller closed her Etsy account and the tree chalkboard is from here. The rusty Y was a gift from Marné many moons ago.

I'm not a Valentine day celebrator. Maybe because it's not a very acknowledged holiday in this part of the world. But any excuse to make something or to decorate with hearst gets me off.

These are the stitches:

dc = double crochet
ch(s) = chain(s)
sl st = slip stitch
tr = treble (triple) crochet
sc = single crochet

Here's the pattern for the hearts:

First round

ch 4, sl st in first ch to make a round - work next stitches in round, ch 3, 2 tr, 3 dc, ch 1, 1 tr, ch 1, 3 dc, 3 tr, ch 2, sl st.

Second round

ch 3, sc 1 in tr, sc 1 in tr, sc 2 in tr ... before the middle tr, sc 2 in dc, ch 1, sc 2 in dc ... and repeat to end, ch 2, sl st.

Enjoy and love xox

The TV room so far. The walls are a bit empty and it quite echoes in the room, which freaks the BooBoo out, but I'm pleased with it so far. A room always needs to grow on me and over time I'll add, remove and replace stuff.

This is what the room looked like when we bought the house. We took all the old plaster off and the wood ceiling, replaced all electricity, made a new ceiling, re-plastered, took the carpet out and painted the wood boards, made a new windowsill, new radiator and that's about it. The ceilings are 3,40mtr high which makes me look like a gnome with my 1,64mtr.

I used Loom by Histor (S 1002-Y50R) for the walls and All White Estate Eggshell by Farrow & Ball for the all the woodwork. For the floor I used Sigma S2u primer and Sigma S2u Satin for the top coat. I didn't use the recommended S2u Gloss for the floor as you'll end up with a mirror compared to the F&B Estate Eggshell with only a 20% sheen level. If you're in Germany, Belgium or The Netherlands and you find F&B paint too expensive, try the new Histor One as it's fabulous.

You can find more info on the stool and cupboard in my previous TV room post.

I love to crochet while I watch TV so I've made myself a little corner. The bunny and bird vase are by Joanna Mendicino.

I'll shoot some more pictures as the light outside is getting a bit better, this is the darkest room of the house. I'm really ready for spring as this winter is taking quite long.

I've finally updated my blog's publishing software. I'm now on Movable Type 5 just like Zachary Quinto - as I would give a rats ass. I do dislike this about big commercial companies. Like if it really matters that I'm on the same platform as Zachary Quinto and Britney Spears.

I also have this cool new feature that's replacing my comments - I'm so so sorry but I couldn't save all my comments. Echo is a mini forum and now I can interact with you. If you have a question about my blog post we can discuss it in Echo. Click on the 'Let's Discuss' icon under a post and it will take you to the entry page where we can discuss matters. I love it!

Tomorrow I'll have heating in my TV room, so watch out for some TV room updates :o)

Just a quick post to let you know that The Yvestown Shop is open again. After receiving so many e-mail and so many orders asking me to come back, I just couldn't resist. I also really missed it. To celebrate, 5% off on all your orders :o) Thanks so much for your support.

I'll be upgrading my blog publishers software tomorrow so maybe there might be some difficulties viewing my blog for a little while. Just that you know.

It was September 2009 when Nina and I met Ingrid for the first time and on that same day Nina gifted me this plate, known in my home as 'The Nina Plate'. I've been meaning to photograph it and send it to Nina, to show off, for ever and never got around to do it as 1. I've been living in my car for the past few months and 2. because of bad lightning.

Today I got my hopes up as the sun is out and she makes my kitchen so bright and shiny. That's why I devote a blog post to 'The Nina Plate' and show off my new kitchen cupboard doors I'm dead happy with. Later today they'll have glass too as I can now just grab everything inside without actually opening the doors, but you can't see that.

I'm off to play around in the kitchen a little more. And also in my study as we found some amazing old tiles for my fireplace ... oh and ... crap the sun is out, I must go outside.

Will be back more often, I promise and try to keep away from the car ;o)

Happy 2010!!

This is what I did over the holidays.

I'll be writing, telling about color numbers, places to buy and showing more during the week as I'm still unpacking and painting. But damn I love my study so far.