Basic sewing skills to learn, to keep your wardrobe in shape
Basic sewing skills are not that hard to master and repairing your clothes is good for the planet and your budget!
How to deal with unforeseen expenses
It comes down to 3 things: Anticipate – Prevent – Insure
It is hard to find new ways to save money when you already have a tight budget
Here are the 2 areas I found, where I could still make improvements.
What about you?
Upcycling Henri II chairs
You may have noticed the top of my fancy chairs in some of the pictures you can see on this blog. These are chairs I upcycled a while back, and I’ve been meaning for so long to talk about them, because, well, I think they are pretty!
Things we have learned during quarantine – part 1
In this first part, I’m focusing on the things we have learned from the quarantine, on a personal level. This will be follow up by at least one other part, which I will link to here, when ready. As mentioned previously, a lot of articles have been published with the promise that the pandemic we…
Vintage style, not vintage values
This seems to be important to mention…
Quarantine diary
Collecting memories of a life in quarantine
Meaningful ways to be a better human
We all need to become better humans, better citizens of the World if we want to have a chance.
Servicing a vintage Singer sewing machine
Cleaning and oiling is all that is required! However it needs to be done thoroughly including in areas that may seem inaccessible
Dealing with Programmer’s RSI
A little ‘life saving’ creation which keeps me going
Beautiful Things 