Made in Morningside
Here is our little blog about renovating and decorating our 1 bedroom flat in Edinburgh, Scotland
Jumping on the Instagram Wagon
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Authors: Ashleigh More
Just popping in quickly to let you know I finally gave in and have jumped on the instagram wagon. The bug has bit me and I have found myself taking pictures of random things and then having nowhere to share it, now I do, follow along with me at @MadeinMorningside.
And sorry in advance if I get the etiquette wrong I don't...
Breathing new life into old furniture
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- Published on Monday, 19 November 2012
Authors: Ashleigh More
We have been unhappy with our TV and DVD storage since we redecorated the living room. We had been using an old secondhand table given to us by Rodney's uncle when we moved in. It did the job but it wasn't the right shape and all the wires were on display so it looked messy.
As we already had so much wood in the flat...
Travel Tuesdays: Australia's East Coast
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- Published on Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Authors: Ashleigh More
The final part of my time in Australia was spent coming down the East Coast. Which was varied and interesting. Having finished the tour through Australia's Centre in Darwin I flew to Cairns and tried to find some work.Unfortunately it wasn't as easy as in Melbourne and Sydney and all I managed to find was 5 days...
Filling our home with meaningful art
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 November 2012
Authors: Ashleigh More
*Blogger won't let me resize the pictures, grrr! Apologies I will try and fix it on another computer in the morning.
When we bought the flat one of the promises we made to ourselves was that we wouldn't buy cookie cutter art to fill the flat and that the art we put up will mean something to us. We have managed to stick...
Travel Thursdays: Central Australia
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- Published on Thursday, 01 November 2012
Authors: Ashleigh More
So after my little detour to Ghana last week, and the Pinterest Challenge on Tuesday we are back on track with Travel Tuesday Thursday and my trip through Australia. Most of my time in Melbourne was spent working two jobs and saving up for my trip up through the middle of Australia.I can't really pretend that...
Autumn Pinterest Challenge - Tasty Lamb Kebabs
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Authors: Ashleigh More
Anybody else feel like it was only a few weeks ago that we were submitting our summer pinterest challenge, and I made these chalkboardpantry doors. The time before, my first pinterest challenge, I tried a few options but decided on my world travels map. So you can see everything pinterest challenge related I have added...
Material Hunting in West Africa
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- Published on Thursday, 25 October 2012
Authors: Ashleigh More
We spent a fair amount of our recent trip to Ghana searching for material to make our bridesmaid's dresses and to use to make table runners. As we also wanted to get the bridesmaids dresses made while we were in Ghana we had to get organised quickly when we first arrived in picking out their material.Our first stop...
Travel Tuesdays - Ghana 2012
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- Published on Monday, 22 October 2012
Authors: Ashleigh More
As you know from this post and this one we are just back from a holiday to Ghana, we were over for a memorial service for Rodney's Granny who died last summer but we also managed a trip with his family to Kumasi, the second biggest city in Ghana, and some time out along the coast for the two of us.
In Kumasi we went to Lake...
My Favourite food in Ghana
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- Published on Monday, 22 October 2012
Authors: Ashleigh More
We have settled back into normal life after our return from Ghana last week, we have almost got on top of all the laundry, and have survived a few days at work.So as promised I am going to tell you all about our trip and first up I want to tell you about the food that I LOVE to eat when we are there. Some of the food in Ghana...
I've been away!
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Authors: Ashleigh More
Sorry for the radio silence, for the last 2 and a bit weeks we have been in Ghana with absolutely no internet connection.We have had an awesome time, visiting relatives, seeing new cities, lying on a beach in paradise and enjoying the time away. I have lots to tell you about, we have bought some new art, we have had...
