Made in Morningside

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Here is our little blog about renovating and decorating our 1 bedroom flat in Edinburgh, Scotland

how we avoided disaster in the kitchen

Authors: Ash the Bash

As you know when we moved into our flat the kitchen was an absolute state, so we ripped it out and put in a shiny new one. We were really happy with it when it was all finished, apart from our little dining nook was just too dinky.


That was until we had friends round one evening and they...

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Travel Tuesdays: Amsterdam

Authors: Ash the Bash


Next up in the Travel Tuesdays series is the fair city of Amsterdam a really fun city I have had the pleasure of visiting four times. The first time I went I was 17 and had just finished my A level myself and two good friends stayed in a hostel near Vondelpark as our first real break for freedom. Later on that following summer...

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The problems of living in an old flat

Authors: Ash the Bash

Our tenement flat was built in 1890, and most of the time that is fantastic, it means we have large rooms, high ceilings and lovely features but sometimes it's not so great. This weekend all the less great things combined ....

Firstly we woke up on Saturday morning to more rain, which is something we have really got used to...

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Travel Tuesdays: Ghana (Cape Coast, Busua and Green Turtle Lodge)

Authors: Ash the Bash


Here is the third installment of my Travel Tuesday series,  maybe you have noticed I have added a new tab at the top of the blog so you can see the previous posts. Last Tuesday I started to tell you about our trip to Ghana, focusing on the capital Accra. After we had spent some quality family time there, Rodney and I...

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Summer Pinterest Challenge 2012

Authors: Ash the Bash



On Saturday I talked about the options for this seasons Pinterest challenge hosted by
  • Sherry at Young House Love
  • Katie at Bower Power
  • Kate at Censational Girl and 
  • Michelle at Ten June.
In the end we decided on the the chalkboard doors (from Restored style) for our pantry doors, which we have been meaning to do&n...

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Travel Tuesdays: Ghana (Accra)

Authors: Ash the Bash









Hopefully you enjoyed last weeks post about our trip to Rome and Gaeta, this week we are going a wee 
bit further afield to Ghana in West Africa. Rodney's parents are from there and we travelled there for his Granny's 80th Birthday Party. Rodney grew up in Edinburgh but spent childhood holidays in Ghana so for him it is...

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Travel Tuesdays: Rome and Gaeta

Authors: Ash the Bash


Last week I talked about travelling and remembered how much I love talking about travelling and none of you hated the idea of Travel Tuesdays, so here we go the first in my new series. This week I will tell you about Rome and a small town called Gaeta about 2 hours South of Rome. We went there for our holidays last year so it...

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Our Hidden Shame

Authors: Ash the Bash

Behind this door is something I haven't shared with you before.....

It's a door that is kept firmly closed whenever we have anyone else in the flat, and a room that I have re-organised in a grump so many times. It's our boxroom......

AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!! Scary right!!
It is mostly our dumping ground for everything we can't find...

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Itchy Feet

Authors: Ash the Bash

A from Cassandra post over at 25 in my 25th and numerous conversations with Rodney about the next few years have made my feet really itchy. I want to shake free of work and travel the world, carry my life in a rucksack and wear shorts and flip flops for extended periods of time.
(Dubrovnik, Croatia)

When I finished...

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The Meadows Festival

Authors: Ash the Bash

This weekend we joined some friends and headed to the Meadows Festival, surprisingly held in Edinburgh's meadows! It is held every year but felt pretty special this year as we were off on Monday so lying back drinking beer in the sun on a Sunday afternoon was allowed :-)

There were lots of stalls selling various bits off tat,...

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