About Lorna Sixsmith
Lorna is from Southern Ireland, married with two children. Living on a dairy farm, Lorna has managed to combine her love of farming, gardening and interiors by opening an interiors boutique within her own home and launching an online shop. Lorna blogs regularly about interiors, gardening, farming and other aspects of her life!Website: http://www.garrendennylane.ie
Posts by Lorna Sixsmith
Fabulous Fashionable Florals for Decorating
By Lorna Sixsmith on November 2, 2009
Although the garden is becoming rather bare, the good news is that floral patterns are going to be extremely popular in 2010 so we can bring them into our home in our wallpapers and our fabrics as much as we like. Sanderson’s Summer Tree wallpaper {read more}
By Lorna Sixsmith on November 2, 2009
Irish Brown Bread Recipe
By Lorna Sixsmith on October 26, 2009
This is the nicest brown bread I have ever made or tasted – quick, simple and so tasty. I tend to make at least two at a time!
12 oz wholemeal flour
1 oz wheat bran
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda for the Americans)
pinch of salt
1 {read more}
By Lorna Sixsmith on October 26, 2009
Creating Pretty Hooks for Your Coats and Bags
By Lorna Sixsmith on June 29, 2009
Here’s an easy and cost-effective way to make a really attractive hook-board.
1. Simply choose a medley of attractive hooks — be they from old cupboards or picked up at sales, or perhaps an unbroken one from old furniture.
2. Paint your board, {read more}
By Lorna Sixsmith on June 29, 2009
Create an Informal, Relaxed Atmosphere with Asymmetrical Balance
By Lorna Sixsmith on May 26, 2009
Looking to create a crisp, uncluttered country bedroom scheme? Painted floorboards, distressed bedside lockers, crisp white bedlinen, blue stripes and large gingham checks — what could be simpler and yet so effective?
What I really like about {read more}
By Lorna Sixsmith on May 26, 2009
Adding Period Details: Creating a Chimney Breast
By Lorna Sixsmith on April 25, 2009
Wondering how to create a chimney breast and add some period features and atmosphere to a soul-less living room?
We live in a 1970s house but I’m a Victorian girl at heart and love the period features of Victorian and Edwardian houses. Although {read more}
By Lorna Sixsmith on April 25, 2009
Interior Design Trends at Maison & Objet
By Lorna Sixsmith on March 2, 2009
The fabrics and colours at the Maison & Objet fair in Paris last month were stupendous. Judging by the colours in the majority of fabrics and wallpapers on show, the trends for this year are for soft and muted colours.
There were occasional bright {read more}
By Lorna Sixsmith on March 2, 2009
Little Girl’s Room – A Castle Fit for a Princess
By Lorna Sixsmith on February 24, 2009
Here’s some ideas on how to make an original, one-of-a-kind bed for a child. We made a Castle bed for our daughter in an attempt to get her to sleep in her own bed, rather than our bed and it worked!
It really was simple enough to make. We got {read more}
By Lorna Sixsmith on February 24, 2009
‘Christmas Blues’
By Lorna Sixsmith on December 12, 2008
If you are thinking of going blue, turquoise or teal this Christmas, here’s some inspiration if you fancy a ‘blue Christmas’.
From grand dining rooms with dramatic rich wallpaper, coordinating glassware and a low-hanging chandelier {read more}
By Lorna Sixsmith on December 12, 2008
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