A HEART/HEAD WARMING CHRISTMAS STORY (a cautionary tale)

Glad all was OK in the end BA. Your room looks beautiful :-)

thats nice look you makes our room look like a woodcutters hut

.. glad you fell about laughing...
I bet even the Mona Lisa managed a chuckle ...

What a beautiful room , Ba .
You could take up interior design !
A bit scary though ; perhaps you could just put the candles in the sconces but not light them ?
They would still look good .
I'm really impressed , it is amazing !

Wow Ba that does look grand, I really like it and Mona Lisa looks right at home, how'd they smuggle her into the country??
I can well understand the laughter afterwards, you must all have been breathing huge sighs of relief......

That's what I call A la Posh! Very talented to be able to attach all those crystals so authentically - it looks really expensive. Better watch the height of your candles another time - a very lucky near accident there! Glad you were all able to laugh about it - you won't forget this Christmas!

Looks as good as Buckingham Palace !

She had a lucky escape. Glad she wasn't hurt and you could find the funny side.
Only used candles like this once and found sooty marks on the wall paper :o(

Thanks Richard, Snoopy and Terra, A Happy New year to you. Terra, just her unpleasant smirk lol:-))

Thanks Driad, it was the tealights which set fire to her hair so nothing shows if they're not lit, perhaps I could raise the sconces:-))

Lincs, I'm thinking of charging an entrance fee lol. As to the smuggling, if you used to watch Ello ello you'll remember the big sausages and the Fallen Madonna With the Big Boobies ...worked like a dream:-)))

Stera, the crystals come in 1mtr strings, each connected by a split ring, so really quite easy to work with. To make the individual drops around the candle holder part, I used cardboard and bodged hole in it:-))

Thank you Diane, my next project will be a sentry box outside the front door lol:-))

Hi Sbg, I do have marks above the chandelier, a bit of white paint will cover those though. The funny thing was, no-one moved when they saw the flames except me ... I shot across at the speed of light lol:-))

Very Downton Abbey - I bet you've caught the DA bug! LOL. Glad no permanent damage, BA, and it looks fab. :-))) Great job!

What a beautiful room Ba........Ba's Interiors a new venture then?

have you seen the rechargable candles? We have one near to Santa on the hall table, they are quite realistic as they flicker.....and haven't yet set santa's beard alight

Lol Barbara, I hate to admit it, but I've not watched one episode of Downton ...not my sort of thing. Now ..Call the Midwife, which I only watched because Miranda Hart was in it ... I really enjoyed that:-)) I hope all is well at Chez Barbara weatherwise? It's been horrid here, but we don't flood I'm glad to say:-))

Hi Pam, did you have a nice Christmas? Believe it or not I hadn't thought of B.A. Interiors .....hmmmm. Do you think I could get away with no sewing in someone else's home? I like to think of my work as ephemeral lol:-)) I did use one of those flickering tealight things in the little fireplace, but you can't notice the flicker on the pic, it was a cheap one though from the 99p shop. I didn't know you could buy rechargeable ones, are they expensive? I would need 10!:-))

Only 11 ! I find it hard just to manage with 5 !
Your room looks beautiful B.A. That was so lucky, with the hair ! It could have been disastrous, but as you said, you had to be there !
Happy New Year

Hi Rose, I find it hard to manage too! I'm no domestic goddess, though I like to make like an Italian momma sometimes, but always feel the stress lol:-))

About £20/30 for a doz from amazon maybe ebay?

My oh spends ages surfing for good prices so no idea where he
got them from.....?
christmas was good thanks x

Love those wall sconces ... not sure I could cope with catering for 11 ... would need an industrial sized oven! What a lucky escape with the hair ... happy new year to you and yours, Ba ... :o)

I'll check them out Pam, thanks:-))

Hi Shirley, which sconces, the culprit ones or the old gold ones each side of the mirror? I bought those via Etsy, they were from USA. I have a range cooker (rubbishy one) it has a fan oven and a normal electric oven, only two shelves each so not enough room at all. I just wish that one year everything on our plates would be properly hot, not much good at the timing lol:-))

The room is lovely BA - especially the window dressings, very professional.
Good to read that you didn't have a disaster on your hands. Are you the guitar player?

I've had this guitar (Cedric, no idea why) over 40 years. I don't play really now, but all my children do. They soon became much better than me. He comes in handy for family gatherings. My son-in-law Paul also plays guitar, they can all sing and son Ade plays fiddle ...I keep quiet now lol:-))

What a shock she must have had ! but I'm glad it was all right in the end.
Your room looks lovely :o))

B/A It looks just great, I always knew you had taste. I suppose I can take you up for the two week stay with my relatives I promise they would be on their best behaviour. Just let me know when it is convenient

The ones you sprayed gold, with the five tealight holders ... so pretty ... :o)

Thanks Hywel, She lost about an inch or so. I'm buying those rechargeable tealights now:-))

Thanks John ...erm... about your stay ...will you be bringing the horses? Only the stables are chocka block at the moment, so maybe put off the visit for a while eh:-)))

Ah,, the culprit ones lol Hazel is so generous:-)))

True elegance and style.......now why doesn't that surprise me in the least!

:-))

I've no idea Chris, but I think the conversational french lessons have gone to my head lol. They're every Monday morning, so today I tried to tell them in french about poor Robyn's mishap:-))

Tres bien, mon amie!!!

I'm practising for May when a friend I met at French class (Catherine) and I are off to Giverney et Fontainebleu, Montmatre et un excursion en bateau sur la seine. Un voyage en autocar de quatre jours. Mes enfants ont dit qu'ils prendront soin de Derek. Got that last bit (prendront soin) off Google translate, but can't help thinking it's wrong:-))

So BA fashions are going French Chic this year, very upmarket.....Can't wait to see the frog leg tankini designs (;-) xx

Prendront's OK BA!

BeAutiful! Glad hair wasn't too tragic! Love the curtain fabric and draping! Makes you wonder how they coped in 18th century with all those huge wigs. Must have been a lot of hair on fire back then!

Now look here Annella, who are you saying has got frogs legs? I'll have you know men have fought and died over my legs... so there 8~p

Thanks Stera, it just didn't sound very caring lol:-))

Thanks Karen, the men wore them too didn't they ...must have been a laugh a minute. The good thing is they could just pull 'em off and stamp on them:-))

Prendront is only the 3rd person plural of the "taking" bit. Soin is care, and if you say it slowly it does sound rather caring...
Lovely image of men whipping their flaming wigs off and stamping on them!

Yes, and I think I'd quite like hair you could just pull off and stamp on! My hair needs a good stamping right now!

Thanks Stera, a little over my head I'm afraid. Only been learning french for a short time, never did it at school, I do love it though:-))

Are you all settled in now Karen? I don't imagine that stamping is a recognised method of hair improvement:-))

Sorry BA, only trying to reassure you. Ive always loved it too, thanks partly to a very inspiring teacher in the first couple of years.

Our teacher is called Georgette, most of the time she sits there with her head in her hands or a bemused look on her face. She lived in Cannes and was evacuated as a child to Algeria. I think she wishes she was back there lol. We all have a wonderful time on Monday mornings:-))

You just need to use it , Ba . The odd mistake is surely forgivable . They are a bit against Frenglais , aren't they ?
I'd love a refresher course here too , also I'd like a bash at Latin .

Phew! I got very confused with the men stamping on the frogs legs.....

I only know kitchen french so can at least eat!

the french names for fruit are nice, I thought pamplemousse sounded lovely until I found out it was grapefruit!
bu there's always chocolat :0)

Driad, at the thought of speaking ... all the words leave my head :-( I suppose by speaking a romance language, you are, in a way .... erm almost speaking Latin:-))

Pammy Pammy Pammy.... what have I told you about thinking of men and legs ...and frogs. It's not good for you. Keep your mind on innocent things like flowers and cooking and childrens happy little faces:-)))))

Ooh I, ll stick to chocolate.......

Very wise, I approve:-))

Another great read BA, lol, very glad your family member was ok :)

Thanks Daylily, I've bought rechargeable tealights now:-))

Oh glad to hear it :)