Enhancing the Colour

With a little bit of elbow grease, the use of my jet washer, coarse sandpaper and Ronseal English Oak wood stain this dull patio and its furniture have been transformed bringing colour back to the garden.

garden furniture in need of some attention...

...weather beaten from rain and cold

after a jet wash, sand and some TLC...

...we are sure you will agree the colour is lovely and natural

grey and dull...

...the process mid-way

to clean and pink...

...what a difference in only a few hours

The completed patio...colourful and ready for summer

Olympic Support

In April 2012 I saw an advert asking for volunteers to support others in the smooth running of the football matches that would take place in July 2012.

I was so happy on 15 May to be told that I had been accepted as an Olympic Ambassador and will carry out official training on 28 and 29 June 2012.

The shifts I will be cover are: -

Thursday 26 July 215pm to 845pm = 6 hours
Sunday 29 July 2pm to 830pm = 6 hours
Friday 3 August 2pm to 830pm = 6 hours
Total = 18 hours

If you would like to sponser me for the time I will spend I would like to donate any money raised to the charity, Born To Be Beautiful.  Please contact me and I will send you further information on how you can donate.

Whilst I will receive a voucher for my lunch I will have to pay for my own travel costs on all days I am volunteering (£10 approximately); however I will also donate £1 for each hour I volunteer (£18) towards the charity.

I'm looking forward to being involved in such an exciting time!

Suzanne J Lawson
Email: suzannejlawson@hotmail.co.uk or call 07702 083 403

Rainbow Jubilee

Are you planning a special event for the Jubilee celebrations? Whether you are preparing for a party, wish to indulge in something special for yourself, need a boost of colour in your home or would like to donate to others.  Here are a few links to help you on your way: -

All things Royal at Debenhams
Marks and Spencer go Regal
Laura Ashley and her red white & blue
Cool Britannia at Accessorize
Pop in to Harvey Nics for a pot of "chocolate" tea!
Be nostalgic and Help the Heroes
Born to be Beautiful - how your celebrations can change lives!

Planning a quiz?  Here are some facts about the Queen: -

• she doesn't have a passport or driving licence
• speaks fluent French 
• was the first British monarch to visit China (1986)
• sat for 129 portraits
• launched 21 ships
• undertaken 261 official visits
• visited 116 different countries
• was 8 years old when she first met Prince Phillip at a wedding in 1934
• is the second monarch to make a Diamond Jubilee - the first, Queen Victoria!



Our Queen in a beautiful portrait

Launching one of her 21 ships

Victoria

 Rainbow wish you a very lovely bright and sunny day whatever your plans!

Rainbow in April

To give you an idea of what April was like for Rainbow: -

WEEK ONE

• decorated a bathroom
• wrote and implemented this blog
• carried out a full Spring clean
• re-decorated an apartment
• carried out some on-line accounts training

WEEK TWO

• met the lovely Sarah Glover from the Charity, Born to be Beautiful and we chatted over green tea
• maintained a well established garden
• prepared a garden for a complete make-over
• stripped wallpaper in a bedroom
• had my hair cut
• ate sushi for the first time!

WEEK THREE

• re-decorated a 3 bedroom home from top to bottom!

WEEK FOUR

• Spring cleaned an apartment
• had a few days in the office
• met the lovely Lucia from L'Mamita Magazine to discuss marketing
• had my car fixed
• two hours accounts training from my lovely friend Claire
• Sunday roast for the first time in months followed by a real Sunday afternoon tea (nothing better than a nice cuppa in a china cup!)....

Combating Damp

I can't say I was particularly thrilled to be faced with this challenge but when given a task I'm always one to attack it with gusto.  I think the photos speak for themselves...method used; LOTS and LOTS of neat bleach, central heating on full and doors and windows wide open.  Basically for any damp problems just remember three fundamental things - clean it, heat it, ventilate it!

The kitchen ceiling, wall and extractor fan were
heavily coated in thick black damp spores

It took almost two hours to get this clean

bedroom wallpaper....

....was too far gone to clean....

so, after several hours later; paper removed....

...and walls were cleaned ready for painting

under this window, the mould had developed...

but after a few hours of scrubbing with
bleach and some ventilation cleanliness was restored

In this corner we again added neat bleach
and left it for a few hours...

....added some muscle power to reveal a nice clean corner

New Look Blog

I've  now added some pages to allow me to easily update Rainbow friends.  Feedback on recent Interior Design projects, to Gardening and Organisation and voluntary support given for Born to be Beautiful and Chilli Studios.

You can either click on these links or at the top of this page and I hope you enjoy reading them!

Suzanne