I have been doing the January Cure as prescribed by US website and interiors oracle Apartment Therapy. I friend of mine tactfully suggested I might like to take part as I suffer from INSANE MESS syndrome. I do have pockets of niceness but the rest of the place usually looks like that “You should see what they’ve done to your bathroom” advert for Yellow Pages. The cure involves AT sending you daily instructions via e-mail telling you to take stock, write lists, clear your floors, buy your home flowers to show how much you cherish it and then there were some more messages that I, um, haven’t had a look at yet. It has inspired me to do a few little jobs and i went to Ikea.  I did really well at the flowers step…

You don’t need the flower budget of Elton John to make an impact. Bud vases and vintage bottles look great with Spring flowers.

A new tea-towel! This will make you feel very happy until it is not a new dish rag anymore and is therefore an old dish rag.

Home I do cherish thee with flowers…

New knobs! Two new knobs purchased from Zara Home  - job done.

New enormous woven plastic bag purchased from Ikea £10 (not on website). WIll it be for recycling, toys or just a beach/shopping bag? Might need a few more…