Our Shepherd's Hut... a tale told in pictures.

A couple of summers ago we were lucky enough to be invited to our lovely friend's perfect wedding. Mary and Graeme, being outdoorsy types, had found a gorgeous log cabin in the middle of the beautiful New Forest to get hitched in and guests were encouraged to stay the night in one of the surrounding specially kitted out Shepherd's huts.  As the only thing they were lacking was a built in babysitter, we didn't opt for a sleepover on that occasion but the seeds were sown in our minds that Shepherd's huts were wonderful things to behold, that we knew a certain little girl who would love one and we had just the place at the bottom of our garden.  Andrew has never been one to hold back so it wasn't long before a set of scaled down plans and a load of planks appeared.  Project Shepherd's Hut had begun.

There's nothing like a bit of sunshine to get a garden project going. Luckily one person seemed to know what they were doing...

A roof, some wheels, a Shepherd's Hut sort of shape... Now we're talking.

Bring a ladder, a yellow spirit level and a bucket of nails into the equasion and things really start happening.

Floor, tick.  Walls, tick.  Undercoat, tick.  Interest from neighbours, tick.

And finally we have a fully functioning, perfectly beautiful, slightly scaled down Shepherd's Hut, complete with shiny new roof, opening-and-shutting windows with flowery curtains, a set of co-ordinating steps and a coat of lovely grey weatherproof paint.  A labour of love indeed...

...and it's definitely a hit with someone...

Here's to many a happy moment spent.

If you're interested in our project, or fancy something similar - why not drop us a line, or let us know you like it?

Christmas is coming...

....Christmas is definitely on the horizon. We spotted it putting on its woolly reindeer jumper, mixing up a vat of mincemeat and stocking up on tinsel and alka seltzer. Lots of other people must have spotted it too because there's been a flurry of Christmas pressy buying at the other duckling and we re keeping our parcel force man rather busy...

All partied out...

Our rather brilliant bunny rabbit jelly mould returns to his rightful place after an exhausting week of responsibility. Good work Roger.

Click here to see some of our other fleamarket finds.

A bit of a spruce up...

We've started giving The Other Duckling a seasonal spruce up, adding lots of lovely new vintage and revamped bits and pieces and tidying up so it's easier to spot the gems.  There's still plenty more to come  but for now why not pop by and let us know what you think?

One thing we have learned...

...from the recent atrocious weather is that cucumbers like rain...

Now the weather is glorious we think we'll be needing this...

Looking for a love?

We have a couple of our gorgeous love seats back in stock now, this pretty blue one and a wonderfully worn grey version.  If you're stuck for an extra special gift for an upcoming wedding it might be worth taking a look...