House by Mouse

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pee in the family bathroom renders all the small people of the house instantly wide awake -whether or not the blasted sky is awake -and wanting to PLAY), because I could decorate it to match my bedroom, and because it wouldn't be constantly filled with plastic primary-coloured crap.

By and large (pig excepted), the critters have understated tastes as represented in the elegant-but-modest dwellings Ms.Like Doris Burn’s 1965 classic ‘Andrew Henry’s Meadow,’ this picture book plays to the special fondness children have for imagining the neat features they’d incorporate were they to build houses of their own. Some light creasing to covers, faded water stain mark to upper edge of first pages, otherwise tight and unmarked. Our fabulous Christopher Farr sofa is covered in marker pen and chocolate, and the Eames rocker has a few suspicious stains. But no, for this particular IBL item to be ticked off, I'll need something a little larger and shinier. A great sleep turns me into a morning person, a jump-out-of-bed, look-on-the-bright-side, Ferris Bueller-quoting kind of person.

Corners and spine ends a little wrinkled and bumped only, VG bright and unmarked throughout, no ownership markings. Here I am in the bricks-and-mortar Pink House in South East London, where I live with the Pink House Husband (PHH) and our two small, semi-feral boys. This one is only partly to avoid bristly chin hairs and ugly black manproducts in and around 'my' sink. On Instagram I’ve shared a 30-second Reel video of my home style and fashion sense from the 1990s to the present day.The business has expanded considerably since then, and our main emphasis is on high quality highly sought after books in various fields - art; photography; modern 1st's; motoring and other niche/underground obsessions!

The illustrations, by Doris Susan Smith, are detailed and utterly delightful--you'll find something new every time you pick up the book.They provide expert and detailed descriptions, disclose all significant defects and/or restorations, provide clear and accurate pricing, and operate with fairness and honesty during the purchase experience. As a hotel addict, it's perhaps surprising that I've never in my life lived somewhere with an en suite bathroom. is as inspiring today as when it was first published in 1981, and Doris Susan Smiths illustrations of this hard-working female protagonist and her fantastical designs and architectural marvels will captivate young readers.

The beautiful illustrations show cutaway versions of houses for various anthropomorphized animals, all designed by their mouse friend Henrietta. I have a small paperback version of this book, but I can’t really imagine the the larger hardcover version being more charming! All of the animals (and there are a dozen or so) have beautiful homes with furniture and decor that seem exactly right. In fact, I'm starting to feel a little peaky (*cough*) so if someone could just sort that out for me ASAP that'd be lovely, thanks. This picture book for children 4 to 8 presents imaginative floorplans to homes for 14 creatures—from the land, sky, and water—all designed, built, and decorated by Henrietta Mouse—whose willingness to look the other way in considering her clients’ tastes and habits (a gaudy palace for the pig, a villa for a cat that would otherwise kill him) is an ideal of circumspect behavior under unseemly conditions.

Anyway, an en suite would be splendid, because it would mean peeing in peace in the early hours (currently a 5.