everyone loves to doodle and colour things in…………..
Last summer a group from a watercolour class asked if they could come and spend a day at the Mill and paint. Sometimes…
My First Trip to Cotes Mill: An Aladdin’s Cave of Wonders
It’s hard to not swoon over the stunning pictures of our Cotes Mill HQ; the amazing renovated 16th century Cotton Mill, the pond filled…
books and beaches
I had a message this morning from my sister Juliet and it filled me with nostalgia for summer days with my kiddies. She…
“Smoke is good, flames is rotten!”
A couple of weekends ago it was the fourth of the O’Leary brothers 80th birthday. The first, Uncle Tom was a few years ago…
Out of Africa – down at the cabin
We had a party last week down by the river, in the cabin. Paul bought some huuuge pieces of canvas – it made all…
cool babies
We all know Babies are cool, but here at deVOL they are also right on trend for Summer 2015. This week I will be…
Yay spring………………..
I’ve had a lovely day making the entrance to the Mill all bright and colourful and springlike, with lots of lovely new arrivals for…
Picture Perfect
This wonderful antique frame sits modestly in the corner of our Classic Kitchen showroom, alongside some vintage maps from our local area. Empty frames…
Waste Not, Want Not.
We try our very hardest to be efficient and economical with the natural materials that we use to craft our kitchen furniture. Our timber…
we love Timbergram
We’ve been stocking these unusual little postcards at Cotes Mill for a while now and I’ve started to see them pop up in lots…
my five favourite journals
A journal isn’t just a regular magazine, it isn’t something you buy, quickly flick through and then throw away; it’s much more than that….
Snow day
We certainly didn’t get as much snow today as most areas of the country, just a short flurry. It coated cotes Mill just enough…
