Making Our Living Room Cosier In England | Baking & Country Walk

There’s a special kind of magic in taking your time 🌿
A five-day slow living journey of restoration, memories and quiet moments in my English home.
This week, I’m giving a second life to a thrifted vintage cabinet. It took days of gentle sanding, cleaning, and mixing a soft taupe shade for our living room.
While the paint dried, the kitchen became my cosy retreat: warm baked apples with maple syrup, and my mum’s orange cake with a blood-orange twist. Citrus scents, rose-petal tea, and slow afternoons made the wait so much sweeter.
Join me for a quiet vlog / ASMR experience — soft brush sounds, shifting afternoon light, and a late-February sunset walk with robins singing.
No rush, just the quiet joy of creating a home that tells a story.

🍊 Orange Cake Ingredients
• 140g sugar (or your usual sweetener)
• 3 eggs
• Zest of 1 orange
• 110g olive oil
• 100ml blood orange juice
• Seeds from 1 vanilla pod
• 180g plain flour
• 30g ground almonds
• 10g baking powder
Whipped Cream
• 250ml double cream
• 2–3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp brandy

🍎 Baked Apples Ingredients
• Apples
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp butter (or vegan butter)
• A few tbsp water
Bake at 180°C for 20–25 min (160°C fan for 15–20)

Materials & Tools 🌿
Paint Wash Mix
Farrow & Ball – Broccoli Brown No.198 (50ml)
Farrow & Ball – James White No.2010 (100ml)
Cleaning & Prep
Sugar Soap (Surface cleaner) [14.2]
600-grit Sandpaper (For a fine, smooth finish) [14.3]
Zinsser B-I-N White Tintable Primer
Furniture Paint & Finish
Fusion Mineral Paint – Cathedral Taupe (Interior) [14.4]
Clear Finishing Wax (For a soft lustre)
Tough Coat Matte (Non-yellowing topcoat) [14.5]
Tools
Cling On! F50 & GoodHome brushes
Old cotton cloths & Sponge applicator
Tack cloth (optional, if you used it to remove dust)

Note 🌿
This is not a paid collaboration and nothing was gifted. The brands don't even know who I am — I’m simply sharing what I used in case it helps anyone planning their own furniture project

Thank you so much for spending these slow moments with me. It means the world to share my creative journey and these family memories with you. I hope this video brought a little peace to your day. 🌿

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