Blast from the Past

I was going through old photos yesterday, getting them organized in to albums. 

I'm sharing some of them now with you and giving you the background to the photos.

Just before we got married we bought our first home which was a two bedroom apartment that faced on to the Phoenix Park. It was a great location and just 3 miles from the city centre and close to my work in Blanchardstown at the time. 

The apartment looked like it had not been done up since it was first built in the early 1970's.

When we moved in there was dodgy tiles in the kitchen and bathroom and there was actually no real fitted kitchen. There was an old free standing oven with a few cabinets.

Here's the before picture and then the after picture when we put in a blue(!) kitchen with an additional peninsula counter.

The before picture was taken during a party we were hosting - it was a Eurovision themed party and we were all dressed as Eurovision acts. This photo was in May 2001.

Unfortunately this picture is in black in white, but for your viewing pleasure I do have a colour pic of the funky tiles in the background along with the free standing cooker.

We got in to the refurbishment very quickly and within a few months our kitchen designed by Ciaran (but I asked for it to be blue) looked like this! 
I can date this picture as being about July/Aug 2001 as it was at my hen party about a month before we got married.

I adored the blue kitchen but not long after we were on the move again to our next house which was a 4 bedroom house that we stayed in for 10 years.

I found another fun photo which I am happy to share with you.

It's my twin sister Amy and I with our older sister and our now 90 year old Nana.  This photo was about 38 years ago.

Click here to see another fun pic of when Amy turned up to my parent's house wearing the same clothes as Nana!!