Author Archives: Ros

About Ros

My name is Ros Wyatt and I live across the bay from San Francisco. I moved here from England fifteen years ago with my husband, two children and a dog. Since then I have had added one more child to the line up and work as a painting contractor, color consultant, blogger, and screen printer.

Spring Gardening

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Ros

Hi Everyone, Hope you are all well. It’s been really wet here in the last few weeks and the garden is bursting and budding left, right and centre. I have done absolutely nothing to it over the winter and despite … Continue reading →

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Getting Away

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Ros

Hello All, Thank you for all your responses to my Aunt Peggy Pillow post – if you want to see the complete fruits of my guilt, take a look here. So I have just come back from a couple of … Continue reading →

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Looking For Inspiration

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Ros

Hi Everyone, It’s rainy, wet and windy here.   I’ve got the heating and my warmest socks on and a cup of tea on the go. I have spent the morning searching for some inspiration.  It hasn’t gone well… My … Continue reading →

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Trickery

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Ros

Hello all, Another beautiful and strangely warm February day here. After so many years of living in England and enduring long, cold, grey winters, I’m genuinely still shocked to find myself in this warm and blossoming place in early February… … Continue reading →

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How To Get Your Office Tidy…Fast

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Ros

Hi All, Gorgeous weather here in San Francisco – I actually spent the day on the beach yesterday.  I do love you California.  You may be bankrupt but you are delivering with the sunshine. So here we are today…quite far into … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Cleaning up, De-cluttering, Green Plum Design, Interior design, office, Organizing, Prevaricating, Re-organizing, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Feeling At Home

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Ros

Hello Everyone, Big thank you for all your emails – they have quite cheered me despite the grey days of January. But as I was sitting eating smoked herrings on toast for my lunch ( Trader Joe’s find) , the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bathroom, California, England, Feeling At Home, Green Plum Design, Interior design, Re-Modelling, Re-organizing, Shower Room | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Clearing The Decks

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Ros

Hello Everyone and Happy New Year! Don’t know about you but I have just waved my beloved Christmas guests goodbye, got my children back in school and am now looking around an empty and disheveled house…to say the least.. Flowers…wilting … Continue reading →

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Stolen Moments

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Ros

Hi Everyone, Hope you are all good and getting into that festive frame of mind. My children are all out of school…multiple presents still to be bought, wrapped and….I suppose…eventually paid for… They do say that in terms of stress, … Continue reading →

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Apartment Therapy Features Green Plum Design!

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Ros

Hi Everyone, Hope you are all good.  After days of rain here, a little shaft of blue has finally cracked open that big old Californian sky and let in one glorious ray of sunshine right onto my kitchen table. It … Continue reading →

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Back for more…

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Ros

Hi Everyone, Welcome back to Green Plum Design’s blog. Thank you so much for all your comments and thoughts and glad you like the pictures because if there is one thing I am not short on, that’s pictures.  Before and … Continue reading →

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