Regular readers will know that we have recently bought our first home and that it is something of a project with every room in the house needing to be updated and refreshed. We had planned to take our time but one project which can’t be…
Interiors
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5 Quick and Easy Ways to Get a Low Maintenance Garden ǀ Lifestyle
There are lots of reasons why you might be looking for a low maintenance garden. For us it has always been about creating a space which is suitable for the kids to play in, where they can’t damage any flower beds or expensive plants and…
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Get Your Garden Child-Friendly For Summer ǀ Outdoors
If, like us, you are a family who love to be outdoors then you will no doubt know that there is nothing better than having a garden which can be used and enjoyed by both children and adults alike. This is especially relevant during the…
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Child-Friendly Ideas For Updating Your Home ǀ Interiors
As you might know if you’ve read any of my blog posts recently, we are just about to move house and so as you might expect our thoughts have been turning to how we might want to decorate our new home.With Meg and Eli being…
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5 Simple Family Home Improvements ǀ Home & Interiors
Home improvements come in many forms and yes they can be fun! The mistake many people make is to try and do too much at once, but with some simple home improvements you can really enhance your family home in just a few simple steps.…
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Must Haves for Outdoor Entertaining ǀ Home & Interiors
Although we are having to move house in the summer and I am having to say goodbye to my beautiful south-facing, suntrap garden that still hasn’t stopped me making plans for some summer additions to facilitate outdoor entertaining. In fact, if the weather last week was…
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Meg’s Bedroom Makeover ǀ Interiors & Home
A couple of weeks ago I stood in Meg’s room and looked around with despair. There was stuff everywhere; clothes tumbling out of half-opened drawers, pens and pencils scattered across the desk and the floor, piles of books abandoned un-read and more rubbish than you…
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5 Things We’ve Learned About Renting… ǀ Home & Interiors
This August we will have been living as tenants for almost 10 years; it’s an unfortunate fact that we simply do not have the financial scope to be able to get a foot on the housing ladder at the moment (come on book deal…) and…
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A Study Redesign… ǀ Books & Interiors
This is a post which I have been wanting to write for the longest time and it’s still only really part one! As many of you will know I work from home and so our box room is my study/home office. I have gradually been bringing…
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The Ideal Home Show, Manchester
We were lucky enough to be offered some complimentary tickets for the Ideal Home Show in Manchester by Dulux, which took place last weekend. I was beyond excited at the opportunity to go, having wanted to attend for a number of years but never actually…