Given my recent post on sustainability at Christmas I wanted to see if I could create a natural Christmas display for my mantelpiece. I had never created a floral arrangement before but I was eager to try. I wanted to just use locally sourced natural foliage. Gather your greenery I asked my Dad to contribute …
We all want to do our bit for the environment but it can be hard to balance a time of festivity and over-indulgence with sustainability and caring for the environment. Below are some tips to have a more sustainable Christmas that are achievable and can make your Christmas just a little bit greener. Present Giving …
Does it matter if we are happy in our home? Would we be happier with life if we had a happy home? Apparently we would. These are the findings of a report that came out earlier in the year. The report was from The Happiness Institute along with Kingfisher. “How happy we are with our …
Kitchen, the heart of the home and the place where we spend a lot of time in our home, so it has to function and also be comfortable and appealing to look at (if at all possible). I can’t say the kitchen spoke to me when we viewed the house in December 2015 but it …
If you’re reading this I imagine you’ve little experience with house plants or like me you’ve killed a few in your time. I’m not exactly green fingered and until we moved into our house I really didn’t have any plants. Through trial and error I’ve discovered 5 low maintenance houseplants anyone can keep alive. Based …
Our girls bedroom has had a few updates since we moved in. One of the best changes we made was to create a reading nook for the children. It was an easy update and made use of an awkward space in the room. The room was the Master bedroom when we bought the house but …
This easy-to-do paint job will make a big difference to any space. It is quick project with big impact and can be done very reasonably if you use leftover paint or paint samples. Knocking an archway from our playroom to our kitchen As part of the renovations to the house we decided to connect the …
It’s one of those jobs, always on the long finger. Not an issue until there is a 3am “incident” and you can’t find sheets, duvet or pillow cases to put on a bed! Now is the time to declutter and organise your hotpress (linen cupboard). I had some idea where things were. However, with winter …
I’m writing this up to document an old family tradition, started when I saw a Darina Allen recipe to make a chocolate rice crispy tree. It’s simple and ideal to do with kids. A few friends asked how to make it and I couldn’t find any documented instructions online so I decided to write it …
