We tend not to go all out for Halloween but like to make some effort. My decorating style is more on the softer rather than the scary side. I can’t watch “Scream” without getting nightmares and I seemed to have passed on this to the kids so we tend to go for cute, spooky Halloween …
This is simple DIY task to make paper bats for Halloween. It’s easy to do and is very effective when you cover your walls in bats. You can stick them anywhere, walls, stairs, shelves or on your fireplace. You can make them as big or as small as you like and once you cut out …
As part of my master bedroom makeover the laminate wardrobes needed to be tackled. These wardrobes were in situ when we bought the house and though not my style they are useful for storage. The plan for the bedroom was to paint it in a blush pink. As it’s not a huge room I didn’t …
The current worldwide situation has a lot of people spending endless hours in their home and thinking about ways they can update or improve it. The easiest way to do this is with paint. It’s cheap, it’s quick and if it doesn’t work out you can always paint over it. The main thing here is …
At this stage I have painted three radiators in our home, all to match the walls in the room. Here I’ll explain how to paint a radiator in a few easy steps. I wouldn’t even consider painting those lovely radiators that have character and style or that are modern and finished in sleek, rust free …
Read on to find out how to design an adaptable playroom space so it can grow with your family. We are in our house nearly 4 years and this is the room that has changed the most in that time. We moved into our house with a 3 year old, a 2 year old and …
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 …
