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. Below are some wall painting …
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 …
It starts with a feeling…you know you want to make your home work better for you. Other than feeling that it’s just not right, you don’t know where to start. You also want to do this in a sustainable and budget-friendly way. You are not about to throw everything out and start again. Related: How …
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 …
I make this traditional Irish brown bread fairly regularly. Once you make it a couple of times it is really easy to do. My kids love it toasted or just smothered in butter and jam. I tend to make two at a time and freeze one. Ingredients 275g/10oz coarse wholemeal flour 175g/6oz plain flour 1 …
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 in 2019. The report was from The Happiness Institute along with Kingfisher. “How happy we are with our home is …
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 …
