• How to create a craft room
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    How to create a craft room

    May 24, 2023 - By 

    Dislosure – this is a collaborative post You must be delighted that you’re finally adding a craft room to your house – in this modern world we all need a space we can go for some reprieve and what is better than a personal space for arts and crafts? Before you jump in, however, you should take some time to consider the necessities for such a room. Features A craft room will be a very personal space for you, so when it comes to decorating you may already have an idea in mind. Whether you want to use maximalist design…

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    Our 2021 home improvement plans

    July 13, 2021 - By 

    Disclosure – this is a sponsored post For the last 3 months we’ve had a house guest. It has been lovely to have the grown up company, and babysitter on tap, but now they have finally moved out. For three months our spare room was in use and one of the side effects of this was that we didn’t make any changes to our house in this time. However as soon as our guest moved out it gave us a chance to move things around. Our 2021 home improvement plans The spare room is usually a bit of a dumping…

  • Family Life - homestyle - interiors

    5 essentials for a small home office

    November 23, 2018 - By 

    Sometimes I feel that our house will never be decorated the way we want it. For us, winter is the time we plan and do any DIY projects. The warmer weather is perfect for getting out and about and having family adventures; winter is for being at home, enjoying each others’ company and working on making our house a home. We’re fortunate to have a spare bedroom which we’ve turned into a home office. It’s small but perfectly formed and makes a great home office for my husband when he works from home. It’s been the last room to get…

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    Four of the Best Flooring Ideas for Family Homes

    September 14, 2018 - By 

    Are you looking for ways to make your family home more beautiful and lovable? Is this the case even after you have done a home renovation where you have replaced appliances and furniture? Are you not able to locate the reason why you can’t seem to get the look you want? The reason may actually be under your very feet. In other words, your home’s flooring might be the answer to your having the home you have dreamed about. Four of the Best Flooring Ideas for Family Homes Flooring is too often overlooked as an important design element when remodelling…

  • Creating a grown up living space for tweens
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    Creating a grown up living space for tweens

    August 19, 2018 - By 

    It’s a bit of cliche that you can see your children grow during the school holidays, but it’s a cliche because it’s true! It doesn’t feel as though I’ve stopped washing clothes, cooking meals or food shopping since the school holidays began. Every year I forget just how much energy my children have and I really can see them grow during the summer months. Of course this means they’ve needed new clothes too but I love shopping with them and seeing them enjoy picking their own clothes now they’re a little older. Creating a grown up living space It’s not…

  • Family Life - homestyle - interiors

    4 Creative Uses for Leftover Wood Flooring

    May 16, 2018 - By 

    If you’ve ever purchased brand new wood flooring, you’ll know it’s a significant investment. Ordinarily you’ll order wood flooring in full packs. Which means, unless you’re lucky enough to have the perfect amount of wood to cover your entire floor, you’re likely to have some left over. This can be anything from one or two planks, to half of a full pack – which is a lot of money to waste. Whilst it’s recommended you keep some spare in case of damages, you could still be left with excess flooring you’re unsure what to do with. Luckily, we’ve got some…

  • ideas for displaying minifigures
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    How to display Lego Minifigures

    May 1, 2017 - By 

    If you’re a mum of small people, or perhaps married to a Lego nerd, then you may have a house full of Lego minifigs. Now I love Lego Minifigs, especially since they did some amazing collabs such as the Disney one. Oh yes, I couldn’t wait to collect those and quickly did, thanks to the lovely staff at our local toy shop who could identify a blind bag in seconds. My husband collected the first series of the Simpsons, and my 7 year old recently collected the Batman series. This left us with a problem. How to display a collection…

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    Putting the finishing touches to our spare room

    April 3, 2017 - By 

    We’re lucky to have a spare room for friends and family to come and stay. It is well used but was in desperate need of a makeover. It’s quite a dark room, filled with a spare bed, vintage chest of drawers and lots of bookshelves. A few months ago we painted all the walls white and put up a gorgeous Orla Kiely wallpaper on the end wall. We chose the Orla Kiely Multi Striped Petal but looking back over my blog I can’t seem to find a finished photo of the room. We changed the position of the bed and…

  • How to make a Pez display case
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    How to make a Pez display case

    March 19, 2017 - By 

    I’m a bit of hoarder and can’t help but collect things. Do you remember Pez holders? They are plastic holders which hold little sweetie bricks, and they have a different characters head as the dispenser. I had them when I was growing up, although sadly never kept any of them. Now my children have quite a large Pez dispenser collection and I can’t help add to their collection. Our Pez dispenser collection has been sitting in a plastic bag, only coming out when the children bought a new dispenser or wanted to eat some sweets. Since we re-decorated our living…