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    All I Want For Christmas

    November 24, 2021 - By 

    Disclosure – collaborative post At this time of year my thoughts turn to our house and how many guests we will be welcoming over the next few weeks. This year we will be making up for last year and catching up with as many friends as we safely can. I love to keep my house looking clean and tidy and always have a wish list for the things we would like to improve. Engineered wood flooring We haven’t been happy with the flooring we had put down a few year ago and have been thinking about engineered wood flooring for…

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    How to make the most of a small garden

    March 27, 2020 - By 

    Disclosure – this is a collaborative post with Brabantia. Top of our list when we moved to our current house was a garden. With two active children we knew we wanted plenty of space for them to run around, as well as somewhere for us to sit and relax. The garden we ended up with was a lot smaller than we wanted but we decided to compromise on it as the house was in a great location. Over the years we’ve made a few adjustments so I thought I would share my tips on how to make the most of…

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    How to Design a Minimalist Bathroom

    March 15, 2020 - By 

    Your bathroom is one of the most used spaces in your home. In fact, The Huffington Post reveals that British homeowners spend around three hours of their week inside their bathrooms, which is more time than one would typically spend exercising in the gym. This is why it’s important to make sure that your bathroom is a space where you can relax. But how do you go about doing this? How to Design a Minimalist Bathroom While the saying “less is more” is a rather worn-out cliché, there may be some truth to it after all. The BBC discusses how…

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    Spring trends for a bedroom

    February 27, 2020 - By 

    Photo by Christopher Jolly on Unsplash Disclosure – this is a sponsored post Let’s gloss over the face it snowed for 2 hours this morning. The children were really disappointed that the snow didn’t settle and by the afternoon I had the washing out – I love the whacky British weather ! Spring is one of my favourite seasons and I love watching the garden come back to life after the long Winter days. It puts me in the mood for Spring cleaning our house and bringing that back to life too. Which is lucky as it’s time to update our bedroom. Our…

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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…

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    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…

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    Personalised name puzzles and bedroom update

    April 6, 2018 - By 

    Both my children have lovely bedrooms and, being on holiday from school, they are getting plenty of time to play in them. We recently re-decorated my 6 year olds bedroom and now it is a really great space for her to sleep and play. I mentioned that earlier this year we put up a really fun print on her bedroom wall. I also been adding some fun, playful touches. I’m a huge fan of monochrome, and whilst I didn’t think it would suit the walls, I couldn’t resist a few items around her room. I bought her a new white…

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    Don’t neglect your living room any longer – fall in love with it again instead!

    February 8, 2018 - By 

    Photo by Kari Shea on Unsplash For most of us, the idea of completely redesigning a room is one usually left for those make-over shows we see on the TV in between changing nappies, running errands and being just generally too busy. It’s common for living rooms to become old and tired. We spend most of our time in there – whether it’s during the day or on an evening. So arguably the living room gets a lot of traffic and is the busiest room of the house. We’d all love a new floor – check out discountflooringdepot.co.uk for a little inspiration, but…

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    My garden lighting shopping guide

    January 30, 2018 - By 

    Photo by Wyatt Ryan on Unsplash Lighting is an important element of any home. Using it in the right way really matters. The way a space is lit can make a huge difference to how it looks and feels, as well as affect how practical it is. This is also true of your garden. Using LED garden lights from LED Hut or another retailer, in the right way, can have a transformative effect. It can turn a space that is dark and unwelcoming, at night, into one where you long to go to relax at the end of a hard day. However, you do…