[Disclaimer: The following is a collaborative post] Most of us grow up with a desire to own our home one day, and when we envision that property, we think of a place that oozes warmth, calmness, and love from every orifice. Finding the perfect property isn’t always easy, but often it’s possible to turn a… Continue reading Injecting Personality and Practicality into a Family Home
By know you know me pretty well, I reckon. Its been four years since I started this blog and in that time I have been blogging purely about matters that interest me – books, crafts, interiors, diy and family life. Four years on, the ratios have changed, the photos have improved and the frequency of… Continue reading Mad About The {House} Book
Designing and building a side table is not something I ever imagined I would do, but when I found myself suddenly in possession of four table legs, salvaged from the dump, it seemed like the natural thing to do. As someone who likes to see quick results once I have chosen a project, deciding on… Continue reading Building a Side Table from Scrap
Storage, the eternal problem for families of small children. There just never seems to be enough. Or there is enough but it is full of stuff needing sorting and then the problem is lack of time rather than lack of space. As well as the issue of where to put the stuff, there is the… Continue reading A Storage Cabinet Luxury Upcycle – with Laura Ashley
It kind of seems like we’ve ditched Spring in favour of an early Summer this year, doesn’t it? I don’t know about you, but we generally use Spring weekends to do a bit of pottering in the garden, slowly getting used to the rising temperatures, doing a few repairs and getting the garden ready for… Continue reading Blue is the Colour – A Garden Update
Back in January I posted about how we were about to embark on one of our house dreams – creating a library wall. I was so excited about it and now that it is pretty much done I am still majorly excited about it. It is not a big extension or a complete room makeover.… Continue reading Creating A Library Wall On A Budget
Recently I was lucky to be chosen to work with Saal Digital as a product tester. Back in February I tested their photo books and was delighted with the end result – a book of my favourite family photos from 2017. I’d become very lazy about printing out photos and their photo book was an… Continue reading A Belated Birthday Gift To Myself – with Saal Digital
When I first heard the word crafternoon a year or two ago I was amazed. The words afternoon and craft seem just made for one another, don’t you think? So how had it taken this long for the word to reach me? I mean I had been taking part in various forms of crafternoon… Continue reading Crafternoons and How To Host One
There’s lots about this house of ours that made us fall in love with it. Little quirks like two staircases, hidden character, and slanted ceilings. When we bought the house there was a lot that needed improving. The wood chip wallpaper painted peach was one of the first victims of our restyling, along with the… Continue reading Installing a Vintage Sliding Door
Reading through this blog, you’d be forgiven for thinking we have a big, sprawling house. In fact it is pretty compact. The rooms aren’t huge by any means but we try to make good use of them. The children’s bedrooms double as their playrooms, the kitchen table doubles as their desk for homework, the dog… Continue reading A [Craft] Room of One’s Own
