View from the private beach at Camping Europa A typical pitch at Camping Europa Exploring the promenade in Bellagio Picture-perfect Bellagio Public beach at Acquaseria LOCARNO, SWITZERLAND – MENAGGIO, LAKE COMO, ITALY 65.8km We stayed: At Camping Europa right in…
The best of… open shelves
Source: Stillstars Open shelving can be a real challenge when it comes to styling, but these examples of perfectly-styled open shelving units show how you can nail it to create a striking display that looks great and feels balanced. The…
#TheEverydaySpruce: Summer Stress-busters
#TheEverydaySpruce – a collaborative project by lapinblu & growing spaces – | SIMPLIFY | CLARIFY | BEAUTIFY | The other day, everyone’s tempers were a bit frayed in our house – a combination of me being stressed out with work…
5 cactus crafts I want to make
I’ve got a bit of an obsession with all things cacti right now and I can’t seem to stop pinning cactus-inspired crafts to my ‘for making’ and ‘for doing with the kids’ Pinterest boards. I appear to have lost my…
Living room update: DIY open shelving
We’ve always struggled to make the living space in this house work for us. It’s part of a large open-plan L-shape area that also includes our kitchen diner. We used a large open shelving unit from Ikea as a room…
Europe road trip: Ticino, Switzerland
My aim to blog about in ‘real time’ about our road trip as it unfolded last year has well and truly fallen by the wayside, but I’m going to keep coming with the posts. The next stage of our trip…
#TheEveryDaySpruce: July theme announcement
In my last #TheEverydaySpruce post I mentioned opening the project up to get more of you involved. And now the time has come and Sarah-Lou and I are so excited to welcome you onboard! At the start of each month…
Styling the Seasons: June
I’m sneaking in at the very last minute with this month’s Styling The Seasons post for Katy and Charlotte. I’ve had a bit of a styling block this month – I feel like I’m running out of surfaces to style…
Our mud kitchen: why mud and kids is a winning combo
Happy International Mud Day! I couldn’t let this day (marking the celebration of outdoors, nature and mess by getting really muddy) pass us by, as mud is probably the twins’ favourite plaything. When Cathy from Nurturestore shared the link to…
Introducing my ‘Heather At Home’ video blog series
You may have noticed a new social media button appear to the right of my homepage. YouTube. I’ve dabbled in the past, but without any real focus so I’m really excited to have teamed up with the team at housetohome…
Plant colour pop | Urban Jungle Bloggers
It’s the last Urban Jungle Bloggers challenge before Igor and Judith take a well-deserved summer break, and it’s a fun one this month – pick one plant and place it in front of a coloured backdrop. I walked past our…
5 tips on finding that car boot loot
A few weekends back we headed out to a local car boot sale and it reminded me how much I love them. It got us out of the house and into the fresh air, we had lots of fun mooching…