When I picked up my grape hyacinths last weekend from Homebase, I also treated myself to a few new houseplants and pots from the garden section – (from left) Peperomia Schumi Red, Peperomia Angulata and Peperomia Rotundifolia . Pottering around the…
Snowdrop hunting
A trip to Welford Park in Newbury with friends gave us our snowdrop fix this week. The woods are covered withe the most stunning carpet of snowdrops, and they’re at their best for only about two weeks of the year…
Interiors innovation from Rooms Made For You
I’ve seen the Shard from a distance, gazed up at it from the surrounding streets, and stood right underneath it, but I’d never actually been in until a couple of weeks ago when I headed into London for a morning…
#TheEverydaySpruce Hygge away winter blues
#TheEverydaySpruce | SIMPLIFY | CLARIFY | BEAUTIFY | Sarah-Lou has fallen hard for the Danish concept of Hygge. “Originating from a Norwegian word meaning ‘well-being’, the definition of Hygge issomewhat open to interpretation – at it’s simplest, it means a…
Welcoming Spring
I’m definitely starting to feel like I can see Spring finally approaching, and as I notice the bulbs start to push up through the earth in the garden, I’ve also noticed how neglected our garden is. We’re itching to get…
Weekending : West Wittering
Last Sunday was one of those days that come along every so often to remind you how awesome life really is. A trip to the seaside to meet up with Kat and Kelly had been in the diary for a…