I love our new kitchen (can I call it ‘new’ when it was actually finished over two years ago?), but since it was installed it has definitely become a neglected space that wasn’t living up to its potential in our…
Toca Boca says BOO!
Happy Halloween! We’ve had a lazy day at home today – our first of the half term and it’s been just what we all needed. Earlier this week, an email from Swedish kids app design studio Toca Boca popped into…
M&S Throwback Makeover Challenge
This was my bedroom in 1996 when I was 16. What I love about this picture is that I can see the seeds of my future career as an interiors journalist – I’ve quite obviously taken time to tidy the…
Gardening with kids: B&Q easyGrow
The Spring days make me desperate to get out into the garden, and with the twins’ Easter holidays about to begin, an email from B&Q about their brand new packaging solution for bedding plants – easyGrow – pinged into my…
Christmas tabletop glow with Cable & Cotton
When Cable & Cotton challenged me to blog about their ‘Glow’ lights as festively as possible, playing on the word ‘glow’, there was no way I could turn them down. It’s no secret how much I love fairy lights, and…
REVIEW: The Fine Bedding Company’s Breathe duvet
As anyone with young children knows only too well, sleep is the holy grail. I can’t think of any time in the last four years that I haven’t craved more of it, and I probably spend a good proportion of…
{Review} Handheld vacuum cleaner
I have no more excuses. Not only do I now own a handheld vacuum cleaner, but buoyed by the vacuuming enthusiasm this unearthed in me, my husband got online and bought me a cylinder vacuum cleaner that ACTUALLY WORKS. I…
Just So blooming lovely
I feel lighter, happier, calmer – pretty surprising given that I’ve just spent the weekend camping in a field and am so tired I feel like I could sleep for a week. But the three days at the Just So…
{Review} Look Again ‘Create A Room’
When you’re trying to create a new look for a room in your home, it can be really difficult to picture the room as a whole. Putting together a mood board with swatches of fabrics, paint samples and pictures of…
{Review} Vertbaudet coat stand
Back in August (!) I blogged about customising the interior of the twins’ wardrobe to do away with the hanging rail and make way for more shelves. What I wanted to create was a separate area for hanging the few…
{Review} Why we love the Stokke Tripp Trapp
Disclaimer: We received two Stokke Tripp Trapps free of charge for the purposes of this review, but all opinions expressed are my own.
{Tots100 Home Club} Dressing table solution
An hour was all it took in the end to rid my bedroom of the cluttered eyesore that claimed to be my dressing table, and create a fully-functional dressing table area that not only saves space in the room, but…