Sleep is very important to me. This may actually be an understatement. It’s vital to me. I love sleep. I love going to bed. I love my bed. Have I communicated how much I like sleep yet? I could say…
Snagging and the never-ending decorating cycle
My husband and I are not natural completer-finishers when it comes to DIY. We love the excitement of a new project – the planning, the sourcing all the elements, the thrill of a big transformation – and then, just before…
Cosy Scandi-style Christmas decorating with Notonthehighstreet
Our Christmas this year is going to be a relaxed affair. For the first time ever, it will be just the four of us on Christmas Day, at least until Ben leaves for work just after lunch, and then we’ll…
5 ways to decorate with vibrant green
Source: mariefriis In my Urban Jungle Blogger’s plant shelfie post earlier this week, I talked about how I seem to be moving away from the use of bright colours in my decorating schemes, favouring more neutral tones. But I also…
Floored by carpet
One of the things that I like least about our 1970s house is its lack of floorboards. I love stripped or painted floorboards and the texture and interest that they add to a space and I miss the floorboards that…
Weekending.. houseplant love
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…
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…
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…
{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…