Where the hell is she going with this one? I hear you ask. Settle down and pull up a seat, it’s going to take a lot of explaining and even more imagination. Welcome to the snug. This was the room We knew we could have a bit of fun with, the other two spaces wereContinue reading “Room two.”
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My Vision.
Of course I could talk to you about tanking and supporting walls but I’m afraid that’s not the way I roll. I always start every project at the end. I need to be able to visualize the finished space and then work backwards. Next I begin sourcing products and materials. The practicalities, whys and whereforesContinue reading “My Vision.”
Before we begin.
Our home is a four floor Edwardian end terrace, you get a lot of square footage for your money in old properties; We have a basement, with outside access and windows; the ground floor know as ‘downstairs’; the first floor (upstairs); and an attic floor with two good sized rooms and a staircase. The floorContinue reading “Before we begin.”
How to create a colouful kitchen
Paid partership with Magnet Kitchens I love to be surrounded by colour, it energizes me and lifts my mood. Bold use of colour is my signature style, it is what I am known best for. Your choice of colour can totally change the look and feel of a room and there are so many waysContinue reading “How to create a colouful kitchen”
How I Houseplant.
As humans we have an innate pull towards nature, it is why we feel invigorated in wide open green spaces and by the waves crashing on the shore. Working with a view of the outdoors is proven to increase creativity, being surrounded by plants is known to reduce stress and increase clarity of thought. BiophilicContinue reading “How I Houseplant.”
Sleep: how to achieve it
Getting to sleep isn’t a problem, it’s staying asleep that I’m finding hard these days. I’ve reached the age where my children no longer wake me during the night, it’s now hot flushes and the dawn chorus. Reaching the menopause has really affected the quality of my sleep and I wake up often in theContinue reading “Sleep: how to achieve it”
Not all girls love pink.
We were never really planning to decorate this bedroom, I loved the Cole and Son wallpaper far too much. Unfortunately the little one wasn’t as keen, so when an email from Murals wallpaper dropped into my inbox how could I resist? There was so much choice on the website, at first I thought I wouldContinue reading “Not all girls love pink.”
Refresh with Hello Fresh
I was absolutely delighted when Hello Fresh contacted me and asked me to be part of their refresh with hello fresh campaign. It’s something I had seen people using on social media and had often thought I would love to try it but I’d just never got round to it. I am a keen homeContinue reading “Refresh with Hello Fresh”
Refeathering the nest
How I updated my teens room after she left for university.
Insta rules
Here is a crib sheet of all things insta. There is this mysterious thing called the algorithm, no one has ever seen it or knows what it does but we need to obey it at all times and we must keep it happy. Just when you think you understand it it changes. You must postContinue reading “Insta rules”
The heart of our home
We have just taken delivery of a brand spanking new dinning table, it was gifted to us from made.com (https://www.made.com/iona-large-dining-table-solid-pine-and-pebble-grey) It is a beauty; it seats six, eight at a push and the four chairs and bench we were given too means at last we can all fit around the table comfortably. When Easter rollsContinue reading “The heart of our home”
Mothers’ Day
The bond of motherhood is the strongest thing in the universe, stronger than a hypernova. It follows then that the pain when that bond is broken is unquantifiable. I have been motherless for more years than I was mothered. I have been a mother for more years than I was a daughter. I was goingContinue reading “Mothers’ Day”
Me and Tim.
This was first published in May this year. It’s my wedding anniversary tomorrow. Twenty one years since the day poor Tim was so nervous, he’d had a large glass of Brandy, had to have his Uncle Colin fasten his tie and had forgotten his name and address by the time he met me in theContinue reading “Me and Tim.”
Advice to my daughters.
Don’t scrimp on haircuts or shoes, always spend as much as you can afford on them. You can be anyone or anything you want to be and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Find someone who adores you just as you are and loves you just as much as I do, like I did withContinue reading “Advice to my daughters.”
Game Changer
What was your interiors game changer, the moment you found your style? Our first house was a little cottage and it was tiny. It was the nineties and it had quite a look, very ‘Changing roomsesque’ with lots of bright colours, stencilling and lime washed wood. We had a blue checked sofa, a plump yellowContinue reading “Game Changer”
Hardcastle Towers 