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Bathroom Blues
AD / Gifted Today I’m collaborating with homeware brand Lick, who are a brand new online only retailer specialising in premium quality paints, wallpaper and decorating supplies. Over lockdown we managed to do some home jobs, including interior and exterior painting, amidst staring out the window wondering why the world was falling apart. We painted our porch from a greyish kind of white (it wasn’t that colour on purpose) to a greyish kind of blue which we love, and it…
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A Small Patio Diary: Learning to Garden
Gardening has become a big part of my day-to-day this summer so I want to share what I’m learning, the mistakes I’ve made and what I have planned for our tiny outdoor patio space! If you’re new to it too, please follow along and share your gardening tips and tricks! Prior to this summer I confess to being a pretty crappy gardener. I’d visit the Garden Centre but would have no clue where to begin, apart from looking for plants…
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At Home: Black Walls Interiors
Last November, we decided to give the bathroom a much-needed makeover from head to toe. Whilst we headed into the festive period with beautiful new floor and wall tiles, I will admit doing this during the silly season was a mistake. The upheaval of having workmen in the house whilst working from home, during the busiest part of the year, was a mighty pain in the derrière, in time and pennies spent. I made a promise not to plan any…
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10 Spring/Summer Home Updates
*Items gifted c/o Sainsbury’s Home and listed at bottom of post. There are two times of the year when I get extra giddy about home decor: in autumn, to make it nest-worthy in time for Christmas. Then spring; a time to declutter, organise and refresh. I love our home. It’s lived-in (a tad messy), cosy, filled with music, warmth, and each other (including our joyful and muddy golden retriever, Polly). But once in a while it does need a refresh…
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At Home: Bedroom Updates with JYSK
Collaborative Post – all products listed at the bottom of the blog post I don’t know about you, but when the flurry of Christmas comes to a close and a new year begins I immediately want to spring clean, and spoil the house to a few new treats. I prefer the latter mind you, spring cleaning always takes WAY longer than I think.
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At Home: Bathroom Makeover with Tile Mountain
I’m so pleased to be finally sharing photographs of our new bathroom (I’m being very polite here, I’m ruddy elated). Like a lot of folk, it takes time to save pennies for home improvements, which makes you really appreciate it when the work is done. So for the last week I’ve been skipping into our finished bathroom with a smile on my face and stroking the new tiles at any given moment. I can see this bathroom glee lasting a…
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A Mitsuko Christmas
I’m so pleased to be working with John Lewis today and have them to thank for getting me organised, decor wise, before the 1st December; it’s a wee festive miracle my friends. Christmas has officially landed in our household in the shape of a 7ft Christmas tree and I couldn’t be happier. My breakfast tea and toast on the sofa felt a little more magical this morning with our Mitsuko Christmas Tree for company.
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At Home: Lounge Makeover
I’m very excited today (as is our lounge) to have teamed up with Bairstow Eves, the award-winning UK estate agent, on their Styled to Sell campaign. Oh, and it’s Friday when this post goes live so there’s that too! In short, Bairstow Eves have collaborated with six bloggers and interior stylists from across the country to help create the ultimate guide in styling your home when it’s on the market. My challenge was to choose tips and ideas from one…
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Finding Balance with Social Media
As I mentioned in my Benefits of Social Media blog post the other week I wanted to share with you some tips for creating a healthier and happier balance with your social media channels, and making them work for you whether you use them personally, as a blogger or at work. It turns out there is a lot to discuss so I’ve split this blog post into two; today’s post focusing on creating a healthier social media relationship personally, including relevant tips for…
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Home and Style Finds
Here’s a few choice pieces I’ve bookmarked for the home and wardrobe that have caught my attention lately. My bank balance won’t cover these things anytime soon but I can live vicariously through the blog instead, right? There are a couple of dog related items in there, naturally. And for full disclosure I might mention Christmas once too. Sue me. From left to right:
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JYSK Giveaway
A surefire way to motivate myself to tidy our home (besides the usual reward of a cup of tea and a generous slice of Victoria Sponge) is to have new homewares to dot around the place afterwards. I was eager to tidy the house this weekend so I could play with my new goodies from Danish retailer, JYSK. JYSK sell Scandinavian style furniture and homewares for the bedroom, bathroom, living room, office and garden. I’m besotted with the brand’s design led, quality…
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Lakeland Furniture Giveaway
Do you have post Bank Holiday blues? Fancy treating your home to new home and garden furniture? Of course you do. I’m very excited to be collaborating with my friends at Lakeland Furniture on a spring giveaway to cheer up any back to work blues. You might remember we added the DSW Dining Table Set to our open plan living room last year? We’ve been really impressed with the quality and style of the table and chairs – I still…
