Here is a tour around our new bathroom, including the before and after! We’ve gone for reclaimed wood, exposed brickwork, black fixtures and fittings and a bold Victorian patterned floor tile. I’ve also shared how we are keeping a minimalistic look by making the most of the storage cupboard with some storage and organisation hacks
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Our Bathroom Renovation – Before and After!
Since we moved into our house, one of the rooms that we really wanted to change was the bathroom. At the time I was heavily pregnant and Violet was only 18 months old, so the thought of having no running water or living in a building site filled me with dread. Over the last couple
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Qualities You Need to Look For When Buying a New Mattress
A good night’s sleep is something that every person needs. Sleep is your body’s way of repairing and rejuvenating itself. Growth hormones are released during sleep that repairs and regenerates muscles and bones. Your body cannot grow or restore itself properly if you don’t get enough sleep. You can attempt several methods that will allow
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Why we chose DIY shutters from California Shutters
Post in paid partnership with California Shutters When it comes to window’s our must-have is always shutters. We had them in our previous house and I was so sad to leave them when we moved out! When we saw our new living room, it wasn’t to our taste at all – it had awful thick
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Floately Airsai Floating Plant Pot Review – My Levitating Plant!
Post paid partnership with with Floately One of my latest lockdown hobbies has been gardening (as you can see from the books on my bedside table!) I’ve found growing seeds and plants and pottering in the garden has given me a sense of calm like no other, so it’s become quite a fascination. This not
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Home Renovation: Our extention wishlist!
Sponsored Post Lockdown 3.0 might be dull and gloomy but we’ve taken our minds by doing some future home planning. We absolutely love our house but sometimes the space just doesn’t feel practical! We have a small kitchen and an even smaller conservatory which is used as a dining room. It’s a ridiculous space as
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How to create a gallery wall in your home
A gallery wall is something I’ve wanted in our home for a long time, so finally the time has come to start planning one! I don’t want a wall filled with impersonal prints, I really want to make it unique, eye-catching and most importantly personal to us. This is an area of the house where
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Cherishing our beautiful photographs with the Nixplay Smart Photo Frame and a giveaway!
Post contains PR samples You might have noticed – I take a LOT of photographs. I’m forever running out of phone storage, cloud storage and buying various SD cards and external hard drives to store the thousands of photos I take – they are a nightmare to store! But just because there are so many,
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5 ways we transformed our living room
Sponsored Post When we moved into our current house, the decor was all very neutral and well presented, which was fantastic as we could live with it for a while – but after a few months, we realised it just wasn’t to our taste anymore. We wanted something with a lot more personality, so we
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AD | Switching from workspace to relaxation zone at home with Hive
This post is in conjunction with Hive, but all thoughts are my own During the lockdown, our living room has become the central hub for absolutely everything. We have spent a LOT of time in that one room – I’m sure you can relate. One minute, it’s a playroom – the sofa being used as
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5 things I’ve learned about being a landlord
Post contains sponsored links hToday I wanted to share a post that’s a bit different from my usual style, but I thought it might be helpful to some! I don’t talk about it much on here, but alongside my blog, I’ve got another little project. We have a rental property which is my responsibility to
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A great night’s sleep with The Fine Bedding Company + a giveaway!
Post contains PR samples As a parent, I don’t really get a lot of sleep, so when I go to bed the little sleep I get has to be worth it! I really struggle to sleep, I’ve been nicknamed ‘The Priness and the Pea’. If the light, temperature or bedding isn’t right, I know I’ll