You know you are a fully-fledged adult when you get sheer pleasure in a new vacuum cleaner. I used to squeal with joy when a parcel from ASOS plonked onto my doorstep, now any type of cleaning implement has the same affect. Guess it’s all part of the process, I grew up! In our house
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10 Simple Energy Saving Tips for Winter
Being in the second half of my maternity leave means it’s time to tighten the purse strings as maternity pay really doesn’t go very far! With the colder weather upon us, I’ve been thinking about ways to save on our energy bills over the winter months as this is the most expensive time of year,
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Baby
Life is Peachy – Beachy Walks & House Drama
Welcome to a little round-up of everything we’ve been up to recently! It dawned on me over my blogging break at Christmas that the reason I started my blog was to keep a diary of our lives. I wanted it to be a space to capture my thoughts, memories and something to look back on over
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WIN: Nest Protect Alarm worth £109
Ok, this is a slightly different post from me today. It’s not everyday that I write about the risk of carbon monoxide in the home (thank goodness, not sure how many of you would be here if I did 🙂 ) but it’s actually a really important thing to talk about so please stick with
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Cleaning
12 Cleaning Tips for a clean home
So, firstly I should start with a disclaimer, this post is NOT sponsored or affiliated with Method, I’m just a real sucker for a blogger trend. Can you even call yourself a blogger if you haven’t watched 20 speed cleaning videos on Youtube or bought a bottle of the Method Anti-bac spray? Probably not. I’m
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Giveaway! Win a Children’s Bed worth £150!
It’s been a while since I hosted a giveaway on the blog, hasn’t it? So, when Lakeland Furniture got in touch and asked if I’d like to give away one of their gorgeous wooden childrens beds, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity! Having just decorated Violet’s nursery I’ve enjoyed picking out furniture for her
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Home Decor: Take a peek in our new Bathroom!
To many, our bathroom might just look like an average room but if you’d have seen it when we moved in, you wouldn’t believe it’s the same house! We have lived in our house for two years now and it’s only now we have managed to get the bathroom totally finished – getting major renovations
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Robbie Takeover: #CarpetCamouflage with Carpetright
Today on the blog, I have a lighthearted post for you, plus LOTS of photos of the star of my blog, Robbie! We were recently contacted by Carpetright, who asked me to take part in fun idea I couldn’t resist! They asked me if I could try and ‘camouflage’ Robbie against samples of their carpet
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Planning our versatile dining area
Ever since we moved into our little house by the sea, we have never had a formal dining area. We did buy a second hand table and chairs (thank goodness for Facebook selling pages) when we first arrived, however it quickly turned into an office space, a dumping ground for junk mail and pizza menus
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Food
The Kenwood Electric Spiralizer – Spiralizing made simple
I’ve been a big fan of spiralized food for about a year now. Last year, in the midst of a summer health kick, we went out and bought a manual spiralizer and went through a phase of spiralizing pretty much every vegetable in the fridge. However, we soon found this set up was pretty time
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Home Decor – How to Mix Prints
I’m a big fan of prints in the home, so I’ve recently been experimenting with floral bed linen and cushions to give our bedroom a total refresh – however I’ve found it quite tricky. It’s easy for bright prints and florals to look over the top, so it’s all about finding a balance. Mixing different
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#BeautifulBloom Flower Arranging Workshop with Marks & Spencer
Since redesigning our living room, I’ve discovered just how much of a difference a beautiful bouquet of flowers can make to a room. Flowers add so much life, colour and style to any space, but I rarely do anymore than take my flowers out of the wrapper and place them in a vase with water.
