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.
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Oh I do love to live beside the seaside!
The beach is my ultimate happy place – cool, calming and tranquil. After a long day, all I need is a short stroll along the beach and my mood has lifted. As I now live right by the sea, I am lucky enough to say I am in my happy place as soon as I
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Food
My Stuffed Tomato Recipe with Le Creuset
Do you know what makes me realise I must be a proper adult nowadays? It’s the level of excitement I felt when I was contacted by Steamer Trading to try out one of the brand new products by Le Creuset. I mean, Le Creuset! An absolute cult kitchenware product from a prestigious brand we all
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Cleaning
How to keep your house clean when you own a dog
So, I’ve been talking a lot about our house at the moment haven’t I? Did you see our Living Room Tour? Our house truly is our pride and joy at the moment but I bet you’ve been wondering how we keep it clean with a naughty black labrador running around? Especially seeing as he moults
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Finally – Our Living Room Tour!
It’s been a long time coming, but finally I’m able to show you around our living room! We have been working really hard on it for a while now and looking back to old posts, I can’t believe how much it’s changed since we moved in, you almost wouldn’t recognise it. I absolutely love having
