Home and lifestyle tips for families, from organisation and decor to everyday routines that make life easier.
If you’re in the middle of making interior design choices, you’ve probably encountered all of the usual dilemmas and smashed them out of your way. Which colour scheme should you choose? BANG! Decision made! Do you want closed or open storage? KABOOM! Sorted. Do you want a feature wall and – if you do … Read more
Everyone loves the idea of being their boss, but there’s no reason why you can’t get by without the conventional 9-5. Hundreds of niche businesses and pop-up ideas have started at home, so why not yours? Here are a few ideas to make extra cash without even having to set foot out of the door. … Read more
The average British motorist will clock up a staggering 556,764 miles, fork out £168,880, have 1,935 rows – and 2,709 episodes of road rage in their lifetime, according to new research. Researchers studied British motorists revealing the average lifetime of driving, with the typical driver spending nearly seventy thousand pounds on fuel over the course … Read more
In Little Bean’s nearly 9 years she has had 4 bedrooms and has pretty much stuck with wanting a girly pink bedroom, until now! Right now we are in the process of re-styling her bedroom to make it look less ‘little girl’ and more grown up to match her developing personality. The cost can quickly … Read more
It’s a sad fact of life that not all of us are destined to live in the Palace of Versailles, with its beautiful ornaments and opulent decor. But that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing we can do in our own homes to make them look a little more palatial. It turns out that creating a … Read more
This morning whilst sipping my coffee and catching up on my Facebook timeline I saw a video which had been shared by a friend featuring a local school who were featured on This Morning with Holly and Phil as part of the #BeKind campaign. Now I’m not a watcher of daytime TV, I’m too busy … Read more
Have you ever sat in front of the pieces in a flat-pack and wondered how on earth this is going to transform into your must-have piece of furniture? You’re not alone, but there is an alternative to struggling with a screw A that doesn’t seem to fit hole B. Why not call in a handyman/person … Read more
Sometimes in life it’s easy to get bogged down by all the mundane adult stuff and some days I really don’t want to do adult but as children that’s all we want isn’t it, to be a grown-up and be able to do whatever we want to do, whenever we want to do it. If only … Read more
It’s that time again where we get to open a surprise box from Playmobil, a top manufacturer within preschool toys as part of our role as Playmobil Playologists. With Little Bean out with friends and Jelly Bean asleep in bed, the baton was passed on to Beanie Boy with the help of big brother Curly … Read more