Home and lifestyle tips for families, from organisation and decor to everyday routines that make life easier.
Do you ever feel like your spare bedroom has slowly turned into a temporary storage room for anything that doesn’t have a home within your house? The spare bedroom is one of those spaces that is often wasted and forgotten about, until a relative comes to stay and you give it a quick spring clean … Read more
In many homes, the kitchen is now a room used for so much more than cooking. As one of the most used rooms in the home, you often find that many kitchens now have dedicated dining areas, watching TV and even working out. As it becomes more stylish to spend most of your time in … Read more
If there is one thing that we have learnt from our years of parenting, the choice of the coat has the ability to make or break a family day out. We have bought the ‘fashion’ coats because the kids have nagged us and then on a day out it’s been tears and tantrums because they … Read more
Most people know that they can keep their fuel bills down by insulating their homes well and using comparison websites to find the best tariffs. However, not everyone is aware of the three additional fuel-saving methods that we outline below.
Swimming is a great way to keep your children entertained and is also a perfect exercise for them. But, before they dive into the swimming pool, they need to wear swimsuits that are comfortable as well as fashionable. Swimwear these days comes in a variety of colours, patterns, designs and materials. Choosing bathing suits especially … Read more
I’m trying something a little different today, normally when I start a blog post it’s because I want to tell you about something we have been doing as a family or something which has been on my mind. It might be a review post or a competition but rarely is it something which give you … Read more
Norton Security found parents believe children more likely to be bullied online than on the playground. Here we discuss how to spot it and prevent it.
For the last few years, the Beans and I have been selecting gift tags bearing just the names and ages of children whom we would never get to meet. We selected those tags and returned them days later bearing gifts that would be given to the children at Christmas. As a parent, I feel it … Read more
Every year I tell myself that this will be the year that I return to my super-organised ways. In the years BC (before children) I was always very organised, my home was always clean and tidy, my laundry bin didn’t spill out onto the floor and my ironing pile was almost none-existent but when the … Read more