Creating ambience with Philips myGarden Solar lights
When I think of ‘solar’ lighting I often think of those lights that just kind of ‘glow’ as opposed to providing any light which is worthwhile but the myGarden Solar range are brilliant.
Rooms
No matter which rooms in your home you are looking to update, we have the tips and inspiration here to help you plan and execute them.
I am the boss!
Well at least that’s what I tell the children!! I do have to laugh a little because when the children are being less than angelic with each other when playing in each others’ bedrooms I will hear either one of them say “when you’re in my bedroom then I am the boss” – oh how … Read more
Storage solutions for a small bedroom PLUS Tidy Books Giveaway!!!
Unless you build your house yourself I think it’s pretty impossible to find a house which will have bedrooms of equal proportions so that each child gets exactly the same space. When we moved into our ‘new build’ house nearly four years ago the decision was quite simple, the two larger bedrooms would go to … Read more
Mediflow Waterbase Pillow
Long gone are the days when we could just go out and buy any old cheap pillow and be comfortable in bed. Sadly, as Hubby and I are preparing to say goodbye thirty-somethings, hello naughty forties, our bodies it would appear aren’t quite what they used to be. We have both been in a number … Read more
Smiggle Stationery – where a smile meets a giggle!
If there’s new stationery around, I want to know about it. It’s been my guilty pleasure since I was a child. I am a hoarder of stationery on a HUGE scale and so I was delighted to be sent a bundle of goodies from Smiggle.co.uk which are awash with bright, fun and funky colours. Being … Read more
Easter holidays – bedroom mini-makeover
It was a little remiss of me to not take a ‘before’ photograph of our bedroom but basically it was a magnolia box with plain cream bedside lamps and colour was thrown in via various different duvet covers. It has been our intention for some time to give our bedroom a makeover since it is … Read more
Organise your life with FAN: Full Adhesive Post-It Notes
Post-It Notes have long been a favourite in the workplace and at home, they are just so flipping useful! But there’s always space for something a bit different isn’t there?! Well now Post-It have launched FAN known as Full Adhesive Notes which means the whole note will adhere to a clean, sound surface such as … Read more
Space-saving bookshelf from Tidy Books
I think it’s important to encourage a good relationship between children and reading so we like to start our children off young with their books. With each of the children we have begun reading to them whilst they are still young babies and have made reading a story part of their bedtime routine. So far, … Read more
Dreaming of a new laptop!
Thinking back to when I first went onto maternity leave just over 5 years ago I had never even touched a laptop and now I have just about worn out my third laptop. I remember being frightened of using a laptop and saying that I would never get used to such a flat keyboard or … Read more