The real cost of buying your own home

At some point, perhaps in your mid-20s or early 30s, you’ll first think about buying your own home. The trigger point may vary; perhaps friends and family around you are suddenly homeowners, and you want to join their group, or you’ll be sick of seeing your landlord snooping around ‘your’ bedroom or garden on another … Read more

Post-it Index keeping busy minds organised

Post-it Index keeping busy minds organised 2

Once upon a time, I used to compare myself to Monica from Friends because I was so organised. I always knew exactly where everything was, I got jobs finished ahead of time, I never missed appointments or important dates, I was on the ball 100% . . . then I became a Mum and it … Read more

Do your children choose their own bedroom decor?

Playroom

When we moved the children’s rooms around in preparation for the arrival of Jelly Bean we asked each of them how they would like their bedrooms decorated. We gave them as much ‘free choice’ with their rooms as we possibly could, depending on how expensive their ideas became. Our philosophy was that they need to … Read more

Space-saving bookshelf from Tidy Books

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