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My 2018 Christmas Living Room
It's been quite interesting decorating my home for Christmas this year. It's our first Christmas in this house and while I knew I had plenty of Christmas decor stashed in our loft space for when the time came, I didn't really know how that decor would be used in a...
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Christmas Gift Guides: The Mixologist, The Plant Whisperer, The Foodie
Today marks the last of my Christmas Gift Guide week! I've been sharing loads of great gift ideas for loads of different personality types and individual interests and I really hope you've found some useful bits and pieces for your nearest and dearest. My final three...
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2019 Interior Design Trends I’m Really Excited About
Now if you haven't read my previous post about investing in trends and how trends actually work, then I would implore you to go read that post first. Why? Because the whole idea that one trend is IN and one trend is OUT is actually ludicrous as trends just don't work...
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How to Invest in Interior Trends: Finding a Balance Between Trendy and Timeless
Let's be honest, here. Buying a home is probably one of the biggest investments we’ll make in our lifetimes. We take our time to decide what the best investment for our budget will be, what house and location will be most suitable for our lifestyles and for our...
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6 Decorating Rules You Can Totally Break
Oh yes, there are RULES for everything, aren't there? Even in design and decorating, you will hear plenty of 'rules' that you should probably be following. Many of these are great, don't get me wrong. They keep us from putting artwork too high on a wall or choosing a...
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My 2018 Christmas Living Room
It's been quite interesting decorating my home for Christmas this year. It's our first Christmas in this house and while I knew I had plenty of Christmas decor stashed in our loft space for when the time came, I didn't really know how that decor would be used in a...
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My Christmas Dining Room (and a Pink Christmas Tree!)
On Monday, I shared my Christmas tablescape and within that post, you will have seen a bit of the dining room as it's decorated for Christmas. One of the reasons I was so desperate to give this room a bit of a refresh (you can see that here) was because I wanted to be...
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My 2018 Christmas Dinner Table Setting
I adore doing Christmas table settings. Actually, I just enjoy doing table settings in general but at Christmas, I feel like I can really pull out the stops and have a bit of fun with it. Because if you can't go all out on the decor at Christmas, when can you? While...
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Glam Pink & Gold Reusable DIY Advent Calendar
The following is a paid advertising feature for Green & Black's and affiliate links may be used. I think every single year I tell myself I'm going to make my own advent calendar. The countdown to Christmas is always an enjoyable one and what better way to count...
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How to Create a Floral and Pine Christmas Centrepiece
I know I said that my DIY Gold and Marble Coasters would be my last DIY of the year but I completely forgot that I still had this one to share! So it's a little bonus one to finish off the year. If you saw my Christmas table setting, you will have seen this gorgeous...
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Glam Marble & Gold DIY Coasters
I'm back with one last DIY of the year and I think you're going to like these totally glam marble and gold DIY coasters! They are inexpensive, super simple to make and yet manage to look gorgeous at the same time. I really love how these came out and they'll...
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Christmas Gift Guides: The Mixologist, The Plant Whisperer, The Foodie
Today marks the last of my Christmas Gift Guide week! I've been sharing loads of great gift ideas for loads of different personality types and individual interests and I really hope you've found some useful bits and pieces for your nearest and dearest. My final three...
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Christmas Gift Guides: The Entertainer, The Animal Lover, The Entrepreneur
I'm back again today as promised with another 3 gift guides for your nearest and dearest! If you missed Monday's post, I explained that I'll be sharing nine different guides all this week based on people's personality types and interests. This means I've done at least...
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Christmas Gift Guides: The JOMO Master, The Feminist, The Explorer
All this week, I'm going a little shopping-crazy, figuratively speaking. It's less than a month before Christmas and as we are all time-strapped during this time of year, I thought I'd put together a few shopping guides to help reduce some of the noise we are all...
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How to Reduce the Stress Around Christmas Time
For as much as I absolutely adore Christmas, I don't adore the stress that comes with it. All the preparing, all the planning, all the money that seems to be flying out of my bank account and trying - desperately - to get everything wrapped up the last week before the...
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#SwoonforPetite: Stepping Out of my Comfort Zone and Into Kaleidoscope’s AW Petite Range
This is going to be a long introduction so please do bear with me! Back last year, I wrote a post about the lack of diversity I saw in fashion blogging. It was a time when I had considered branching more into fashion here on my blog (the reasons I didn't venture far...
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The 5 Best and Worst Things About Being Freelance
For so many people, working for yourself is the dream. The ability to set your own hours, prioritise your workload and know that the only pockets you are lining are your own. After more than 20 years of working my way up the corporate ladder (and admittedly, not...
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Why I Hate Being Called an ‘Influencer’
Ughhh... "Influencer". I swear every time I hear that word, I die a little inside. The word is pretty new, after all, and I've been doing this blogging lark for more than 8 years. I never got into it to make money and while the blog has grown and yes, opportunities...
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Ad? Sponsored? Gifted? Review? What does it all mean?!
I am aware there's a lot of controversy surrounding bloggers and "influencers" (I really hate that word) recently. By now, we are all aware that we need to clarify when we've received something from a brand to ensure there's no question for readers or followers on...
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Blogger Tips: How to Create Sponsored Content That Doesn’t Suck
It's been a while since I've done a Blogger Tips post and while I'm well aware that many of those who read my blog are not bloggers, I do think sometimes my posts about blogging might be informative to you too. There's a lot of misinformation, distrust and ignorance...
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