Budget Dining Room Refresh Reveal (in a weekend!)
About a week and a half ago, I came to the realisation that my dining room had turned into a dumping ground. From fabric, tiles, paint and flooring samples to bits of decor and art I had no place for, the space was littered with the discarded, unloved and disorganised...
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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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Design-obsessed DIYer, Award-Winning UK Interior Design Blogger, Freelance Writer, Crazy Cat Lady.
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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Date Night Pizza & Beer Table Setting
I actually had no idea what to call this post but the idea came to me when I realised how many good nights my other half and I have shared over the simplest of meals. Of course, we love to explore new restaurants and moving to Shrewsbury has meant we have a whole...
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Budget Dining Room Refresh Reveal (in a weekend!)
About a week and a half ago, I came to the realisation that my dining room had turned into a dumping ground. From fabric, tiles, paint and flooring samples to bits of decor and art I had no place for, the space was littered with the discarded, unloved and disorganised...
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Living Room Planning and Why We’ve Not Started the Extension
It's been a while since I've just talked about what's going on around here in terms of making progress on the house. I think because Instagram seems to be getting so much focus these days, I tend to chat more about the day-to-day there than I do on my blog but of...
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Easy Autumn Bedroom Updates with MADE and CollectPlus
Despite one freaky day last weekend where temperatures inexplicably hovered in the 20s and then dropped 10 degrees the following day, I feel fairly confident that it's officially Autumn here in the UK. My back garden is full of leaves, the sun is setting earlier in...
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Rethinking the LED bulb and Lighting Up My Dressing Room with Philips LED Deco
The following is a paid advertising feature for Philips LED Lighting. I admit, a few years ago when I heard that the EU would eventually introduce a ban on halogen bulbs, I panicked a bit. I considered stockpiling them, buying enough to last me a good few years so...
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River Island Have Launched a Home Collection and it’s actually really cute.
So first, let me just say this post isn't sponsored in any way. I had heard that River Island was going to expand it's offerings beyond fashion to create a home collection and to be honest, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect. But I'm always on the lookout for new...
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Why Made.com has become a staple for accessible design
I realised recently that I have talked about MADE's products in numerous posts before and yet, for some unknown reason, I've never dedicated a post to their wares. Really, that's a shortcoming on my own part because if you have been hiding under a rock somewhere and...
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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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9 Reasons I’m Happy We Moved to Shrewsbury
A few months ago, I shared our journey in terms of deciding where we were going to pick up and move our life. We'd been living in Cheadle Heath for 8 years, not too far from where Wayne had spent his entire life just outside of Manchester. Deciding that we wanted to...
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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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