What the Plans are for the New House (Hint: It’s gonna get messy)
I had a totally different post I had intended on writing today but sometimes, you just have to go with what's on your mind at the moment. And at the moment, I am trying to put my thoughts together on what we'll be tackling in the house. I know I've shared a few rooms...
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How I’ve Styled My Blush Pink Master Bedroom (for now)
As you are probably aware by now, we moved into our home just over 3 weeks ago. It doesn't seem that long, really, seeing as I have only just cleared the last of the boxes (well, mostly - we still have lighting to go but I'm not unpacking that just yet for reasons...
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How I Created a Guest Bedroom with No Money in 2 Hours
We had only been in the house for less than a week, but I had a bit of an emergency situation on my hands. Okay, this wasn’t life or death. It was a DECORATING emergency. Ya see, my mother-in-law was planning on visiting the weekend after we moved in. She wanted to...
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How I’ve Styled Our Living Room (for now!)
As you probably know, we moved into our new (old!) home just over a week ago now and the first room I knew I wanted to tackle was the living room. In my experience, it's always good to have at least a couple of rooms sorted as quickly as possible when moving house -...
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How Using a Moving Company Took The Stress Out of Moving House
So, last week, I finally shared my monster of a post on our new home so you can see what it looked like as a blank canvas! Today, I’m stepping a little bit backwards in time to share the experience we had of moving in. There’s little doubt that the entire process of...
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First Look at the New House: Empty Room Tour & Layout
It’s been quiet around here the last week or so but if you’ve been following along our moving adventures, you’ll know that on Friday, 23rd March, we moved into our new home in Shrewsbury. Well, I say new. It’s actually 130 years old. But she’s new to us, having sold...
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3 Items I’m Eyeing Up for the New House
So by way of a little update - we have finally exchanged contracts and we have a new move date of the 23rd March - yep, that's next Friday! Can I get a HUZZAH!? I'm relieved and excited and a little bit stressed if I'm honest but ultimately, very very happy. I'm sick...
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Kitchen Design Planning: What’s Inspiring Me Right Now
At some point in the next few months, Wayne and I will be taking on our biggest project to date. For those waiting on news, nope, we haven't moved yet. We've had some major delays over the last couple of weeks and I can't pretend it hasn't been excruciatingly...
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Moving Diaries Part VI: An update on our move!
So, I'm absolutely gutted to say that, despite my announcement on Monday, we were not able to move today (Friday). I know there will be disappointment as you are waiting on me to share more of the new house but alas, the buying and selling system in this country is so...
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House Moving Diaries Part V: OH MY GOD WE’RE FINALLY MOVING.
So guys, my week has been flipped upside down. Last Wednesday we finally got a move date from our solicitor of THIS FRIDAY (23rd February) which meant we literally have less than a week and a half to prepare to move. While we had done plenty in terms of prep, we...
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My Favourite Pieces I Got For My Home In 2017
So first of all, I must apologise for the radio silence around here for the last week. I was hit by a nasty bug that pretty much just wiped me out for the best part of a week. I'm still not well, mind you, but at least I am out of bed and mostly functioning like a...
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Oh What’s This: A Brand New Source for Eclectic Boho Glam Homewares
In my last post, I talked about simple things that give your home a little lift in the winter months. And let me tell you, I've really needed it. The last couple weeks have been a struggle for me - the weather has been typical for the time of year - grey and rainy,...
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Moving Diaries Part I: How to Prepare To Sell Your House
I feel like I've been talking about moving now for about 10 years. The reality is that it was a brief mention back in April when we knew it would happen eventually and then, in early Autumn, we decided, actually, let's do this thing. And so we've essentially been in...
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You Can Now Shop My Home!
Over the break between Christmas and New Year, you might have thought I didn't even touch my blog, seeing that there were no new posts published at all here on Swoon Worthy. I always take a break from posting at that time of year and relieving the pressure of putting...
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8 Things Every Home Office Needs
There are two times of year that I start naturally thinking about my home office. The first is September. I think it's just left-over associations with going back to school that have stayed with me all these years and so I start thinking of all my favourite...
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