Cheap and Easy DIY: Ideas for A Pretty Garden on a Budget
As you can see, I've got gardens on the brain after the last couple weekends of back-breaking work to get our garden into some kind of habitable state so you'll have to forgive me for the single-sightedness of my blog lately. I promise I'll get back to interiors...
Before and (Almost) After: Weekend Back Garden Blitz (Part I)
I am SORE, peeps. My shoulders ache, my back aches, the backs of my legs ache and parts of my body I didn't realise could ache, ache. But it's a good pain. A pain that means that something actually got accomplished this weekend.It's not done...
Deck-o-Rate: Small Outdoor Space and Deck Inspiration
This year, we've decided that we'd like to spruce up the back garden a bit seeing as we've not really touched it at all since we got our fence done and added a few pretty flowers and a hanging basket last year. So we're looking into building out the deck to make...
Bloomin’ Lovely: The Power of Flowers
Flowers make me giddy like a schoolgirl. I just love them. I remember when I was young, before I moved out of my parents' home, that I promised I would always have two things when I had a space to call my own; the first was fresh flowers and the second was good...
Colour Wash: Spring is Springing at Swoon Worthy
My Internet connection has been up and down like a cheap hooker's dress lately (What? Analogy a bit strong?) and as such, I've not been able to do much blogging lately. Goodness, you don't realise how much you are addicted to this blogging lark until you can't...
A Neglected Bench Gets a Makeover
I know I promised the full living room reveal today but best laid plans means that there are a couple of little things I need to do yet! Weekends always go by so much faster than the rest of the week and all the little jobs didn't get done. So I'll try to...
More Gifts from the Garden…
Hope you are having a fabulous weekend, my lovelies!Despite the wet and dull July weather we've been having, our lovely garden just keeps providing us with beautiful gifts...A few delicious ones as well... We've had W's mum visiting us this weekend which was very...
Flower Power
All photographs my own One of the nicest surprises we've had since moving into our new house is the garden. It's not certainly not huge but it's perfect for us in that it's fairly mature and low maintenance. There's thick rambling ivy, a brick wall...