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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Why I Always Choose an Artificial Christmas Tree
I was recently interviewed for an article in Real Homes Magazine (it's the December 2018 issue so if you're quick, it'll still be available) answering the question: Are Real Trees Better Than Fake? It was a friendly sort of debate between myself and a woman with three...
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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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Halloween with a Twist: Gothic Glam Buying Guide
I realise that things have been a little quiet around here of late! If you follow me on Instagram, you may know that I have been away in Portugal for 8 glorious days. Having been invited to a wedding there by two friends, a group of us figured we'd make the most of...
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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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Summer to Autumn Transitioning Favourites from H&M Home
Somehow, it's August and it's still like a kajillion degrees outside. I admit this summer has been one of the driest and warmest I can remember in a very long time so I'm certainly not going to complain - it's actually been rather glorious despite my lawn currently...
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10 of the Best “Pale & Interesting” Sideboards
A few years ago, I decided I needed a bit more storage for both my dining room and my office. I decided to go vintage with each - mid-century modern to be exact - and in both cases, found exactly what I was looking for. Pieces that worked well for my requirements and...
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10+ Ways to Refresh an Ugly Kitchen for Under £100
So you may remember that earlier this month, I shared my very own ugly kitchen with you! I'm seeing it as temporary for now as we are planning on quite a bit of building work in the coming months so trying to do much more with the space is kind of a waste of energy,...
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A Message to Straight Men: It’s Cool to Like Interior Design
Before I started my blog and when it was still in its infancy, I worked in marketing. And in marketing, you are told that you should always have your 'ideal customer' in mind when advertising just about anything. You will go so far as to create personas in marketing...
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ASOS Are Now Selling Homewares: Here Are My Favourites
I don't know how it was that I discovered that buried deep within the fashion stock of ASOS (admittedly, one of my go-to's any time I need anything fashion-related) was a little section on homewares. Now, I'm a bit of a sucker for anything offering free shipping and...
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Simba Luxe Mattress Review: Can you get a luxury mattress in a box?
I shared our guest bedroom mini-makeover with you a couple of weeks ago and I'm happy to say that since then, we've managed to replace the emergency blow-up bed with a proper mattress and frame. It had always been our intention to move our existing mattress into that...
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