Let’s face it, nobody likes talking about cleaning, or even dealing with it really! But family life generally means you have a fair amount of excess waste and dirty clothes on a daily basis, despite trying to limit it by recycling and re-wearing! As Athena nears school age where she will be wearing uniform daily,… Read More
I’ve written before about wanting to get the kitchen finished now we’ve been here a year (exactly a year last week in fact!) and we’re almost done with the kitchen! We had two windows replaced just after christmas for double glazed ones and it’s made a huge difference to the room. One was a big… Read More
I am probably jumping the gun a little here seeing as we’ve not actually started work on our bathroom (though here are some of my ideas) but it’s always more fun to plan the pretty things rather than the functional things, right? As I’ve said before our bathroom is big but dingy with only a… Read More
Now we’ve got our kitchen finished I suppose we should move onto the next project in the house, the bathroom. It’s currently a pretty boring room with a lot of potential to become a really nice space but it needs a lot of work. The ceiling is a bit damp in places as there is… Read More
Vegetarianism is big business. According to statistics, 12% of UK adults now choose to follow a vegetarian or vegan diet. Numbers are highest among young people, which would seem to be in line with recent research findings predicting that within the next 25 years, a quarter of the UK population will have adopted a meat-free… Read More
For some reason our home has a disproportionately large bathroom. Don’t get me wrong, I like having a bigger space but I also find that it gets filled up with random things more than any other room in the house, purely because there is space to put things! Any large box that’s been delivered gets… Read More
I am determined to get the kitchen some semblance of ‘finished’ before the end of March, which will have seen us living in this house for a year! It’s getting there, we had the big bay window replaced just after Christmas, along with a new cooker, kitchen worktops and a a draw put in. Who… Read More
I have always wanted a wood burner, and in an ideal world it would have a Aga as a big brother in the kitchen, and that would have an aerial wooden drying rack above it… and hey lets got the whole ‘country cottage’ hog and get a thatched roof and a veg garden too! I’ve… Read More
It’s a bit naff having a January birthday if I’m honest, everyone is skint, or dieting, or not drinking so meals and nights out aren’t that well received really! I am lucky really that my birthday is at the end if January rather than the beginning I suppose. I’m also pretty useless at compiling a… Read More
Great kitchen design should be about more than efficient storage, built-in appliances and gleaming worktops. It’s the heart of the home where you want to feel visually inspired to create delicious meals, have sparkling conversations or just sit quietly with a cup of tea. Art can do all that and more. Rather than keeping art out… Read More