LAST DAY to win the beautiful £75 personalised bracelet!
We LOVE these fab luxe plaited leather wrap bracelets! They are bang on-trend and add a tougher edge to any pretty girly. In pewter or gold plaited leather; beautiful as a very special gift, and the ultimate personal keepsake.What we really love about them is that the beads can be personalised with the words/dates of your choice. Gorgeous! Perfect gift for a new Mum, of course, but I think they’re an amazing gift for any...
Solving the impossible; which bed fits a kid’s tiny bedroom? #TinyRoomMakeover
So the room is now all set and ready to be refilled. We’d upcycled some furniture, we’d painted new shelves, we’d thought about storage.But how to choose the bed… When we started the whole room, this is where we began the design process. The room is so very tiny that the bed had to the main feature.We’d tried all sorts of options on paper.We decided the best option was definitely to lift the bed off...
The one where she chose PURPLE carpet #TinyRoomMakeover
When you’ve lived for a very long time with very old carpet, you simply cease to notice it. Like you don’t notice your nose. It’s just there, doing it’s job; your eyes can see it but your brain chooses to ignore it. Same thing with old carpet – you’re so used to it, you simply stop seeing and feeling it. Stop noticing how horrible it is. Ripping out that skanky old 1980’s peach carpet was...
Made-To-Measure blinds for a kids room. Result! #TinyRoomMakeover
So we had new walls, and before we had a new floor we wanted to get as much of the messy work done as we could. But we couldn’t do the shelves util the bed was up and we saw how they’d fit around it. And we couldn’t do the bed till we had the carpet… so we got on with upcycling the rest of the furniture, painting the shelves in readiness, and realised we could fit the blind too. Previously she’d had big...
Five Brilliant Games to Play in the Paddling Pool – and 25% off all paddling pools!
With the summer holidays upon us, invest in a paddling pool to keep your little ones out of doors and entertained during the hot weather. Here’s a pick of five great games to play with your kids in the water: Make Up Stories This game is ideal for introducing toddlers to paddling pools – use a few favourite toys such as boats, action figures, or rubber ducks, and make up a story with them. Encourage your toddler to interact with...
How Can you Make a Tiny Kids Room Perfect? #TinyRoomMakeover
When we bought our house back in 1992, it had been decorated throughout by the previous couple – everything was neat and tidy, and in bland late 80’s taste. We slowly re-decorated most of the rooms, pretty much as driven to by necessity: a ceiling came down thanks to a burst radiator pipe, a ceiling came down thanks to a shower leak, a pregnancy happened so a spare room had to be made into a nursery… you get the...