When LittleStuff had a cottage holiday in the Brecon Beacons – Llwyn-y-neuadd
If you’re looking for a peaceful and remote cottage for a family holiday filled with good old-fashioned fun, then this might be just the place for you. Just finding Llwyn-y-neuadd on a map is an adventure in itself, and when you see the track and think you’re nearly there – well, the adventure’s really just getting going. Because you need to navigate up the hill on an unmade ancient drover’s road...
A dramatic child’s bedroom makeover in a day – the Dulux Bedroom In A Box Marvel Avengers. It’s officially Awesome.
Well, that was the challenge from Dulux, using their Bedroom In A Box Marvel Avengers. No.3 son has been living in our spare room for four years now. The only modifications we did to make it ‘his’ were a few space stickers and some pictures on the wall: it really was time that he had his own look. When Dulux promised we could do it in one day, we were sceptical… but thought it would be worth a try. The day...
Summer’s coming – Energy Saving in warmer weather.
I always think Energy saving in winter is a bit obvious – turn the heating down, use thick curtains, batch cook on wholesome family meals. but in the summer, none of those things really apply do they? With the warmer weather approaching (*eyes the rain hammering at the window and crosses fingers it IS coming…*) I’ve been thinking about this a lot. Once the house basics are done – insulation, double glazing etc...
Saving time, saving money. Is there really anyone who doesn’t need more of either?
As you know we’ve been working with E.ON on a series of interesting features – not just about saving the energy within your home, but saving the energy with YOU. Which is just as important. We’re all too busy making it through the week, aren’t we? There’s never a time when you actually strike the last thing off the To Do List, look around and think “oh, everything’s done! I think I’ll go...
Heating Your House – room by room.
We were really lucky when we bought our house 20 years ago – the previous owner had been a Gas engineer, and we had a seriously good heating system already installed. We actually have thermostat controls for both upstairs and downstairs, which we’ve always loved, allowing us to just heat the parts of the house we’re using. Once the children are all tucked up in bed at night, there is absolutely no need for...
Remote, secluded, Banlicken – remember the holidays we used to have?
The final leg of our Scottish Road Trip for One Off Places was way over off the West Coast of Scotland, on to the Isle of Arran. The ferry itself is almost an hour’s crossing on a surprisingly big car ferry – the cost for us was over £60 each way, as it’s £31 for the car, plus £5 per person (there’s no benefit in a return price ticket unless you’re going back within 5 days; which is no use to...