5 Secrets to a Tidy kids bedrooms. No, really!
In my lo-o-o-ong years as a parent, a few sadly reliable facts have come to pass into my understanding. A child’s enjoyment in a meal is inversely proportional to the amount of time you spent preparing it (ready in 15 minutes? They’ll love it). When they go quiet is when there’s trouble brewing. Standing on a lego brick is the most excruciating pain you will experience. Kneeling on one is even worse. Cup colour...
New Competition – Win a Beautiful £460 Double Bed with Carpetright!
The Sleep Council has declared this month Sleeptember, did you know? Anyone who’s ever had a newborn knows that sleep isn’t just a night-time filler. It’s an absolute essential to every part of your body and brain. Like proper nutrition and exercise, sleep keeps us healthy (and happy… I am Mrs Grumpy from grump street if I’m short on sleep). Sleep helps our bodies stay fit and keeps our brains sharp. But...
It’s #FixItFriday – and your challenge this weekend is to freshen up the walls!
We’ve been astounded by the popularity of our recent #TinyRoomMakeover – it seems we’re not the only ones who have struggled with what to do with a really tiny child’s bedroom. So we’re really excited to be working with Homebase over the next few weeks on a new series, called #FixItFriday. This isn’t about the complete dramatic makeover of rooms – this is all about a quick fix, and how a...
The Tiny Bedroom Makeover – it’s the Grand Reveal!
As regular readers know, we’ve been hard at work the last week on our Tiny Bedroom Makeover, creating a total transformation in our 7yr old daughters’ L-shaped tiny shoebox bedroom. You can follow all the Tiny Bedroom Makeover posts here, but this is the end result. And we’re a bit pleased with how it finally turned out… Remember – this is where we began. Green walls, still in her cotbed, no storage,...