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Posted by alicejcollyer on March 14, 2016January 25, 2018

A few months ago Unique Home Stays asked me if I would be interested in writing an article for their Interior Inspiration Guest Blog and of course I said yes. The properties they manage and advertise throughout the country are inspirational and what holiday dreams are made of.

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Hi there Easter holidays, you sure did come around

Hi there Easter holidays, you sure did come around awfully quick, didn't you!

Kind of glad to not have to think about packed lunches and school runs for 2 weeks now/ freaking out about how I'm going to get the @aliceinscandilandshop back up and running in time for opening, with 2 little people in tow.
Hope you're all well?
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Hi to everyone who's still left around these parts

Hi to everyone who's still left around these parts, there was a mass exodus after I set some boundaries in my stories a few days ago. That was an interesting 24 hours, it felt a bit like a Spring clean and that can't be a bad thing I'm sure.
The short version is let's get back to saying please and thank you on here again, shall we? It's fun to share and chat, but sometimes, a small minority seem to forget there's a real person behind the photos.
I'll be saving the long version to my highlights soon.
I started the deck blog a few weeks ago, then returned to carry on yesterday, only to find it hadn't saved!
I'll start again very soon, I WILL have it written before the @aliceinscandilandshop reopens.
For now, if you're new around these parts, please take a look at my Deck highlights, at the top of my page, where you'll find more information about it.
This shot was from last August, I'm so excited for the beds to fill out again, I take a look out there every day and so much is going on 🙌🏻
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In the depths of Winter I begin to pick apart our

In the depths of Winter I begin to pick apart our decision to stay put in our house, to not follow the trend to try to buy bigger, my feelings of being settled start to fray a little at the seams.
But it's around this time of the year, as the doors stay open a little longer each day, that we all collectively breath out.
The niggling feelings about a lack of space diffuse, we can each spread out a little more and our home and choices make much more sense for our family once again.
Does anyone else have mixed feelings about their home, depending on the seasons?
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I spent some quiet moments here today, a new playl

I spent some quiet moments here today, a new playlist drifting out from the house, recipe book and cup of tea in hand, just absorbing the calm.
Everything is so urgent for me right now, so many work related things that are piling on the stress, it's important to take a step out of all of that, even if it's just a brief garden escape.
I need to remember to do this more often, throughout the week and am going to be working on building better boundaries for myself.
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I'm feeling incredibly grateful to be safe and war

I'm feeling incredibly grateful to be safe and warm at home with my family this weekend. The last week has been a lot, hasn't it, for so many complicated reasons, such a heavy weight of emotions.
Lots of love to you all.
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I blinked and it was Friday. Is anyone else wonder

I blinked and it was Friday.
Is anyone else wondering how the hell we're supposed to fit everything we used to do into a standard week going forwards?
I mean, it's physically impossible, someone's played around with time surely?!
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Garden details... This Cedar Clad side of the shed

Garden details...
This Cedar Clad side of the shed is definitely one of my most favourite details in the garden and we've decided to carry it on around to the back fence.
I've given myself the winter to think about it, initially I wasn't 100% convinced as I was worried it might feel odd with the Cedar + fence ending and seeing sky above. You don't see many shingle fences, but I'm also keen not to have too many differing materials competing for attention, so we're going for it.
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Returning to school like whoop! whoop! . . . . . #

Returning to school like whoop! whoop!
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All change. I've lost count of how many different

All change.
I've lost count of how many different versions this part of the house has been through, but that's the beauty of this space, different times of the year and different goings on require different setups.
Today I very gladly got rid of the old computer and desk we've had here for the last however long, a temporary schooling setup I'm not sorry to see the back of. The girls go back to school on Monday ♡
The focus for this space now is to feel connected with outside, so we can watch Spring come to life, as the flower bed that hugs this corner bursts into growth.
I absolutely adore that it feels as though the internal floor continues to outside, pulling the eye out in different directions.
I sat here earlier and watched a Bluetit do a RightMove tour of the garden, checking out all the bird boxes we have, deciding which one has the best outlook, which would make the best family home and who their neighbours may be.
》head to my blog and search "How To Extend..." if you want to learn more about our extension.
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A day of many differing parts. My morning was spen

A day of many differing parts.
My morning was spent trying to appeal to Facebook, who have banned my accounts (Instagram + FB) from ever being able to run paid Ads ever again, their conclusion was jog on. A painful reminder we are not in charge around here.
I followed this by an afternoon tour of 3 local Garden Centres with my girls, where we got a bit spendy (I completely blame Facebook for this, I may send them the bill) and treated ourselves to some beautiful new plants. Sunday is planting day and we can't wait.
Then hunger related anger kicked in with said children and we were no longer friends. Then I failed to cook the meal I've been attempting to cook for 3 days, because I STILL haven't managed to buy all the ingredients. It's only Macaroni Cheese ffs!!
I've decided to drink a bottle Mud House Sauv Blanc Rose (my new crush) instead of attempt another dinner (the children can have porridge + a multivit, that's a balanced meal right?!) and I'm caring a lot less about most things now.
Wine is good.
Apparently today was our last day of schooling from home. We forgot to join in, hey ho!
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Luckily for me, thick layers of dust don't seem to

Luckily for me, thick layers of dust don't seem to show up in photos.
Who on earth's got time to clean these days?!!

> many of the details featured are from the @aliceinscandilandshop and Nancy's beautiful bed was part of a previous collab with @mosnox_kids
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I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a weekend

I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a weekend so much, usually I'd struggle to tell the days apart, as I don't consciously give myself a day off from work, but this week I've stepped away from the emails and to-do list and been much more present in the right now.
This sunshine has really got me feeling all kinds of wonderful and the motivation I've been missing for quite some time has begun to return.
Have you felt a boost to your mood too? Is it weather related do you think, or the fact school starts again very soon?!
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Today I went out into the garden to tidy a few thi

Today I went out into the garden to tidy a few things and ended up being out there for over 6 hours.
My back is aching, my hands are filthy and dry but I feel incredibly happy.
Clearly this photo is not now, things are still sleeping at the moment, the ground looks a bit bleak, but I have spotted little fresh shoots: Aliums, Muscari, Peonies, Geum, Leucanthemums, the Forsythia in the hedge is in bud.
This photo was taken last summer, I remember having a similar feeling of contentment and pride then, for what we have created outside and for how it connects with our home.
I can't tell you how excited I am for Spring.
Head to my stories for my garden day.
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A little drop of garden life... . . . . . #howihom

A little drop of garden life...
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I haven't shown my face on the grid since Christma

I haven't shown my face on the grid since Christmas day, so in a rare quiet moment this afternoon I thought I'd correct that.
Hello!
I find it hard to coordinate looking at the camera and smiling and the self conscious part of me always tries to cover my chin and neck, but I still want to show up here from time to time.
So, what did I do with a rare few hours of silence and no children today?
Did I do all the work that I'm behind on?
Nope.
Did I clean and tidy?
Nope.
Did I cook a nice, nutritious meal for my family?
Nope.
Did I sit here, under a cosy blanket, looking at kitchen sinks, taps and drawer fronts?
Absolutely.
I did also do a few sessions on the @babbel app, as I'm attempting to learn Swedish!
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Pssst, don't tell anyone, but I'm planning some bi

Pssst, don't tell anyone, but I'm planning some big kitchen changes.
Part of the deal I made with myself, to embrace this house and the space that we have, despite it being *just* on the cusp of feeling a bit too small for our family, was to make every area work extra hard.
As time goes on, as the children grow and our needs change, so too does my understanding of what we will need from our home, to continue to live here for many years to come.
The kitchen, the largest room in the house, was updated approx 7 years ago on a serious budget, then again with a few cosmetic changes 3 years ago. The work was never to create THE kitchen, just to continue to keep it ticking over until the "one day kitchen" came around.
With the amount of time I am spending here at the moment, my mind has been working overtime on what I would like to create, spurred on by frustration and the need to make things more efficient, cleaner, more streamlined and functional.
The wonderful @my_designer_friend is helping me think the process through and come up with some plans, which I look forward to sharing with you on the blog in due course.
I don’t have an idea of time scales yet, until my path is set, but I'm excited to be addressing something that has bugged me for some time.
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Candles and carbs, a Sunday well spent. . . . . .

Candles and carbs, a Sunday well spent.
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I can't tell you how happy this view is making me

I can't tell you how happy this view is making me right now.
I declared the first day of half term a family blitz the house day, much to everyone else's delight. After many hours of cleaning and tidying, where *almost* everyone got involved, Eula did take herself off for a bath when I thought she was cleaning upstairs, but skivers aside, the house feels calmer than it has in a long while ♡
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Throwing it back to a white February gone by, beca

Throwing it back to a white February gone by, because 3 snowflakes got this pair rather excited earlier, but inevitably it amounted to nada.
How are you all getting on? I've been feeling a bit better this week, but only because we've let almost all ideas of official home learning slide out the window. It's the only way I've been able to get through some really stressful work stuff and that's totally ok in my book.
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Amongst the many feelings this current life brings

Amongst the many feelings this current life brings about, the most overwhelming one recently for me, despite having so much to try and keep on top of, with work, children, their school work, our day to day mental health, cast over the top of all of that has been a smothering blanket of unfulfillment.
I was wondering what it was the other day, I was searching for the right word to vocalise what was wrong and unfulfilled is absolutely it.

So today I stole away for a little while and made something for myself. I got my hands dirty, I stood at the potting bench and noticed small signs of Spring around me, forgotten about bulbs which have determinedly sprouted in their cast aside positions on shelves, the clean, fresh air...
It wasn't difficult and perhaps I only had forty minutes to luxuriate in the quiet thoughts in my head, the ones that are usually buried deep under the "let's just get through this hour/day/ week" mentality I have adopted recently, but I felt calmer than I have in a long while and it was very much needed.
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