Page 3 - The Seasonal Home

During the inbetween time of Christmas and New Year, after the sheer madness of seasonal retail at my shop, I really needed some quiet, slow home days.

My mind and body were craving the kind of pyjama clad, woodburner warmed, cup of tea and cake fueled...

Our Yellow Balau deck is one of the most popular aspects of our home and so many readers want to know how it was made, whether wood decking is slippery and how it has weathered. Here's what you need to know about creating a hardwood deck.

Yesterday on...

4 years ago we began overhauling our garden, the building work for the extension had left it rather battered, though it had never been much to brag about before that point if I'm honest.

Our home is developing over time, we've never had a big lump sum...

We've had a mud kitchen in the garden since the girls were really young, they used to have a bath in it when we came home from a day at the beach. Stu knocked it together from a sink I picked up, for free, on Facebook Marketplace and some scraps of wood...

Nancy, my eldest, turned 9 yesterday and faced with Lockdown restricted celebrations for the girl who talks about her birthday from the very day after her last one, I wasn't sure how she would feel about it all. This said, she is also the most understanding...