I took the girls on a very mini mini break yesterday, to visit our family at beautiful Botelet, to ride ponies with their cousins, sleep in a yurt, enjoy some peace and quiet and just generally escape. I took some photos and wanted to share with you, as it’s been so long since I felt…
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End of School Year Gift Guide.
It’s been quite the school year and our Teachers, TAs, Nursery Staff and everyone who has been taking care of our children deserve a treat. Yes, that absolutely includes the full time Homeschoolers, the parents/ support bubbles, everyone who has contributed to and been affected by such a tumultuous “normal life”. I’m the daughter of…
Garden Makeover Phase 2 – Creating a Hardwood Deck
Yesterday on the blog I shared with you the before the deck stuff, how our garden has evolved, what process I went through to get to the point of choosing to have a real wood deck built for us, who we had chosen to employ to build it for us and lots more besides. If…
Garden Makeover Phase 2 – Making a Plan
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 of money to just tackle everything all at…
Making a Mud Kitchen for free.
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 we had lying…
IKEA IVAR Interior Inspiration.
Hello! I won’t dwell on the fact that, once again, it’s been a very long time since I wrote in this space, that just seems to be the way of things for now. Moving swiftly on (very pleased to see you here)… At the weekend, over on my Instagram Stories, I was discussing the storage…
How to Decorate Cakes the Easy Way.
Cake. The highlight of a celebration, the centre piece, the main event but also quite often the biggest cause of stress and frustration. I have a long standing habit of placing pressure on myself about things that noone else particularly cares about. It’s a personality trait I have come to live with and thankfully, over…
Creating a Simple Floral Hanging Wreath + Styling a Lockdown Birthday.
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 little creature and would honestly be happy with anything,…
Boat House Escape with Pengelly Retreat, Cornwall.
I’ve just arrived home after a little weekend escape and would love to share this beautiful place with you… Earlier in the year Pengelly Retreat got in contact and asked if Stu and I would like to run away down west and enjoy a few nights in their Boat House. Naturally our answer was hell…
Moodboarding my Scandinavian Inspired Living Room Refresh.
I can’t help but change things about in our home, fiddle, seek out the better layout, if you’ve been around these parts a while you may have already worked that out. This said, it isn’t all just change for the sake of change (something I’ve definitely heard my husband mutter under his breath, the cheek!)…