If you want to take better family photographs or if you know that you are not quite happy with the photographs that you have now because the angles or the lighting is not right then try and tweak a few things to make improvements. Getting the right technique can really help you out a lot but at the end of…
You don’t have to completely redecorate your whole room to give it a fresh look, people who constantly redecorate their homes either have a lot more money or a lot more free time than me, and as I have neither of those things in abundance here are three easy things I do to refresh the look of a room when…
While home improvements are intended to make your home better (hence the name), they aren’t without their problems. When home improvement projects go wrong, they can cause severe damage to your home that could end up costing you more time and money. Image credit The key to successful home improvement projects is planning, and if you’re sensible about things…
Are you ready to move out of the neighbourhood and into a different one? Whether you are staying in the same city and state or moving across the country, you may want to part ways with your current home now that you have found a new and beautiful place to live. Your old place may be a treasure to someone…
We had a pretty busy week this week, with daily swimming lessons for both children every afternoon. We signed them up to an intensive course at a little local pool just up the road and I am so glad we did as they’ve both come on loads in just a week – when they started they couldn’t swim at all…
image source If you are looking for some fun ways to make your living room a little bit more interesting and unique this weekend, there are actually plenty of things you can do. You don’t have to spend days and days working on the living room to make it look great, you can spend just a few hours on…
A couple of days overdue and with no ‘proper’ photos, just a selection of my favourite photos of these two tinkers together over the last month! And together they have been, though not always in perfect harmony! Now that they’re both in school/preschool five days a week it really shows in their behaviour when they are together 24/7 as they…
When you live alone, decorating your home is a relatively easy process as you only have to take your own wants and needs into account, so keeping everyone happy is far from a challenge. Unfortunately, when you have a family, it’s not quite so simple. You have to consider ideas from every person living in your home and do your…
We spent last weekend being very chilled out in a field, and in the woods! We’d been invited to Chilled in a Field festival, and it was both the kids’ and Sam’s first ever weekend festival experience, and the perfect introduction. Chilled in a Field is a small family friendly festival that takes place in the grounds of Bentley Wildfowl and…
This year we’re working with Yazoo as #Shaketesters, trying out their No Added Sugar drinks (Skip to the bottom for a mega giveaway!) and last week they sent us to Chessington World of Adventures for a summer day trip and we had a blast! Thankfully the weather was a lot cooler on the day we picked to go at 24…
Thailand is one of the world’s great tourist destinations, and there are plenty of reasons why this is the case. It attracts more and more visitors every year, and even though it is starting to get crowded during the peak months, don’t let this put you off from visiting this incredible Southeast Asian wonderland. If you needed any more convincing,…
We’re half way through the Summer holidays! This past week has been the first week we were at home all week too and it was so nice to just catch up on the washing, the post, and enjoy being at home a bit! We have been out and about of course – picking the two days it rained of course,…