New Stationery!

New Stationery!

So I came home today, after not being allowed in our house for the whole day, while my dad worked on a wall, to Mr L giving me this… Now it was supposed to be a Christmas present, but it came a lot smaller than …

Rocking Chair Reading Nook Part 2

Rocking Chair Reading Nook Part 2

A while ago I blogged about the reading nook that had slowly developed in our house, and how I wanted to upcycle the rocking chair and make this into a gorgeous area for the boys. Last week I finally got around to doing this while …

Day Two – Decorating Nightmare

Day Two – Decorating Nightmare

So the decorating status has moved from hell to nightmare. Today all the lounge walls have been painted and the ceiling has been repainted. But we still have a long way to go. Tomorrow the walls need another coat, and it looks like we need …

Decorating Hell

Decorating Hell

Tonight I am sat on the floor in my lounge, with a lino that isn’t stuck down, because the kinks need to settle down and it all needs to become flat. With just the TV connected and the piano in the room. Welcome to the …

Bureau Love Number Two

Bureau Love Number Two

I have always loved Bureaux, and my love of them has led to our house having a lot of them over the years. I brought my first one when I was pregnant with Baba in 2008 and in 2012 it got a massive revamp, which …

Diary Love

Diary Love

Anyone who knows me knows that I love diaries, and stationery in general. I love writing lists, and had a try a while ago at Bullet Journalling, but also loves diaries, and writing things in on a daily basis. For many years I used a …

No Time

No Time

Time seems to be passes me by at the moment, everyday I seem to be massively busy, however by the end of the evening I don’t seem to have done anything massive. I am constantly running around doing things, but nothing seems to ever get …

Upcycling a Kitchen Unit

Upcycling a Kitchen Unit

These last few weeks we have been decorating the kitchen, and redesigning the whole look of the room, ready for the move from a walled downstairs to an open plan downstairs. We brought most of the kitchen from Ikea, and we love it, but there …

Trying to Get Organised

Trying to Get Organised

I am not an organised person, I try to be, but it is not a natural thing. I am ok with certain things, but nothing ever seems to be truly organised and I would love to have an organised house, organised paper work, and just …

2015 Is About…

2015 Is About…

2012 our whole year revolved around loosing Rhianna Lily. 2013 our whole year revolved around hiding Boo’s pregnancy and being just a tad stressed. 2014 our whole year revolved around the wedding! 2015 is all about the house, garden and studying. We have been in …