A lifestyle blog
All things related to our home and garden are here. We are always making plans or talking about what we do next in the garden or around the house so those posts can be found here!
How to make sure you’re sleeping better Sleep is the key to health and happiness but for many of us it is often hard to get several hours of shut-eye. Here are seven of the best tips to ensure that you have the best sleep that you can. Stick to a sleep schedule Set aside no more than eight hours for sleeping each night, but remember that It is
I don’t know what possessed me to attack our kitchen cupboards last weekend but something did. I can’t even claim that I had bought a new labelling machine and had found a determination to use it because we have had it for years. Saturday morning though and Mr B came downstairs to find the contents of our kitchen cupboards all over the table. And when I say the contents
Roomba If Elizabeth Barrett Browning had a Roomba then Sonnet 43 might have read like this: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee for relieving me of the plight Of carpet cleaning that you get just right For your gentle whirring and idle grace. I love thee at 11am every day’s As you do your deed, come rain or shine. I love thee freely,
I know it says they are for rubbish but when I saw the Sort and Go range from Brabantia I knew I had to use them for something else: storage. Out utility room has a habit of turning into a dumping ground and since we took the door off it I can no longer close the door and pretend it isn’t happening. Seeing it everytime I walk out of
Buying appliances the Miele way I am big fan of experiences. Not only are they great fun but they create fabulous memories. I think we have been through the Red Letter Day’s catalogue and done most of them between us, everything from driving experiences to wine tastings to photography days. What I have never done though, is visit an experience centre. Well not unless you count that indoor
New Bedrooms — AD When C mentioned recently that she was moving into a flat with her boyfriend there was a mix of emotion in our house. She was clearly excited about this rite of passage in her life, finally having a place to call her own. Whereas I was sad that my first born was flying the coop (here is the post I wrote about it at the time: