The Tots 100 Home Club with Homebase

I was a bit astonished to get an email from The Sally of Tots 100 Fame asking if I would like to be an inaugural member of the newly-formed Tots 100 Home Club. Then I was astonished to discover that the super people at Homebase would give me £100 with which to perform some home-related wizardry. [...]

Ikea Hack: rug into butterfly meadow

In order to smooth the transition from having a bedroom to herself to sharing it with her little sister, I wrecklessly promised LBG that we could redecorate. In true LBG style she has been giving it considerable thought and decreed that there must be butterflies. And some other stuff, but mainly butterflies. As I have [...]

How to fill a large wall space

finished plate-covered wall

I briefly mentioned the dining room when talking about our resident seagull a few days ago. Keith inhabits one wall of the room, which has changed quite a lot in the past few months: the alcove shelving has been built, the walls have been painted (Farrow and Ball Chinese Blue in case you are curious) [...]

Stain removal

In the first flushes of real love DH and I moved in together. To be more precise, DH decided he quite liked me, bought a house, then just assumed I’d said yes to moving in because he’d had the conversation so many times in his head. I didn’t have anything better to do, so went [...]