Ad | I received the Boutique Silk Duvet and Boutique Silk Pillows from The Fine Bedding Company for an honest and fair review for the purposes of this post. All words are my own. The Best Sleep Experience With The Fine Bedding Company If there’s one thing we’ve personally missed these past couple of years, it has to be spending a night away in the comfort of a hotel where everything is just as it should be AND you realise you’ve had the best night’s sleep you’ve had in a long time. It’s often an experience like this, that you suddenly realise your old duvet and pillows at home, are lacking i ..read more

When it comes to updating our bathrooms and/or smaller cloakrooms, the humble functional wash basin doesn’t ordinarily get the creative juices flowing. The most you’ll likely give due consideration to will be the size and shape. In fact, you’ll probably spend more time choosing taps because let’s face it that’s about as exciting as it ordinarily gets. That could all be about to change! I thought I’d share with you my exciting new discovery of The Way We Live London. They’re a new company established last year. And they’re all about elevating the basin to be the star of your bathroom or cloakr ..read more

The promise of brighter, sunnier days are upon us in so many ways that it feels only fitting to make our outdoor spaces (no matter how small or large) more welcoming and inviting to others as well as ourselves. It feels like forever since last years glorious weather and it definitely feels great to embrace the outdoors once again. So with that in mind, I thought I’d put together some easy styling tips for your garden seating areas. I’ve styled up mine in our cottage garden in readiness to entertain and rejoice in the company of others. Easy Styling Tips For Your Garden Seating Areas Now life ..read more

If you were one of those that didn’t spend last year getting your DIY on, you may have reached that point of realisation where staring at those walls really won’t change your dated decor or, indeed, get things done. Just think with Spring just around the corner, now is as good a time as any to give your home a quick and easy update. Especially as we’ll all be looking to enjoy more outdoor activities having spent what seems like the longest winter ever in lockdown. If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to update your decor, that’s on trend, today’s post may just be for you. On Trend Easy ..read more

Ad| This post contains gifted and pr discounted items. Kicking off the New Year with my long overdue cottage living room makeover that’s seen a bit of modern vintage glamour thrown at it. It’s been a work in progress for most of last year which saw us stepping out of our comfort zone on lots of different levels. It has, I’m pleased to say, been worth every moment. Ready to take a look around… Our English Cottage Modern Vintage Glam Living Room Makeover – The Before… Having bought our thatched cottage just over a year ago, we have been slowing renovating and bringing back some much needed ch ..read more

If there ever was a home that inspired you to pick up the paintbrush and add a splash of colour and pattern to your homes, it has to be today’s home tour of Saara McLoughlin. Saara aka @saara_mcloughlin was our @eclectically_made winner last month over on Instagram and is definitely one to follow. Ready to have a look around her fabulous home… Colour & Pattern Filled Eclectic Home – Saara McLoughlin About Saara McLoughlin Born in Finland, Saara has lived in Ireland for over half of her lifetime. She has two gorgeous daughters Ella and Lilli, husband Mike and their new kitten Cinder. I’m ..read more

A little treat for your tables with a seasonal pumpkin floral table centre today. With our mainly staying home during these worrying times, it makes sense to brighten up our days don’t you think? I do love a quick and easy design you can create yourself and this one takes little to no time at all. How To Make An Easy Pumpkin Floral Table Centre To be honest, I’ve never really gotten into the whole Halloween decor thing with our home. It’s probably due to the fact that our eldest son was born on Halloween and we wanted it to always be about his experience rather than a commercial one. The mos ..read more

Life at our cottage has been pretty hectic with our living room in full makeover mode. I did want to share with you part of this rooms journey though as it also forms a little update to our garden room which you may recall we redecorated last November. BEFORE: Our white UPVC doors in our garden room stood out like a sore thumbHow To Paint UPVC Doors Easily – Frenchic Paint We have two sets of double patio doors made from UPVC in our garden room one of which you gain access to our living room, the other is to my study. We were planning on replacing them as the white UPVC just wasn’t aesthetica ..read more

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AD: I received an AEG Mastery single Oven for purposes of a review from AO to showcase the SenseCook and Pyrolytic Cleaning features. This year has been without a doubt a crazy one and you’ll probably have found that you’ve spent more time in the kitchen cooking than ever before. I know I have. And, as someone who has always encouraged my children to learn the basics when it comes to cooking, our teenage son wanted to explore different cooking methods too. AEG Mastery Oven Review with Appliances Online – The Oven that Tells You when Your Food is Cooked to Perfection If like us, you have an o ..read more