A year or so before N was born I decided I wanted to get a decent shower put in the bathroom, and change it all to white. Duly done, although it’s still a little unfinished (no blind, no splashback on…
All parents will require a comprehensive DIY kit. When you have a child, you find yourself requiring all sorts of tool that you never thought you would need. Whether you are building a bookshelf to keep all their books in,…
My OH tells everyone I’m a hoarder. I don’t believe I am, because I do declutter every so often. More often for some items than others admittedly. But I do have a lot of stuff and there’s definitely not enough…
Before we decided to try for a baby, our life probably looked quite odd from the outside. Having a farmer husband didn’t really change my independence and life much because he worked all hours of the day during the summer and…
A few months ago I discovered the Konmari method of organisation and had to buy the book, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondo. I literally blitzed my way through it, in the hope that I’d be motivated…
I mentioned the other week that my brother and I had done a car boot sale. Neither of us had done one for a while, although I do occasionally drop in for a bit of a nosy round in case…
I always see amazing Sharpie crockery ideas on Pinterest and fancy making them. If you’re like me, you have tonnes of pins, and no time to actually make the item. But in the case of decorating mugs or plates with Sharpies,…
Someone once said “The kitchen is the heart of any home” and that’s certainly true of ours. I think with farms, that’s generally true across the board…definitely in all the farm houses of my friends and relations I’ve ever visited….
I’ve been de-cluttering quite a bit recently. Really, with the last 2-3 months not working, I really should have started it earlier. The craft drawers & boxes were first to be sorted out a couple of weeks ago, and now…
