family life & travels
As a nation, we love to improve our homes. A recent study tells us that a massive 73% of homeowners in the UK have made improvements to their homes within the last 5 years, spending over £41 billion in total over that time. Around 39 per cent have plans to redecorate in future too. Redecorating
It seems like the heatwave, or what most countries like to call, summer, is well and truly over. It has felt so autumnal of late, hasn’t it? Last night it was even dark when it was time for the kids to go to bed. Who would have thought? That and the cooler temperatures make it
The Danish word ‘hygge’ has been a bit of a buzzword of late, in particular last year. Pronounced’ hoo-ga, it has connotations of all things comfortable and cosy, so naturally, is normally associated with winter. Becuase when you think about getting cosy, it is all about getting snug in a blanket, with the fire on,
Summer seems to have well and truly disappeared, and now it’s time to fold away our shorts and t-shirts for another year. Some people find replacing the flip flops for their winter boots a little depressing, but there is so much to look forward too this season, as we embrace the falling leaves and the
I remember writing a journal when I was younger of the day to day things that we did. I recorded when we went swimming or what I had done that day. A very basic run through of my day, but it must have been noteworthy to little eight or nine year old me. When I
