How to Create the Ultimate Space Bedroom for your Child Recently, space themes have had a huge rebirth when it comes down to our children’s bedrooms. I think it must be the re-emergence of the latest Toy Story film. I can’t seem to go anywhere without seeing children on days out carrying a Buzz Lightyear in their toy backpack! Yet, it’s not always easy to think of ideas on how to create a space-inspired bedroom. Surely there’s something better than […]

Small rooms: how do I make them look bigger? If you live in the classic 30’s semi, then you’ll be all too familiar with the annoying small bedroom. If it’s not the bedroom for the unlucky sibling, it’s used as an ‘office’ where things mainly get dumped in. This is usually because it’s just not as appealing as the lovely, spacious open plan room downstairs. However, if you follow some of these tips then there’s no reason it can’t be […]

Childcare.co.uk! There’s a scene in the film ‘Jack and Sarah’ (one of my most favourite films of all time’ where newly widowed dad Jack (Richard E. Grant), is trying to find a nanny for his newborn baby daughter so that he can go back to work. The scene is incredibly funny as he interviews unsuitable nanny after unsuitable nanny in a bid to not make the wrong decision – because as a parent you will know, finding someone else, someone […]

Laundryheap! Other mums will get this… Every single day I do a specific chore in my house, yet despite the relentlessness of it being done daily, it doesn’t ever get finished. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY! I am, of course, talking about the blinking laundry and I never, ever find the bottom of the pile – do you?! Occasionally I think I might get to the bottom with a bit of a frenzy on the old washing machine assault but it doesn’t […]

Should I arrange for an inspection on my used car? Being confident in a used car is not always easy. When you buy a new car you are buying one that is fresh, that is new and that hasn’t been driven by anybody else. However, when you buy a used car, there is going to be possible faults and issues that you might not even know about. Unless you are a mechanic, it can be hard to spot whether there […]

Ear Care! Two year’s ago when on holiday in Menorca Florence had some ear issues which were extremely painful. Perhaps all the swimming we were doing had contributed but a build up of wax was discovered by the doctor on site who cleaned her ears and within minutes the pain had eased. We were all quite amazed and relieved as ear pain is just horrid, it’s not something you can ever forget about and absolutely takes over how you feel […]

Florence’s 10th Birthday Slumber Party! This year for Florence’s party we said it had to be something quite small and as we are on a bit of a budget right now we needed it to be done on a shoestring. She decided upon a sleepover party which is ace as no venue to hire or outside entertainment to pay for but I still wanted it to be really special for her. I’d seen lots of sleepover party companies on Instagram […]

How to Modernise Your Home & Garden on a Budget Many homeowners want to find ways that they can modernise their home but worry what the costs might be. While it certainly can cost a lot to make modern upgrades to the home and garden, that is not to say that it cannot be done on a budget as there are lots of cost-effective improvements that you can make to revitalise the home. Improve Curb Appeal One of the best […]

Top tips for travelling on the train around London with the kids Ah yes, families and trains. Not necessarily two things that work seamlessly together, yet we still like to mix them fairly often. The thing is: trains are useful. They get you where you need to be on the cheap and you don’t need to worry about stuff like who’s driving or hitting traffic. That makes them pretty good for a nice family day out. The other thing, though, […]

New Year, New Me! I wrote just the other day all about our lovely Christmas and the birthdays – in our house the celebrations seem never ending – and we had the best time. BRILLIANT in fact! By the end, when we saw in the New Year with great friends, I knew some lovely memories had been made and felt replete in that. We enjoyed every second from the minute the kids broke up for the holidays, to the day […]