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How to have a Relaxing Holiday with a Baby

Going on holiday with me is no mean feat. I’m not exactly calm and collected about stepping out of my comfort zone. The adventurer in me got lost a long time ago and left a worrier in its place. Now I’m one of those people who turns up at the airport two hours before the two hours you’re meant to. You know, just to be on the safe side (what if the car breaks down/taxi doesn’t arrive/we forget our passports/a sinkhole opens up and swallows our suitcases? We won’t be standing around trying on sunglasses and buying everything we forgot… Read More

Cox and Cox Lighting

Light up and Make a Statement

I always regret playing it safe. In my head it goes, “go on. Let’s be brave this time and do something awesome. But hang on a minute, what if it isn’t awesome? What if, actually you’re just trying to be different for difference sake and really you should just do what everyone else is doing because you’re not an interior designer and you’ll probably end up just messing it up and everyone will think you’re stupid” My inner monologue turns a simple decorating decision into a life-defining moment. It can escalate pretty quickly up in my head. I’m so dramatic…. Read More

DIY Parquet table with Prettypeg Legs

Easy Build DIY Parquet Table with Prettypeg Legs

Ollen has had many ‘firsts’ this month. He’s cut his first tooth, said his first word (yes, I’m counting mamamamama), crawled for the first time and had his first meal sat at a table. That last one doesn’t usually come in the set of baby milestones, but I was probably more excited than I should have been about the whole event. I’ve been working for months to make this happen. Ollen is at that lovely phase in which he either wants to be held or rolling under the sofa, so getting any work done is tricky, let alone woodwork, which involves… Read More

How to Make this DIY Macrame Tote Bag using Jute

I’ve always loved these string style shopping bags. What better way to show off how healthy you are than letting the world see your fruit and veg haul. Just make sure you hide the junk food in a fabric tote right! But seriously, anything which helps me remember to take my reusable bags to the supermarket is a win. I crocheted myself one in the classic style a few years ago and I use regularly. As this was such a success I thought I’d try it again. This time putting a spin on the bag by using a macrame knotting… Read More

Five ways to style a sideboard | @fallfordiy

Five Ways to Style a Beautiful Sideboard

They say when you first move into a house wait for one year before you renovate the kitchen. After living in our house for over a year I couldn’t agree more. In fact I’d take it even further and say it applies to more in the kitchen. It actually applies to your whole home. In the first year we made big differences to a lot of the rooms, but we’re not even halfway there yet. When we first moved in I was in such a rush to get the living and dining areas finished. I wanted to enjoy this part of… Read More

DIY Easy Dining Bench

I love this trend of having a bench one side of the dining table and chairs the other, and it’s not just because I only have two dining chairs (that are currently getting their own makeover). I feel like a bench brings people together more, literally and figuratively. Sitting on a bench there is no gap or arm rest separating you from the person next to you. And while the bench makes us closer physically, putting a bench on one side of the table also makes it feel more lived in. Like it’s less important that everything matches. We don’t need… Read More

DIY Cabinet Upcycle with ALDI

DIY Cabinet Upcycle with ALDI for Teenage Cancer Trust

There’s nothing more pleasing than a really great upcycle. I love creating these projects for a number of reasons. It’s great for the environment, even better for your bank balance and while you’re at it you are scoring some serious creativity points with yourself. But the best thing about a great upcycle project is that you finally put all those hours spent browsing Pinterest to good use. Meaning you can totally justify a little more time Pinning (including this post of course!) My upcycled projects usually come out of either being unable to find exactly what I’m looking for, or… Read More

DIY Paper Floral Mobile | @fallfordiy

DIY Paper Floral Mobile with Hobbycraft

This post has been sponsored by Hobbycraft. All words and opinions are my own. Not knowing whether Ollen was going to be a girl or a boy meant we didn’t go for a classic, boy or girl room for him. But we also didn’t want to stick to ‘neutral’ colours for his bedroom. I wanted his room to be a hideaway for him. A safe place in the world, full of wonder and imagination. I’m sure as he gets older he’ll want more traditionally ‘boy’ elements in his room (or maybe not – we’ll leave that for him to decide)… Read More

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