Showers are changing and improving all the time. So, if you haven’t upgraded yours for years, it might be time to do so. Here are some things to take into consideration. Choose the Type of Shower You have to think about the style and the practical considerations of the shower you buy. If you want […]
Easy bathroom cleaning
Like lots of busy parents, cleaning the bathroom is not top of my list of weekly priorities, but it still needs doing at some point. Cleaning the shower can be quite tricky and I often find it easier to physically be in the shower to get it really clean. The downside of this is that […]
How to get through 266 pages of ‘Woman and Home’ each month
So your monthly magazine subscription lands on the door mat and you smile and think relaxing thoughts, picturing a scene a bit like this: How lovely it will be to lock yourself away in the bathroom and browse the 266 pages of loveliness, just like you did during your first pregnancy, except it was a […]
Keeping your family safe at home
Do you know how to keep your family safe at home? We can see many dangers around our homes: hot taps; pans; cookers; water; stairs; cleaning products…and yes even LEGO but there is one home danger we can’t see or even smell – Carbon Monoxide. Gas Safety Week is an annual safety week to raise […]
Money saving tips for families: part fifteen
Welcome to part fifteen of our money saving tips for families series. Are you energy aware? Do you know how to save energy and the key areas you may loose energy in your home? I quite like the idea of solar panels, although we don’t currently have these, and I do also think that sometimes […]
Building your dream house
When I was 8 my parents purchased a plot of land in the southwest of France with the intention of building a house. It had been a dream of theirs for a few years to restore somewhere old, but after searching for some time, they were unable to find something suitable in their price range. […]
Caring for your leather
Quite a few of our every day items at home are leather. I’m talking sofas, dining chairs and the big bed everyone piles on for a movie night. I definitely think that leather has its advantages with children around. Most of the time it just wipes clean. There just isn’t the same constant scrubbing required […]
Can green clean?
What is your approach to washing up? Do you wash by hand or have a dishwasher? If you wash by hand, do you have a set washing up liquid that you buy or do you just buy whatever is on offer? We do have a dishwasher but there are quite a few things that we […]