Unsurprisingly, football is considered the UK’s most followed sport, with stadiums attracting thousands of life-long fans every year. However, considering this season’s Premier League will last from 13th August 2016 – 21st May 2017, did you know that if you watched all 380 matches, you’d be spending 570 hours; which equates to 24 days, merely […]
Dining room ideas for families
When you have children, designing a dining room that works for the entire family can be a little challenging. After all, children can be messy, but you still want to have a sophisticated and inviting dining room that you can use to host all of your guests. Keep reading for a few dining room design […]
Home security during the festive season
The festive season is fast approaching. Who has warmed up the mulled wine yet? Or maybe you are all about the gingerbread lattes? Soon we will be getting out the decorations, putting up the Christmas trees, making gingerbread houses and wrapping gifts to festive tunes. Children have begun rehearsals for Christmas plays and concerts and […]
Winning In Winter: Is Your Home Ready For The Colder Seasons?
Halloween and Guy Fawkes night have been and gone. The clocks have changed, and the shops are packed with Christmas decorations. There’s no other way to put this than in the words of House Stark: Winter is coming. If you’re home isn’t ready, now is the time to act. Perfecting your home for the colder […]
Clever Ways To Squeeze A Little Extra Space Into Your Small Bathroom
Do you find that, no matter how large your home, you’re still short of space? We tend to expand into the space around us, despite the size of the rooms, and this is particularly true of the bathroom. With the number of appliances we use, our toiletries and towels, there’s never enough room to store […]
All things Christmas
Like it or not Christmas is coming. We’ve had a few Christmassy things on the blog already and last week I saw the dreaded Christmas takeover in the supermarket when I dived in with the little ones to grab two things I’d missed off my online shopping order. Once the children spotted all the Christmas […]
4 films to watch with your children this Halloween
Halloween is almost here now and there is no better excuse for a movie night than Halloween. I have to say that I’m not a huge fan of scary movies, so the family ones are a bit more up my street. It’s a great time to huddle up as a family for your very own […]
Trick OR Treat: Etiquette Guide
Halloween will soon be here and the streets will be crawling with Trick or Treaters. As a child I only remember going once, with some neighbours one year. Our children have been a couple of times and loved it, but as where we live now is not really practical for walking around in the dark, […]