It’s been a very busy week at number 69. In between working and… well, working, we’ve managed to make a start on fitting the kitchen units. There is a mega IKEA hack in the process and it is coming together rather nicely. For the first time in SIX YEARS we have a proper kitchen work […]
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Top 5 Tips For Styling an Outdoor Seating Area
This post is in collaboration with CALA Homes. As the Summer draws to an end, we enter into my favourite time of the year. That period spanning Summer and Autumn, where the weather is still warm and the nights are drawing in. This has always been my favourite time of the year to enjoy the […]
Five Things I Love This Week #11
After a very hectic week preparing for students’ returning to college, sitting down to type up my five favourite things is an absolute pleasure. In between the crap weather, we have been blessed with glorious light, which is the reason I couldn’t resist posting image five, even though I should really wait. Ah well. My […]
Five Things I Love #10: An Update
Hello folks! How have you all been? Once again, it’s been an age since my last post… such is life. The last couple of months have been busy and stressful with not much time to concentrate on bloggy stuff and doing the things that I love most. Well, with everything returning to ‘normal’, I felt […]
Top Tips For An Effortlessly Stylish Dining Table
This post is in collaboration with CALA Homes. I think it is fair to say, that we all need a distraction from what’s going on in the world right now… I know I certainly do. When I have any time to myself, I love to fill that time with positive plan-making; whether it’s big projects […]
Five Things I Love This Week #8
This is something I never thought I would have to type, but being in quarantine really doesn’t make it easy to find five things I love! So, this week’s post comes courtesy of a rummage in the attic, hours of internet browsing and a bad case of the wants. Again. French Flair I bought this […]
Five Things I Love This Week #7
In a world where everything has gone SO WEIRD, what we need is a bit of normality. So, escape the madness (and in some cases, monotony) and get lost in the five things that I’ve loved this week. Funnily enough, I haven’t found it hard to distract myself with pretty things this week… German Pottery […]
Five Things I Love This Week #6
Tiny Table Makeover Apologies for the delay in this week’s ‘Five Things’, the week seemed to run away from me and before I knew it, it was Thursday and I only had ‘Three Things’. Well, after my bout of flu, I felt that I needed a little project so took on a quick makeover of this […]
Five Things I Love This Week #5
I have a confession. Although I do genuinely love each ‘thing’ I’ve chosen to show you this week, they aren’t all genuinely from ‘this week’. It all started well, with a charity shop find and a brand new art work… then I got the flu. Not the ‘man flu’, but real flu. So, this week, […]
Five Things I Love This Week #4
Happy Friday folks! Well, it has been a busy week at No 69. With the extension seeing massive progress, it is finally beginning to feel like a part of the house. I’ve had a few jobs that I really should be doing but instead, chose to totally ignore these in favour of more enjoyable pursuits; […]