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Kids’ bedrooms: design tips for small spaces

September 26, 2019 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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Collaborative post As the season shifts into autumn, my home projects are also shifting focus from outdoors to indoors.  We’ve done so much work to our home in the last twelve months, including a major kitchen and garden renovation, so I definitely don’t have any big plans for the near future! That said, we do need to make some tweaks to our youngest’s bedroom, and this is my next interiors job to tackle. In my experience, kids’ ...

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Filed Under: Bedroom Tagged With: bed, Bedroom, Beds, Children, design tips, Interior Design, Kids, Lighting, storage

How to create your ideal bedroom ambience

July 19, 2019 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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Collaborative post There’s no other room in the home quite like the bedroom. It’s the place where we go to relax every day, and is often the room where we let our personality influence décor the most. However, striking the balance between personality and clutter can be a fine line. Since we spend nearly 34 years of our life in bed (yes, really!), creating the right bedroom environment is crucial. Here are some of the best ways to create a ...

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Filed Under: Bedroom Tagged With: Bedroom, Family, Family home, Home maintenance, Interiors, Lighting

Tips for maximising comfort and space in your bedroom

June 26, 2019 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post Does your bedroom feel spacious, calm and comfortable?  I’ll be honest, right now mine is full of clothes waiting to be put away, so it’s a bit of a mess! We spend around a third of our lives sleeping in our bedrooms, and it’s the main room where we try to relax and recharge, so it’s absolutely one of the most important rooms in the home.  As such, it makes sense to try and maximise the space you’ve got, as ...

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Filed Under: Bedroom Tagged With: Bedroom, Family home, Home, Interiors, storage

A foam mattress, but not as you know it: Leesa mattress review

December 12, 2018 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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How comfy is your mattress? I absolutely need a decent night’s sleep to function properly, so a good mattress is a must-have for me.  I’ve recently been trying out the Leesa mattress, to see how it delivers on comfort and support. We’ve had our Leesa mattress for over a month now, and I’ve deliberately waited this long to write my review.  I think it takes a while to get used to a new mattress, and I wanted to sleep on it for ...

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Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Bedroom, Interiors, Leesa, Mattress, Reviews

The best flooring for a family home

October 31, 2017 by Catherine Leave a Comment

kitchen diner flooring

When you decide to replace the flooring in your home, one of the biggest decisions is choosing the right option for the room in question. With so many flooring types available, getting it right first time can feel a little daunting.  This guest post covers flooring recommendations for each room in a typical family home. Kitchen & Bathroom Possibly the most difficult rooms to decide on in your home are the kitchen and bathroom. These rooms ...

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Filed Under: Interior Design Tips Tagged With: Bedroom, Dining room, Family, Flooring, Home, Interiors, Kitchen, Living Room, Top Tips

Decorating tips for children’s bedrooms

July 28, 2017 by Catherine 1 Comment

iron bed

Today's guest post is full of great tips for decorating children's bedrooms and achieving a fantastic look.  Enjoy! For children, the bedroom is the most important room in their home.  Their bedroom will be more than just the room where they sleep; it's their private space, where they keep their treasured possessions, where they spend time with their friends, and also where they learn and play.  It can be the room where they spend a large amount ...

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Filed Under: Bedroom Tagged With: Bedroom, Beds, Children, decorating, Family, Home, storage, Top Tips

Creating the perfect boy’s bedroom

September 15, 2015 by Catherine Leave a Comment

I think it’s pretty typical to spend the warmer months developing your garden and outdoor space, but as the seasons start to change we tend to turn our attention to indoor projects.  With Autumn around the corner we’re about to tackle a tricky room in our house: our eight year old son’s bedroom. I think kids’ rooms are so hard to get right.  They’re often small and need to multi-task hard, providing space for sleeping, playing and learning as ...

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Filed Under: Bedroom Tagged With: Bedroom, Children, design, Family, Interiors, storage, Top Tips

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