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Tips & tricks for a sumptuous summer meal

September 16, 2022 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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Summer is the perfect time to fire up the grill and enjoy a delicious outdoor meal. However, with the hot weather comes a few challenges, such as keeping food fresh and preventing it from drying out. Here are a few tips and tricks to help you create a sumptuous summer meal that will impress your guests. Try dry aged steak When it comes to summer grilling, there's nothing quite like a juicy steak. However, not all steaks are created ...

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: barbecue, Dining, Food, Food & Drink, outdoor entertaining, outdoor living, Summer

5 family-friendly home improvements to consider this year

July 21, 2017 by Catherine 2 Comments

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Looking for home inspiration? Today's guest post has lots of ideas for family-friendly home improvements that will make life easier - what's not to love?! The hectic pace of life with kids can make it hard to keep your home functioning really well for the whole family.  And when moving to a bigger or more family-friendly property isn't an option, you need some clever tricks to make your existing space work harder.  Here are some ideas for ...

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Filed Under: Family Home Tagged With: Bathrooms, Children, Dining, Family, Garden, Home, Interiors, Lighting, Top Tips

Bringing the outdoors in: Sainsbury’s Garden Room range

May 8, 2017 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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Do you try to bring a little bit of nature into your home? The interiors trend of bringing the outdoors into our living spaces has been big news for a while now, and it’s not hard to see why. Interiors brands have picked up on the fact that connecting with nature helps us cope with today’s hectic pace of life, and are extending that connection into the home via accessories, wallpaper, fabric prints and furniture.  Add to that the fact that ...

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Filed Under: Product Showcase Tagged With: Bringing the outdoors inside, Dining, Flowers, Garden, Gifts, Home, home accessories, Inspiration, Interior trends, Interiors, Mood board, Nature, Outdoors, Sainsbury's, Soft furnishings, Stationery, Top Tips

Modern Scandinavian living: my top Wayfair picks

March 15, 2017 by Catherine 13 Comments

Looking for open plan living inspiration? Check out my top picks from Wayfair for creating the relaxed modern scandinavian look in your home.

Welcome to the second post in my collaboration with Wayfair.  I’m thrilled to be working with them this year as part of their Home Experts programme, and will be sharing lots of interiors inspiration over the next 12 months. I’ve already had lots of fun with my first challenge, looking at how to revamp your space with the pantone colour of the year, ‘Greenery’.  It’s such a vibrant, energising colour, and given my love affair with plants and all ...

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Filed Under: Product Showcase Tagged With: Chair, Cushion, Dining, Home, home accessories, Inspiration, Interiors, Kitchen, Lighting, Mood board, Sofa, Soft furnishings, Top Tips, Wall art, Wayfair

A winter feast at River Cottage

November 10, 2016 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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I'm sure we're all familiar with the River Cottage TV series, headed up by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and famous for championing seasonal, ethically produced food.  There's probably a River Cottage cookbook or two on your kitchen shelf.  But have you ever visited River Cottage HQ itself?  This week I got to do just that. I joined the HIBS100 team for a fabulous day at River Cottage, exploring the wonderful ingredients they use in their food, ...

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Days out, Dining, Food, Garden, Grow Your Own, In season, River Cottage, Winter

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