A new year often gets us planning lots of new projects for our homes: what’s on your list for 2018? We’re planning a big kitchen renovation and a new look for our lounge, and both of those projects will involve a flooring re-think. With two kids and a pet cat, the flooring we choose will most definitely need to cope with busy family life; think muddy paws and wellies, heavy traffic and indoor football, and you get the picture! Having looked ...
The best flooring for a family home
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. In this guest post the experts at Flooring Republic have done the hard work for us; read on to discover their recommendations for each room in a typical family home.Kitchen & Bathroom Possibly the most ...
My family kitchen wish list
Are you planning any big home projects at the moment? Autumn always inspires me to get cracking with the home improvement; I think the fact that there’s less to do outside in the garden frees me up to focus on indoors a bit more, plus the thought of Christmas looming on the horizon gives me a bit of a kick up the bum to get organised! Our next big house project is to replace our family kitchen; the current one is way past it’s best, and just ...
Modern Scandinavian living: my top Wayfair picks
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 ...
Top tips for a kitchen update
With the arrival of a new year, how many of you are currently creating a wish list of jobs and updates for your home? Mine is looking impressively big right now! At the top of my list is a kitchen update. The kitchen is such a hard-working room, isn’t it? With many of us embracing the trend for open-plan living, they need to cope with a variety of functions. We spend most of our time at home in our kitchen; it’s used on a daily basis as a ...