Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Growing Family

UK home and garden blog sharing ideas, inspiration and tips for busy family life, written by Catherine Hughes

  • Home
  • About
    • About Me
    • Contact
    • Disclosure
    • Privacy Policy
  • Garden
    • What to Plant Now
    • Garden Jobs this Month
    • Grow Your Own
    • Gardening with Children
    • Garden Tips
    • Garden Design
    • Houseplants
    • In Season Now
    • Birth Month Flowers
  • Interiors
    • Interior Design Tips
    • Living Room
    • Kitchen & Dining
    • Bedroom
    • Bathroom
    • Family Home
    • Product Showcase
    • Food
  • Exploring
    • Exploring Nature
    • Days Out
    • Travel
  • Craft
  • Reviews
  • Giveaways

Easy ways to make your house feel like a home

September 28, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post With most of us spending more time at home right now, it’s no wonder our living spaces are under pressure.  They’re multi-tasking hard to provide a practical place to live and work, as well as a relaxing sanctuary that helps to boost our mood. Feeling at ease in our homes can have a huge impact on our mental health and sense of wellbeing.  I definitely feel the stress levels rising when our house is messy, for ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Family Home Tagged With: Family home, Home, home accessories, Houseplants, Interior Design, Interiors, Lighting, photo prints, Soft furnishings, Top Tips

Easy interior design tips to give your home that personal touch

February 26, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post A house is not a home until you've put your own personal stamp on every room. Everything you choose for your house or apartment, be that colour schemes, furniture or finishing touches, should somehow reflect you and your personality. That’s easier said than done when it comes to items like furniture or decorations, which by nature tend to be standardised and hardly personal. There are ways, though, to give your ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Interior Design Tips Tagged With: design tips, DIY, Houseplants, Interior Design, Interiors, photo prints, Top Tips, Wall art

Product showcase: personalised photo prints from My-Picture.co.uk plus discount code

September 30, 2019 by Catherine Leave a Comment

personalised photo prints

Collaborative post Welcome to a new product showcase on the blog, focusing on some lovely personalised photo print products from My-Picture.co.uk. I love the finishing touches stage of any interiors project, when I can use things like soft furnishings, accessories and wall art to give a room character and pull the whole design scheme together.  It’s always nice to add in some personal touches that reflect your own family life too, and ...

Read More »

Filed Under: Product Showcase Tagged With: home accessories, Interiors, photo prints, Product Showcase, Wall art

Hi, I’m Catherine. Welcome to Growing Family, a top UK home & garden blog sharing ideas, inspiration and tips for making the most of busy family life, indoors and out.
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Search

Subscribe

Get blog posts to your inbox

Instagram

Pinterest

VuelioTop10Badge2020
CandideTop10Badge2019

HIBS100 Index of Home and Interior Blogs
HIBS100
BRAMBLECREST GARDEN FURNITURE

Connect

Catherine Hughes is a home & garden blogger sharing ideas, inspiration & tips for making the most of busy family life, indoors and out.
Learn More

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Recent Posts

How to make your own homemade bird feeders - a simple and fun nature activity for children which will encourage wild birds to visit your garden!
garden border with sculpture in background
diy tools
gardening with children
robin on fence in winter

AMAZON ASSOCIATE

 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Copyright Growing Family 2015. Design by Stacey Corrin.