Top Gift Ideas For Teens – from EMP
Teens – always difficult to buy for, but so important to get it just right. So I was really excited when I had a mooch through EMP for the StarWars theme gift suggestions – there’s always some reliably top gift ideas for teens over on EMP, but this year the range is outstanding. If you’re still looking for a little inspiration, a filler gift or that perfect extra something, keep scrolling.I’ve pulled a...
Dress The Christmas Table – with Tesco decs?
Following hot on the heels of our Christmas Living Room decorating challenge, Tesco had a second idea; how about we Dress the Christmas Table too? Same rules as before – we had to use Tesco Christmas decorations only, and make a room that was simply magical.Only this time, we weren’t feeling so hesitant about how magical we could make a room look with just a tiny budget and some supermarket accessories. We knew we could...
Create a Beautiful Christmas Living Room for £67
I’l admit it. I’ve been a Christmas snob. And frankly, I’m hanging my head in shame. You see, we’ve been homeowners for 27 years – that’s twenty seven years we’ve had to slowly build a colection of beautiful decorations, traditions and rituals. Every year we just buy two real trees – everything else is there and ready. It’s been so long that we’ve been doing it, that...
Simple Steps for a Stress-Free Dinner Party
Last week we had friends over for dinner – and I realised that a Stress-Free Dinner Party is the latest in the long line of things I appear to have conquered without being aware I’d done so. Our Friday night entertaining was nothing big, nothing fancy; just having some friends over for a few hours, and feeding them. Calling it a ‘dinner party’ would be seriously stretching it – and yet in years past this...
Replacing Artex With A Plasterboard Ceiling? Find A Plasterer
Looking at the smooth pinkness of the silky ceiling, I couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. I know we could have done the new plasterboard ceiling ourselves. I know we could possibly have worked out the plastering eventually. But honestly – having a qualified person come in and take on the biggest job in the room? It felt like we had called in the grown ups – and actually with the plasterboard ceiling taken...