Everything you need to know about growing tree ferns Let’s establish right from the very beginning of this blog post that I am no tree fern expert. We live in London and had never even had any outdoor space until moving into this house. I only planted my first garden plant at the end of …
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DIY Cabin Bed
How we built our own cabin bed out of plywood and created a restful, but fun and inspiring unisex bedroom for our son. Like all good stories, it starts at the beginning, with a little bit of sadness…but don’t worry cause *spoiler alert* the ending is a happy one. The story. When we bought our …
Make Your Own Meze
It’s Greek easter and we may be social distancing at the moment but I’m going to try to bring a little bit of that Mediterranean flavour and holiday vibes to your homes by helping you to re create a meze feast that will give you a little taster of the greek isles. “I wanted to …
Biophilia | The Story of an Accidental Biophiliac
There’s a new buzz word in interior town, and I’m not talking about table scapes. Nope. I’m talking about Biophilia. So what is Biophilia? Biophilia is not a new concept, far from it. Popularised by American biologist Edward O. Wilson in the 1980’s, it’s a principal that has actually been around for many years now. …
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Our Small Garden Reno
It had been a whole two years since we downed tools on the kitchen extension and I’d downed more than my fair share of chocolate Hobnobs during that time while staring disappointedly out over the barren waste land that was our little patch of outdoor space. I didn’t even feel comfortable referring to it as …
Restful Bedroom Makeover
It took us a good three years from moving into our home, to finally get planning permission and proceeding with the full renovations. This was party down to us having to save up the money we needed for the work but mostly (if we’re completely honest) down to the fact that we might be THE …
Inspirational Small Spaces
Hard working small spaces for those of us that demand more than one thing from our interiors. Living in London, where square footage comes at a premium we’ve always needed to be creative with the small spaces that we’ve had in order to make the most out of it. Described to us by the estate …
3 Creative Lighting Ideas
If the bricks and mortar of your home are like it’s ‘bangin’ outfit then the lighting would be its statement pair of shoes. Pulling together the look whilst creating an impact. You can change the entire feel with one simple change, from a cool dressed down pair of kicks to a killer heal with just …
Our Home Renovation
“Our home renovation story was not straight forward. Is it ever? But, we can promise you a happy ending.” Image Credit – The Wooden Hill Once upon a wooden hill… …there was a bright eyed and bushy bearded couple (my eyes, Ross’ beard obvs) sitting around a table in a magnolia dining room that no …