Do you have a fantasy home? I live in a four bedroom Victorian terrace with a yard in Liverpool. There’s a great sense of community here, good transport links and top notch dog walking opportunities but future lottery winning me is moving. The dream is something...
When I inevitably reinvent myself as a lifestyle guru, which seems to be the path to tread at the moment, I will charge people money to cover them with scraps of fabric and tell them that “magenta really chimes with their magnetic frequency”, then...
We bought a house because we had a row. The beloved and I were renting a three-bedroom house a few streets away from where we live now. One morning the chest of drawers holding the monkeys collapsed. It collapsed cartoon style. The sides came in like it was sighing,...
My dog has turned interior designer, and he’s good! The wee mutt developed a phobia about jumping off our Ikea poäng. In the midst of some over-enthusiastic barking, he’s obviously taken a tumble and was a little more reticent about getting...
I love bauble shopping. There is something wondrous about choosing tiny bits of art that will form part of your family traditions for years to come. I like ’em kitsch, classic, crafty. I just want to be surrounded by gorgeousness and it comes in all shapes and...
Jenny James, mother-in-law extraordinaire, is a florist and professional tree decorator. Oh yes, she’s the woman if you want a proper posh Christmas tree. This is what I’ve learned from her. Planning We start planning our Christmas...
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