We’ve recently turned a fireplace into a bookcase, with help from GLTC Townhouse bookshelves. Here’s how… As anyone who has ever moved into an old house will know, it’s likely to have lots of weird things in it, especially if the previous owners were a little odd, which they usually are, aren’t they? Everyone who’s…

Hello! It’s September! After a summer-long hiatus we’re back, and I wanted to share some of the interiors and mini children’s room DIY projects I’ve been working on recently (I say projects, as it sounds a lot grander than basically messing around with *stuff*). So to start off, with here are our washi tape rain…

Sometime last year we bought a printer, and since then not a day has gone by without me printing off at least one colouring sheet. In fact, that’s the only thing we’ve printed with it (apart from old-school work contracts…followed by more colouring sheets). OK, so that’s a slight exaggeration, but my children love colouring,…

Is it actually spring yet? I know it technically is, but what with the extremes of both the bleakest winter AND the hottest summer in the space of a few weeks, the weather, like everyone else, seems confused. However, in our house we are *definitely* coming to the end of four years of building work,…

I can’t remember how much of this I’ve mentioned on here (vs over on Instagram Stories, where I’ve talked about it a lot, sorry) but last year we had our kitchen extended into the side return and now have a whole new set of kitchen chalkboard walls. It happened accidentally, almost… …I saw a picture of…

Would you let your children pick paint colours? What could *possibly* go wrong?! Spoiler: We did, and it all turned out fine in the end. Phew. As a result of our loft conversation last year, we ended up with a new set of very new bedroom fire doors that were very… beige (due to building regs, not…

We are just about to finish half term (sob) but if you’re half terming next week (lucky!) or just looking for good things to do with small children, here are three things we’ve loved recently. These range from a stage production of Tiddler and other Terrific Tales, to a new – to us – London…