Decorating a house may be an enjoyable and satisfying experience, but it can also be expensive, especially if you're doing your entire living space at once. And if you don't plan out the endeavour accordingly, you could end up putting a sizable dent in the bank, if not breaking it completely. The ...
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The Pros & Cons Of Having A Lot Of Land Around Your Property
When you picture your perfect property, what is it like? Is it a luxury penthouse with an amazing roof terrace, a large family home with a pool or a farmhouse? Many people would love to live in a larger property with more outside space, especially if you grew up in a small space, or have lived in a ...
5 Reasons Why Marriage is so Important
With so much discussion around the new no fault divorce laws coming into use recently, there has been plenty to say on couples more easily going their separate ways. However, there has been less said about the benefits of marriage and how being and staying married can have a positive impact on your ...
Best Home Improvements To Boost Your Energy Efficiency
With important conversations raised in the 26th UN Climate Change Conference still ringing in our ears, there is no better time to start looking for greener ways to run our homes. Creating an energy-efficient home means reducing your energy wastage. Making your home as energy efficient as ...
Stay Or Sell? Advice For Homeowners At A Crossroads
The pandemic has turned the world on its head, and many of us have reached a crossroads where we’re thinking about changing direction. From new jobs and a change of career to a new home, lockdown has prompted us to rethink, as well as flagging up practical issues. With more and more people working ...
Make Cooking At Home Easier With These Useful Recipe Apps
Cooking with kids can be both fun and educational. Not only does it teach them about certain ingredients, but it also enables them to learn the basics around the kitchen and have fun in the process. Even if you’re making traditional and simple shortbread, it can be a worthwhile experience. Mum’s ...
What We Will Be Doing This Easter #AD
*Advertorial Feature With Pantry House* Over this last year things have certainly been immensely different for us all. For the most part it has been super hard restricting who we see, when and how. But it has also taught us many things too. And one of those things is to not rely on outings ...
85 Box Sets Ideas To Get You Through Lockdown
Lockdowns have been super hard for most. And I have to be honest and say the only way I survived the first was to immerse myself in watching TV and it looks like this 3 lockdown will be no different. Although for me I am not a terrestrial standard live TV watcher. Adverts bore me and having to ...
Fun Gift Guide For Younger Boys 2020
*Advertorial Feature* This is one of my favourite ages for gift buying I could get too excited with so many fun and funky gifts on offer for this age range. In this gift guide I am sharing some of the toys that we will be gifting to my youngest son this festive period. Or should I say Santa is ...
Ideas To Create A Fantastic At Home Family Bonfire Night
Bonfire nights as we knew them when we were a kid are long a thing of the past. Here in Nottinghamshire there were limited public event with massive bonfires. This year however with the current pandemic, it seems that even local firework displays will be cancelled until next year measure of the ...
The Great British Camp Out – Oliver’s Style
*Advertorial feature with GO Outdoors* Life lately has changed for us all and its been a humbling experience but also a difficult on for people on so many levels. We have been struggling with the new lockdown normal and so when I heard about The Great British Camp Out last bank holiday ...
Common Goals You Could Set Yourself And How To Stay On Track
When the last drink has been drunk, the last piece of cheese has been devoured, and you are starting to wonder how you will ever get rid of the sluggish feeling you have while in the post holiday season haze. That, is what new year resolutions are for, aren’t they? It’s that time of year again, ...
Starting My Slimming World Journey
OK, it seems a little cliche to start the year jumping on a fitness bandwagon but my fitness journey has actually been going on for a while. I blogged about it for years on here and my battle to keep my weight going down but the pressure got to much and I failed. Over the last year I ...
What Happened When I Started Having More Drink Free Days
*Advertorial Feature With Drinkaware* I am not going to beat about the bush. Over the last year my love of gin has increased and after an epic Summer of camping and friends and family gatherings my alcohol consumption has been at its highest. For my 40th Birthday in September ...