21 FABULOUS FLOOR LAMPS UNDER £100

I haven’t met a floor lamp I didn’t like… this is the rapid conclusion I’m coming to.

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A friend of mine recently asked me to help her hunt down a floor lamp for a dark and shadowy corner of her living room but, with a new baby recently arriving, one that wouldn’t break the bank. When it comes to floor lamps the options are endless, in every style imaginable, but the more stylish options are often on the pricey side.  Continue reading “21 FABULOUS FLOOR LAMPS UNDER £100”

6 MINIMALIST 2018 CALENDARS TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE

Free Printable Minimalist Calendars 2018One of my resolutions for 2018 was to be a little bit better organised with my own life admin. First stop, a month by month wall calendar that I can scribble down key dates and events on.

I’ve always been better at keeping track of things “old school” with pen and paper rather than electronically – here are six of the best minimal 2018 calendars I’ve come across that are available to download for free and print yourself. Continue reading “6 MINIMALIST 2018 CALENDARS TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE”

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE | WEEK SIX: THE LIVING ROOM REVEAL (SORT OF)

I don’t know where the last six weeks went. I especially don’t know where the last six days went. Actually, that’s a lie – I definitely know that three of them were spent drinking with friends so…that dramatically decreased my productivity and is why I’m classing this as a Sort-of Reveal. Things definitely aren’t finished and, as I mentioned way back at the start of this One Room Challenge journey, some things I’ve just had to work with because replacing them wasn’t in the budget.

I toyed with kind of quitting and not posting this “reveal” after a mini disaster last night meant I couldn’t get the coffee table I’ve DIY’d finished, because the room really does look weirdly bare without it but I’ve sucked it up and this is where I am this morning. Literally. I ran around trying to quickly take some pictures in my pyjamas this morning!

So yeah, it’s not finished finished, but it’s looking a heck of a lot closer than it was six weeks ago!  Continue reading “ONE ROOM CHALLENGE | WEEK SIX: THE LIVING ROOM REVEAL (SORT OF)”

ONE ROOM CHALLENGE | WEEK FIVE:  PAINT + A PICTURE LEDGE = PROGRESS

If you’re visiting for the first time, welcome! Here are the links to catch up on Week OneWeek TwoWeek Three and Week Four.

one room challengeI’m taking whatever positives, in terms of living room progress, I can this week. Remember how I’ve been saying that the plasterer was coming on May 2nd and how I was worried that was cutting it fine for the ceiling to dry out sufficiently to paint before the reveal? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha. Guess who didn’t come on May 2nd… *insert more hysterical laughter*.
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