No one warns you about the courage required to paint a room initially. You’re standing there, roller in your hand, with a shade you’ve considered for weeks, and the sense you’re about to either really improve your house, or mess…
I can still recall making my very first scented candle – the glue gun shaking in my hand, a small oil mark on the table I really like, and the satisfying moment the flame finally settled into a stable burn.…
Lemme guess. You use your dishwasher pretty much daily. You put dishes in, you get dishes out, you put more dishes in. And you likely haven’t bothered to clean the dishwasher itself – ever. Me, too. Until the day I…
For a long time, I kept a list – a somewhat embarrassing, private list – of the things in our house which weren’t quite right, yet. The rug I would get round to changing when we were better off. The…
Tasos and I have been together for a long time. We’ve moved homes, repainted walls, argued about furniture in shop aisles, and assembled more flat-pack shelves together than I care to remember. We are, by any measure, a team. We…
I want to be honest with you about something before I even start. If you’ve ever wondered whether giving your kids real decorating input is a good idea or a chaos spiral — this is the story of what actually…
A certain annoyance comes with opening the cupboard beneath your kitchen sink; you require the washing-up liquid, you are certain it is in there, and yet, somehow, each time you want it you must move four other items to reach…
If I found myself in a completely bare living room today – just four walls and a floor – I wouldn’t be stressed, I’d be glad. It’s a huge benefit to begin with nothing, as you aren’t having to work…