You’d be surprised the size of patches people around the world are creating their tiny urban gardens! It really is possible to create a miniature urban haven of greenery in the smallest and most unlikely places. Take example from Paris’ urban gardening initative Have you heard about Paris’ incentive to add more greenery to the […]
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3 Family-Friendly Features for Upgrading Your Home
Having just moved to a small flat, we are immediately considering what to do about upgrading our home. Read more about our tiny family apartment Whatever size apartment you live in there is an aim for your home to accommodate everything and everyone comfortably. If you’ve reached a stage where you’re in desperate need of […]
5 Steps to Mastering Hygge- Lessons from Living in Sweden
I know, I know Hygge is Danish, not Swedish! The Swedes have a word for Hygge too: mysigt, and the Norwegians refer to koselig. Anyway, Hygge is, from what I can gather, all about a cozy, contented feeling of happiness through grasping the everyday moments in life and enjoying them. The Danes are particularly good at […]
Time tested review: GTech Air Ram vacuum cleaner
When it comes to reviewing products around the home, I like to be sure that I’ve really tested and lived with the item before letting people know what I think. We were sent the Gtech Air Ram cordless vacuum cleaner at the end of the summer, and from the first use I could have written […]
Choosing my woodburning stove, a Contura i5
My woodburner has been with us for almost a year now, she’s a Contura i5. (And this is NOT a sponsored post!) I say my woodburner, because she is mine. I’m the one who chose her (OK, Dadonthebrink did have some input…like financing the purchase. 😉 ), I clean her, I make a fire daily. […]
Chalkboard in the Alcove- One corner at a time
Have you got a spare alcove that’s not doing anything? How about creating a chalkboard wall feature? All you need is some blackboard paint and wall stickers for this quick and easy project: We rearranged Angelina’s bedroom a couple of months ago. The boys moved in together into the other bedroom and Angelina’s bedroom got […]