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How to Create a Tiny Urban Garden

by Mumonthebrink 1 Comment

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 city infamous for its congestion and lack of … [Read more...] about How to Create a Tiny Urban Garden

Filed Under: Family Home and Hygge Tagged With: eco steps, garden, garden design, home, House and Garden, small family apartment, urban gardening

3 Family-Friendly Features for Upgrading Your Home

by Mumonthebrink 2 Comments

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 some more space and are looking to upgrade to a … [Read more...] about 3 Family-Friendly Features for Upgrading Your Home

Filed Under: Family Home and Hygge Tagged With: home, House and Garden, remodelling, small family apartment, small space living, tiny family apartment

5 Steps to Mastering Hygge- Lessons from Living in Sweden

by Mumonthebrink 1 Comment

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I know, I know Hygge is Danish, not Swedish! The Swedes have a word for Hygge too: mysigt, and the Norwegians refer to koselig. Hygge is all about a cosy, contented feeling of happiness through making the most of the everyday moments in life and enjoying them.  The Danes are particularly good at this and have topped the tables of the happiest country in the world for … [Read more...] about 5 Steps to Mastering Hygge- Lessons from Living in Sweden

Filed Under: Family Home and Hygge Tagged With: Happy Home, home, hygge, Life Hacks, Multilingual and multicultural, outdoors, Sweden

Time tested review: GTech Air Ram vacuum cleaner

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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 about it being lightweight, and the way it collects up larger crumbs rather than … [Read more...] about Time tested review: GTech Air Ram vacuum cleaner

Filed Under: Technology for Families Tagged With: cleaning, home, housekeeping, Review, Technology, time tested, Time Tested Review, vacuum cleaner

Choosing my woodburning stove, a Contura i5

by Mumonthebrink 7 Comments

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. I just love having my woodburner!  There is something so primeval, so elementary about … [Read more...] about Choosing my woodburning stove, a Contura i5

Filed Under: Family Home and Hygge Tagged With: eco, environmental, heating, home, house, logs, Rants and Faves, stove, Time Tested Review, woodburner

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