Working from home with is nothing new to me. I've been doing it for the past 8 years. Over that time, like most parents, I've been the main carer for any of our kids when they were struck down with illness. (Not too often, thankfully!) Along the way, I've learned how to deal with getting work done while having kids at home. With the current social distancing, and often … [Read more...] about Hygge Family Routine for Working from Home with the Kids
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How to Decorate a Small Home for Christmas
If you have a small home, like us, it can be tricky to figure out the best way to decorate for the festive season: you don't want to clutter up your home, yet you really want that cosy, Christmas feeling. Well, luckily there are plenty of ways to fill your home with Christmas spirit without the clutter. Christmas decoration for a small home, even a tiny house, where space … [Read more...] about How to Decorate a Small Home for Christmas
Tiny bedroom for a teenager…how small?!
Our small apartment is coming along very slowly, and Angelina's, our teenager's tiny bedroom has been on top of the priority list recently. Finding the motivation with everything else happening in life is hard, yet keeping on top of housework in an unfinished apartment is even harder. So we really do need to crack on! The motivating factor, this time, is Angelina's … [Read more...] about Tiny bedroom for a teenager…how small?!
How to Create a Tiny Urban Garden
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
How to design a Small, but Practical Family Kitchen
We couldn't live with our hotch-potch, partly-removed 1960s kitchen anymore. I loved the colour, the look and our industrial worktop with integrated sink, but the layout and cupboard spaces were driving me crazy. Taking out or putting away plates and cups became the task of us taller ones ...the kids regressed in their dishwasher emptying duties. We needed a new small, but … [Read more...] about How to design a Small, but Practical Family Kitchen