UK Family and Lifestyle Blog
Posts on everything to do with the home and garden from products to the latest trends, including children in the garden and how the home and garden can improve your emotional wellbeing
It’s something many parents know only too well, children pushing buttons they shouldn’t. I leave Lucas in front of Bob the Builder only to return to the room two minutes later and find him watching Nashville, or deleting my favourite recordings from the box. Now TalkTalk finally has a solution with its new Kids TV […] Read more…
TJ Hughes offered to send us a couple of items to enjoy in the garden this Summer. I chose a Mickey Mouse patio set and swing ball as I thought it would be perfect for Lucas to practice his football. The patio set is very cute and Lucas loves it. It was incredibly […] Read more…
It’s the Summer holidays, 6 weeks to try and keep the children entertained without over spending. Lucas is only 2 so I still have some time to go until I need to worry about that but working from home around him 6 days a week, does mean I need to find things to keep him busy […] Read more…
Setting up a cool reading corner for your child is one of the best ways to encourage them to read more. Appealing to a child is the idea of having a cute, cozy, exciting private space where they can lose themselves into bookish adventures. Having a cool reading corner for themselves makes your child wants […] Read more…
What better way to complete a bedroom makeover than with a new mattress?! FUÜM got in touch with me to see if I wanted to review one of their mattresses, obviously I said yes. I hadn’t heard of FUÜM before so I had a nosy at their website and got increasingly excited about what was […] Read more…
If you have some spare time and want to update your home without spending too much money, then DIY projects are the perfect solution. It doesn’t have to cost a fortune either when you are doing it youself. You can also get the children involved in some of the simpler projects. Decorating your rooms can […] Read more…
Maplin kindly sent* me a Humax HDR-1800T 320GB freeview receiver with HD to see what we thought of it. The Humax HDR-1800T is a set top box that receives all free to air HD digital TV channels via the Freeview+HD service. It is also a TV recorder with up to 200 hours recording time, bursting with recording, […] Read more…
With it becoming increasingly harder to get onto the property ladder in the UK, more and more people are renting long term. So, what should you look for in a landlord? I asked some blogger chums for their advice. When you’ve read my post, head on over to the HomeLet website if you want more info […] Read more…
When Twenty Fingers contacted me to see if I would like to receive a personalised papercut to review, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. When I hear papercut, I immediately think of cutting snowflakes out of paper at Christmas! Anyway, I popped over to their site and was in awe of […] Read more…
In January I decorated our bedroom using a beautiful floral print wallpaper from Inspired Wallpaper. I couldn’t fault Inspired Wallpaper on anything, they have a room calculator online so you can work out how many roles you need and if you do order too many, they can be returned free of charge. They have an […] Read more…