The best part of being a homeowner is making the much-needed changes to keep up with the home-décor trends that come and go. We’re now in 2018, and there’s a whole new array of trends out, so will you be joining in on them!? A blast from the past; Trends that made Waves in 2017 In order to make reasonable predictions for 2018, we need…

As you will have seen, we’ve recently spent just over a week in the lush Shropshire Hills and with it being our fifth visit there, I’m gradually getting better with what to pack for the two of us with the ever-changing weather. This year we took a far better amount of bags; I think it was just a large suitcase for clothes, two hand luggage cases…

The price tags associated with home improvements can easily put you off going ahead with a project, it’s something we always toy with before doing work in the flat. After all, data from the Office for National Statistics has predicted that those in the UK collectively spend almost £30 billion on home improvements annually, which is a hell of a lot of money. That works…

For those of you that are new around here, I’m a big fan of gifts that aren’t the norm. I love having local creatives create gifts for me to share with friends and family so it’s that little bit more personal. Sometimes I do find it a little tough to find something I want as there are only so many hand-drawn prints you can give…

For me, I love to have a fitness goal. Having something to work towards makes me more inspired to get down the gym and get working so I’ve made sure I set myself a few obtainable goals for the year as this girl is NOT running anymore London Marathons, that’s for sure! My legs just don’t have it in them! But I do want to…

I am one of those people that plan their holidays around eating. Yes, the way to my heart is 100% through my stomach and I love to try new foods around the world. One place that has popped up on my radar lately and that’s Puerto del Carmen in Lanzarote, Spain. Puerto del Carmen is home to plenty of beaches such as sandy Playa Grande and…

 Anyone that reads this blog, or knows me in person will know that when I’m not traveling, I’m planning my next trip. That next trip might be a night away in Plymouth or a 10-day trip driving around Iceland, I just can’t help myself but plan, plan and plan. Especially when I was working in the travel industry and I’d see so many incredible places that I…

Whenever we visit somewhere in the UK we end up in a National Trust location, whether it’s a stately home, a castle or just a National Trust owned car park and this time in Shropshire was no different! Within 24 hours of hitting the Shropshire Hills we were in a National Trust home, so after chatting with the lovely tickets lady we had made our…