I’m on a mission this weekend to get things organised and tidy in our home office (or should I say ‘general dumping ground’)! We are so fortunate to have a small box room that we can use as a home office but I rarely use it for that purpose as it’s so full of unorganised…
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The personal touches that make your home unique. Keep a medley of photographs and phrases arranged in harmony by choosing no more than 2 colours to display them in (black and white works so well) and secure with washi tape. Simple yet effective home styling at its best. Image via
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I’ve a small confession for you today. I’m an home organisation geek. I’ve bought copies of home organisation books from Amazon, have an entire board dedicated to the subject on Pinterest and am just a little bit obsessed with Martha Stewart’s organisation pages on her blog. I know it’s a little tragic but it makes me…
Read MoreHow was your Monday?
Oh it’s dark and cold round here! I didn’t get a chance to post the next instalment in my ‘Sunday night feeling’ series yesterday as life was pretty busy in our house over the weekend. So how was your Monday? We’ve had a crazy mix of weather here in London. Drizzle, snow, rain and just…
Read MoreCurrent project – Make your own hot water bottle cover
It’s cold around here. We have a good old 80’s warm air heating system in our house which is great most of the time but not if it drops below 0 degrees outside. It’s been hard to keep warm recently and whilst we’ve been piling on the layers and wrapping up under blankets on the…
Read MoreHomemaking: Creating a relaxed atmosphere
This year I am going to branch out more into the homemaking side of the blog as up until now, I haven’t blogged as regularly as I’d like to on this area. I’ve been busy planning some post ideas and here is the first of them so welcome to my new homemaking series! For as…
Read MoreHome focus: Time to declutter!
It’s the start of another week and with Christmas fast approaching, it’s time to get the house in order before our guests start to arrive! I’m in the middle of writing a huge food shopping list during my lunch break, in order to prepare for a party that we are having on Friday and also…
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Claire Parkin Interior Design 