Make It Monday

Dreamy Chocolate CakeDo you love cooking with the kids? Well I do & on the boutique. I have some gorgeous kids cookery items including character based chefs aprons & hats, bowls & spoons, as well as a fabulous kids cookery book called Truely Scrumptious which has some great recipes to try out with your little ones. So for 'make it monday' this week we give this gorgeous Dreamy chocolate Cake a bashAlisha's Dreamy Chocolate......

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Friends Feature Friday

Hello & welcome to another friday feature guest writer with this weeks monthly columist Laura Adkin from Dreambox Interior Design with colour psychology & this week she brings us yellowcolour psychology - Yellow!Since the past week has been very cold and gloomy you are in for a visual treat today! There is only one colour that can lift your spirits and inject some sunshine into your life on these rainy April days. This month I am going......

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Kids Bedroom Ideas

So I am in a dilema presently for the next room of the house to decorate. You see with 2 boys to cater for one being 12 & the other being just 5 there is a rather large age gap between the two of them & they are into very different things. So how do I pull together some ideas without it being to babyish for the 12 year old or too grown up for the 5 year old. Time to start putting some ideas together for what I think may be my toughest......

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make it monday

Welcome back to Make it Monday (sorry for missing last week with the lack of internet connection )                    This weeks home made home tutorial                   Recovering a Lampshade                                                       ......

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Some Sunday Inspiration

This otherwise very industrial space is softened with the gorgeous fur rug. I love to see wood flooring against a mix of brick & crisp white walls.  There's something appealing about these elements together especially with  the brick glass wall & glass doors that make it feel light & airy.&nb......

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Home Office Inspiration

I desperatley need a proper working space at home, simply sitting at the dining room table doesnt quite cut it for me. I need an inspiring space to help me concentrate. A little corner tucked away somewhere where I can spreed out my moodboards & samples & not have to keep sweeping them up for meal times. A pin board on the wall above my desk with inspirational images of things I like. (You know where I am coming from here)My own little space,......

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Friends Feature friday

Welcome to the lovely & talented Hannah Jones from Hannah's buns xx 50th Birthday Cake pops A couple of weeks ago I was asked to make these cake pops for a ladies 50th Birthday. She wanted 130 cake pops as a present for her guests.  I had made her some cake pops a week before for mothers day from her daughter.  She liked the cake pops so much she asked me to make some with her logo on for the party. She gave the logo and to be......

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Friday Flight Of Fancy

Hi everyone happy Friday to you all, very sorry for my lack of posts over the past couple of weeks but I have no internet at home presently & the work internet has also been down for over a week (thank goodness for my Blackberry is all I can say so at least I have my emails). Well here's an image that really cheered me up, as you already know I am a huge fan of the colour blue & this living area really hits some high notes for me. The stunning......

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Contemporary Bathroom Styling

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House Tour - Stunning Barn Conversion

I am very excited to share this absolutley stunning house makeover with you today. Tracy Jones takes us on a tour of her beautiful home & shares with us how she & her husband transformed this old barn.... ........ into thier beautiful dream home .....Interview with Tracy Jones (full house tour below)1. what made you take on the huge job of converting a barn yourselves? (it must have been a long job)it has always been our dream......

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