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Air Fresh Laundry

There’s no denying about it but I prefer tumble-dried laundry. I can’t stand when towels are stiff an not fluffy and I don’t like the sight of drying laundry inside the house. But when it’s sunny...

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New Beginnings

There is this new garden outside waiting for me. It’s quite daunting as there’s so much to do that I don’t know where to start. There’s such good potential and I know it will be beautiful in a few...

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The Laundry Closet

You are not the first to ask; “why renovate a laundry and linen closet first, when you have a whole house to do?”. Well as you might know I like my things tidy and because the house in general is very...

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My Love for Ironing

Ok I must be the weirdest person alive but I absolutely and utterly love to iron. Even big bulky things like tablecloths and curtains and don’t get me started on a really complicated piece like a sofa...

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It’s Decal Time

After a much needed hiatus Bo and I allowed ourselves some time to do some decorating. We have decided to leave the house for what it is right now as we might have new home plans – yes yet again. But...

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The Attic Living Room

So we have finally started to do up our new(ish) home after two years of living in it without doing a single thing. It was essential that we started with the attic as that’s where the living room now...

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Cabinet of Curiosities

Thank you all so much for the lovely comments, here and on Instagram, on my previous post. It’s lovely to come back to. Up in the attic in a little corner stands my cabinet of curiosities. I’m not a...

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Carpet on Carpet

Do you remember me? Lots has happend, and for those who follow me on Instagram will know that I’ve closed the tea room & shop, and that I’m back in my old stomping grounds; making and creating....

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Green Out Green In

The Christmas tree is gone and the whole house is so empty now. As much as I LOVE all the Christmas fuss, I actually quite enjoy the emptiness. But I do need a bit of green in my life. I’ve never been...

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The New Loo

The ugliest room in the house is finally finished after 3 years of waiting. It only took us two weekends so I don’t really understand why we’ve kept it so long, maybe because it’s just a loo? Not any...

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The Cookbookcase

And all of a sudden I was fed up with this weird blank wall in our dining room that just stood there being a blank wall. I was also fed up with all my cookbooks cramped up in my kitchen, catching...

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A Room of One’s Own

It’s actually the home office and as Boris doesn’t do admin I guess it now has become my room. It used to be a library when we first bought the house with a very wobbly bookcase situation a black...

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A Sofa Cover

A few months ago I went in search for a new sofa cover for my IKEA STOCKSUND sofa. I bought the sofa used about a year ago for just €50 and I wanted it to look fresh and new again. IKEA does a really...

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Brabantia for the Bathroom

There’s a brand new laundry and bathroom collection at Brabantia and as an ambassador I was able to test them out. At first I was a bit sceptical about the new Brabantia Bo laundry bin as I always...

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