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Image: Craftberry Bush If you like to have plants around the house and have the world's worst green fingers, so much so that there...

This time last year, I was on the hunt for the perfect lampshade .  If I may, I'd like to make an addition to that list - if for ...

Image: Daily Messes You find yourself walking in the countryside eating a piece of fruit and when you're finished you can see no bin...

Image: Free People BLDG 25 Blog Camping in this country can be really hit or miss. I say that, being very much a non-camper and extre...

Image: ikatbag They say when training a toddler, it takes 3 days to make or break a habit. I'm sure there are many arguments f...

Images: Baby Centre Anytime Jaws is on TV (and I'm able to) - I must sit down and watch it. With an incredible number of memorab...

Image: The Inadvertent Farmer There is a old wooden chair, comfortable tucked between two wardrobes, in a spare bedroom in my home.  I ...

Image: Lilla A Everything that is made has a life cycle. The life cycle of a milk carton begins with a tree. That tree is harvested fo...

Image: 101 Woonideeën About a year ago, we bought a 4 in 1 jigsaw puzzle ( of a famous toy train character ) in the vain hope that our 1...

Image: Eco_Monster Security envelopes hold our lives in the balance. When the post arrives, we are greeted with one envelope giving u...

*As much as I would love to begin this post by leaping into the world of science and lay out plans, schematics and diagrams for building you...

Image: the little red house Is 1985's chart topping hit,  "Money's Too Tight (to Mention)" , a frighteningly accura...

Images: Chalk - minieco , Watercolour - Oh My! , Glue - minieco , Clay - Etsy{New York} Street Team The kids are back in school. Th...

There is a common rule we must all recognise, that when presented with an expensive toy, a child will quickly disregard that toy and play wi...

Image: gettyimages Father's Day rolls around again this Sunday and personally, I find it hard to define what that actually means. Bu...

It's another cold and dreary day in cold and dreary Ireland but hopefully, with today being the 30th of April, that's the end of the...

This project, found over at play and grow , appeals to 3 of my ongoing obsessions. Image: play and grow To start with, Evengy Kudryav...

I made a choice, when I first started this blog, that I would never post articles about food or recipes. There are a 101 different blogs o...

In 1985, The Breakfast Club posed the question, "Are we going to be like our parents?" There was a time when I wholeheartedl...

Image: A Thousand Words Last weekend I paid a visit to The Old Cinema on Chiswick High Road in London. A shop devoted to selling antiqu...