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Competition: Win a £100 voucher for The Range online
I’m a big believer that a home should reflect its owner. Take mine for instance. Far from perfect, trying to be colourful, mostly chaotic, quite messy and cluttered. But we’re both a work in progress...
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Could an app stop me living with Victor Meldrew?
In the eight years I’ve been a stay-at-home mum, Mr G has developed an unfortunate catchphrase. “Shut the door and keep the heat in,” he yells on an almost daily basis, as the kids and their friends...
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The Year I Make It Happen: Home Improvements
This is the year I… do up the house. Yep, Mr G is going to have to shake the mothballs out of his wallet. Because this year we have no excuse. I’m back at work and we have the extra funds we need to...
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Win a pair of tickets to the Ideal Home Show Scotland
Your home is supposed to be your castle, according to the well-known saying. Mine is more like Castle Greyskull – and that’s on a good day! But the boys are getting older now, and with both of us...
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The Ideal Home Show Scotland: Style With Sterling
I was lucky enough to be invited to a bloggers event at The Ideal Home Show Scotland, hosted by Sterling Furniture. Since we’re always looking for good ideas for brightening up our house, I...
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Dennis The Menace, Square Sausage, and Carol Smillie’s Knickers!
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to the Ideal Home Show Scotland. I don’t often get a day out by myself. So I jumped at the chance to leave Mr G to entertain the boys, while I spent a Saturday...
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Five Good Reasons To Laminate Your Life
Five years ago we bought our family home. It was in a bit of a state – although purely cosmetic – so we had it painted throughout and fresh carpets laid before we moved in. While some of the walls...
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Investing in your home’s interior
Since becoming a single parent, I’ve had to watch the pennies a little closer than usual. It’s made me realise that my spending needs to count. I can’t fritter away cash on things which won’t last....
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Making a bedroom into Mum’s zen place
Sometimes the stress of parenting means all you want to do is go and have a lie down in a darkened room… But I’ve found that turning my bedroom into a haven of calm has helped a great deal in the...
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These walls
I have purchased three properties in my lifetime. And the one I’m in just now is my ‘forever’ family home – or at least that’s my intention. Apart from downsizing after the kids fly the nest, I don’t...
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