Hygge Holidays – 5 easy steps, many ideas!

Hygge alabaster table lamp

Hygge Holidays – winter happiness in just 5 easy steps!     Everyone is talking about it!!  The Danes are one of the happiest peoples on the planet – despite the chilly, dark, winter days!  In Denmark Hygge (”Hue-gah”) is the well-kept secret to surviving – or thriving – through the winter months.   You’ve probably got the […]

Garden Ideas: Take your Inside Out

Garden Ideas: photo credit: mylifelovefood.com

Garden Ideas?  Want to refresh and take your living out into the garden ready for summer days?   We can’t wait to keep those patio doors open and blend the boundaries between indoors and out.  We have a whole host of ideas in store.   In our last blog we wrote about bringing the garden inside […]

Interior Design: Bring the Outside In

Photo credit: www.luniversdines.blogspot.co.uk : room by Amy Lau

Interior Design? Out with the old, in with the new in 10 easy ways – time to let the sunshine in to the house, shake off the dust and get ready for a summer of love – in northerly countries they celebrate the return of the sun – what tradition do we have?  Spring cleaning!  […]

Kids Bedroom Ideas: How to keep Them Tidy!

Kids Bedroom Ideas?  Is it a battle every weekend with casualties on both sides?  A quick trawl of the experts on child rearing shows they often agree on the following points: 1. Whose bedroom is it anyway? Involve your child in planning their bedroom from an early age.  Neutral furniture will allow for changing accessories […]

Gift ideas ?

I need gift ideas

Need gift ideas … drawing a blank? Here’s some ideas, by eg him, her, mum, dad … and occasion eg birthday, retirement, wedding, anniversary … Not sure that a rock, small or large, is just the right thing?  Check out our blog on Fossils, The Newest Thing on the Planet!! Or  go to our online shop to […]

Fossils, the newest thing on the planet?

fossils fish and hat

Fossils new? Surely not? But what you will notice, if you pay it any attention, is that pictures of beautiful gardens and interiors will often feature a stone of some sort.   Fossils, crystals, stonework or sculpture – or simply a ‘find’ of a stone.   If your approach to rocks is more scholarly, click here for […]

Celebrities Houses -reasons they look amazing

Celebrities Houses Fossilised Coral Jar with Moroccan Rug

Lots of celebrities houses share the secret that they love to treat themselves to a chunk of rock!!  Honestly!  Not the pink minty kind from the seaside but big fossils and crystals!  Up to now, you may have thought rocks were for Nerds, Healy Feelies and small boys?  Well, think again.   Want to know how […]