Furnish your Nursery with Story North

If you’ve gone for a Nordic feel to your house, you may want to bring elements of that style into your nursery.  Story North have some lovely pieces which will go a long way towards achieving that clean cut, pale coloured Scandinavian look. This Rocking Sheep toy is beautiful constructed.  It’s  made of pine and [...]

Art Prints from Ailsa Black

Having fairly recently moved house, I’m on the look out for some interesting pictures to decorate our rather blank walls.  Supporting UK artists and craftspeople is important to me, so I was delighted to find these lovely art prints by Scottish artist, Ailsa Black. This Scottish harbour art print, entitled In Good Company, is delightful [...]

Pretty Things from Ritzy Swish

I’m often to be found browsing around Folksy, as it’s a great place to pick up hand crafted items at reasonable prices.  This week I stumbled across Ritzy Switch and thought I’d share with you some of the pretty things in their Folksy shop. Lavender bags are a great way of scenting a drawer or [...]

Defeating Slugs: garden pest control without chemicals

Any keen gardener with children or pets – or a dislike of artificial chemicals – will know how hard it can be to keep the slugs at bay without slug pellets. Fortunately, there are ways of going about pest control without such unpleasant poisons.   Slugs are the bane of the gardener, a bête noir [...]

Patio Fruit Trees

If you’ve ever dreamed of growing your own fruit trees but you don’t have very much outdoor space then don’t worry because there’s a huge range of dwarf fruit trees available to buy online. This means that you can grow a fruit tree pretty much anywhere you like, even on a balcony. Often known as [...]

For the Potting Shed

Now that spring is here, my thoughts have been turning to the garden and  in particular to planting seeds, sets and tubers.  I’d really love a potting shed to propogate my seeds in and I’ve been lusting after this lovely, traditional, wooden potting shed furniture from Swings and Pretty Things. A potting table is  a [...]

Guest Post: The Viability Of Installing A Wind Turbine On Your Land

Thanks to self imposed targets put in place by the government, the UK is committed to producing 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. This equates to around 35% of its electric. Whilst the intentions are good, the execution is proving somewhat more problematic. The truth is that many of the most suitable [...]

Guest Post: Double Glazing

The vast majority of windows that are installed today are double glazed uPVC windows. This is partly due to the fact that they have a much lesser impact on the environment than other types of window. Not only do they have environmental benefits but they also look good, take very little maintenance and will last [...]

Guest Post: Spring Thoughts from the Garden Bench

Whoever thought the good weather would start so soon this year, BBQ weather and I’m just not ready!  Really you have to do the first couple of obligatory BBQ’s, you know the ones where you use up last year’s charcoal and the fire lighters that are still too damp after being in the shed all [...]

Guest Post: Going Green – Ways Smart Home Technology Optimizes Energy Usage

Smart home technology can help homeowners utilize energy in a greener way. How? By saving energy, reducing home energy costs, and offering greater environmental regulation and comfort. Smart home systems can lead the way to a greener future through their ability to integrate and manage a variety of systems throughout the house. They can regulate [...]

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