Growing up in 1980s North East England, we followed the Irish jack-o’-lantern folktale and Halloween tradition of hollowing out a Halloween turnip–or rather our parents would carve it for us, because believe me, a tough old turnip is not soft enough to scoop! We would carry the little boulders around on our trick-or-treating escapades to light the way, and it became a race as to….. Read more »
10 Oct
With Halloween creeping up on the horizon I thought it was about time to get into the spirit of the season and deliver a spell of ideas on how to conjure a haunting dĂ©cor with a dash of class. Now, subtle sophistication and happy Halloween don’t always go hand in claw I know, but when a spooky soiree just does not call for googly-eyed ghosts….. Read more »
26 Sep
This My Home Rocks Tour comes to us courtesy of the Howarth family in Fulwell, where Lindsey, Mark and daughters Eve and Lily are enjoying their whimsical driftwood feature fence. The family walk their dog, Travis, on the beach everyday, and after a number of storms found that the sand was completely littered in a hazardous deluge of driftwood pieces that were about to be….. Read more »
12 Sep
With a little one on the way now myself, my attention has returned to beautiful baby rooms, so following on from rocking modern nurseries I’ve gathered together more gorgeous little gems… I really like the idea of introducing a cool standing lamp, it will come in useful for softly lighting those bleary-eyed night time feeds, as well as remaining stylish and non age specific as….. Read more »
15 Aug
As I’m currently sourcing a company to make a bespoke shower screen for my forever ongoing bathroom renovation, I thought I’d share some snaps of my work in progress with you all–and maybe inspire some of you My Home Rockers to submit photographs of your own home improvement project on My Home Rocks Tours; we’ve had some gorgeous submissions so far and we’d LOVE to….. Read more »
24 Oct
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