Every January I make at least one New Year's Resolution that involves the house and last year was no exception. I promised myself that I would get the hall, stairs and landing painted (not an easy job with such a high ceiling) and that I would do the downstairs bathroom out as we've never bothered since we moved in really.Fast forward, 11 and a half months and here I am sat here wondering where the time has gone with the same grubby hallway and the same boring bathroom.Both rooms are painted in the same boring magnolia paint that the builder used when they first decorated the house and … [Read more...]
My secret to a super tidy home….
I'm 99% certain that the majority of you will agree with me when I say that I HATE cleaning. I do as little as I can to keep the house clean and relatively tidy but often put off jobs that need doing because there's something more interesting to do (watching paint dry and waiting for a pot to boil spring to mind here ;-)).But I've got a new secret weapon that helps me to keep the house looking spick and span without even needing to lift a finger and I guarantee that you won't guess what it is....Actually, it's not a what but a who....She's like my little cleaning fairy and I … [Read more...]
What do you do with all the works of art your children make?
Are you the sort of mother who keeps every work of art that your child brings home or do you wait until they're not looking and throw most of it in the bin?What about if I told you that you could keep EVERY single piece of art that your children made without having boxes full of it around the house?Keep reading....I used to keep everything that they made and displayed it all proudly on the back wall of my kitchen, like a little art gallery. It was always the first thing that anyone visiting my kitchen would be drawn to and everyone always commented on what a lovely idea it was - it … [Read more...]
Inspirational homemade wall art….
Over the last few weeks we've been gradually giving Miss Frugal's room a bit of a makeover and we're both really pleased with the finished result - she's over the moon because it looks exactly like she wanted it to and I'm pleased because we did it on a really small budget.To keep the costs down, we've tried to use things from around the house or make them ourselves and our favourite homemade project was the inspirational wall art picture that we made.We used a picture that I bought for a couple of pounds ages ago and painted it using a light green tester pot of paint. You could use … [Read more...]
Decorating on a budget: Quick Bedroom Refresh….
At the start of this year, I challenged myself to get all of the little jobs done around the house that have needed doing for ages but never seem to get done and to decorate one room or do one 'big job' (to us it seems big anyway) every month. We don't have a huge budget so we're trying to do things as cheaply as possible and get as much for our money as possible.So far, we're not doing too badly - we did Master Frugal's bedroom in January, the Living Room in February (no major changes though) and a giant garage clear out. In March we had a mini makeover in our bedroom which is what I'm … [Read more...]
A Budget Bedroom Makeover for a 9 year old boy….
I briefly mentioned last week that Master Frugal has been unwell recently last week so I won’t go into it too much today other than to say that we've had his blood test results back and although they can't say what's wrong yet, they can say it's not one of the 'big' things that we were worrying about. We have to go back again for more tests in a couple of weeks but we're just happy at the moment that whatever it is isn't as bad as we thought it could be!In the meantime, we thought we'd try and help with his problem of getting to sleep at night by giving him a bit of a bedroom … [Read more...]
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