Today, I’m thrilled to introduce Kate, from the Home Design School with a guest post written just for us. It’s my first Christmas post this year, and as it’s almost November, I think that’s ok. You’ll be seeing lots more…
If you’re about to embark on a house hunting journey, I bet you’re feeling really excited. I remember when we hunted for our new house, the days and weeks were filled with excitement, trepidation and hope. It’s the start of…
With a growing number of us now working from home either part of the week or full-time, the need for a home office or study is on the increase. Now you might think that designing and decorating a home office…
One of the biggest issues I face with bathroom design is how to make it welcoming. With all that ceramic, porcelain and clinical white fittings, it’s hard to make the room feel cosy and warm. Funnily enough, I think small…
Today’s post is one that some of you may be surprised with. Many say the metro tile has had it’s day, but you know what, if you still love it, buy it. I’ve got them in my porch-way and love their…
If you’ve been following me on Instagram and looking at my Stories in particular you’ll have noticed that I’m giving the dining room a makeover currently. I say dining room, but actually this is a thoroughfare room, leading from the…
The bathroom has to be one of the most difficult rooms to decorate, in my humble opinion. Perhaps for me, it’s made doubly difficult because I have a tiny bathroom in a Victorian house, or maybe it’s just that I’m…
One of the biggest problems I have with my bed is how to make it comfortable for both me and the husband. We are a stereotypical couple in that I need warmth and cosiness and he needs to be cool…
Using a rug in your home is a beautiful way of completing a design and introducing sophisticated layers and textures to your home. Whether you plan to use a rug as a feature piece in a room or you just…
Today’s post is a guest article from the fabulous Rachel at Fresh Design Blog on a topic that I know so many of you are desperate for. Read on if you’re always looking for ways to make your small kitchen…
So the UK holiday season is well and truly underway (in fact I’m off on my holidays myself very soon) and you may even been looking for inspiration for your next trip. I know the first thing I want to…
If you saw my recent living room reveal and video tour, you’ll have seen me mention how I would have loved shutters in this room. Alas it didn’t work out due to lead times and other complications but I’m still…
Forget Hygge, it’s time to embrace Lagom, another Scandinavian way of living that can be adopted into our homes and the we way we create our interiors. As we start moving towards the Autumn season (and let’s face it the…
Marrs Green has recently been voted the most favourite colour in the world in a survey conducted by Hull 2017 UK City of Culture and paper merchant G. F. Smith. Named after Annie Marrs from Dundee who chose the colour,…
Over the last 20 years I’ve done up several homes including where we now live. In that time, both the husband and I have picked up a lot of new DIY skills allowing us to tackle home renovation ourselves, saving…
Happy FriYay! Welcome to today’s post, where I’m featuring an article based on the tile trends for 2017. I’m about to rip off the 15 year old tiles in my own kitchen (having just finished my living room) so I’m…
Renovation plans at the Love Chic Living abode are going well. The living room is complete, the dining/den room is about to be started and plans for the kitchen are underway. Suffice to say this is all costing plenty of…
On of my most favourite ways to decorate a room is with wall art. I can never have enough! I’ve always written about how to use wall art here on the blog, like this post and this post for example, and I’ve…
