Girls, Girls, Girls

Life has been very busy around here with two little girls at preschool and my teenage niece staying with us for a while. Lots of drop offs and pick ups! On weekends we have a 3 year old, 5 year old, 14 year old and a 16 year old - all girls! I think my husband might consider painting his toenails soon.. that or hide away in his study.. Here is Bridget starting her 3 year old preschool class..

Charlotte starting 4 year old preschool 

(we're waiting until she is 6 to start school)..

Now that they're both at preschool, I get to have one on 

one time with both of them..

On our 'day off', we go roller skating. Speed skating was a passion of mine a long time ago and I am absolutely in love with skating again, I might even try some roller derby classes! The little girls are having so much fun learning and my big girls love going skating too. 

On weekends it's fun in the pool with Daddy..

Life is busy, but wonderful..xx

Little Girls' Bedroom

A while ago, I posted about decorating my little girls' bedroom. It's almost finished.. It took me a long time to figure out how to decorate the long wall opposite the beds.. I really like how it's turned out and the girls are very happy xx

The girls' little snow dome collection

The bottom three are gorgeous personalised prints from My Sweet Prints

TV, TV On The Wall..

..what is one of the hardest design decisions of all? How to decorate around a wall-mounted television, that's what! The television in our family room has been sitting all alone on the wall for nearly a year now as I've struggled to come up with a clever way to decorate around it. I think this must be a common design dilemma now, so I'll share with you some of the solutions I've found.. Have you had this problem? What have you decided on?

I've decided to have an eclectic arrangement of frames around the tv..

Or you could try..

Happy Valentines Day

For my Bright Star, my husband..

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art

Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night,

And watching, with eternal lids apart,

Like nature's patient sleepless eremite,

The moving waters at their priestlike task

Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,

Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask

Of snow upon the mountains and the moors;

No yet still steadfast, still unchangeable,

Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,

To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,

Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,

Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,

And so live ever or else swoon to death.

~ John Keats

Beautiful Shop ~ Nostalgia

Pure and very gorgeous.. You can find Nostalgia Organics here..

Beautiful Potting Sheds & a Beautiful Glasshouse

I would love to have one of these, my version of the man's shed. Somewhere to escape to and just potter about..

These images are via Brabourne Farm.. which brings me to the Beautiful Glasshouse. Have a look at Leigh's gorgeous new addition to her amazing garden..

Valentine Gifts

Gift ideas from some of my favourite shops..

Biscuiteers

Brissi

RE

Rockett St George

Cox & Cox


Char's Treasures, Madeit


My Sweet Prints, Madeit


Mulberry Muse, Madeit


L'Occitane

Beautiful Treasures

From the most beautiful new book, Rediscovered Treasures by Ellen Dyrop and Hanna Kristinsdottir..