One of the age old questions, stay or extend?  When we bought our house we were a young couple, about to be married, with family plans in the future.  We wanted a house that would work for us but would also become a family home.  After we had our second son what had previously felt like a spacious downstairs began to feel a little cramped and we started to wonder how we would all fit in the small lounge at the front of the house once we had two teenage boys living with us. What started as a late night…

Disclosure: This is a collaborative post. Since we completed the extension on the back of the house last year the lounge has become a sadly neglected room in our home. One that we spend very little time in, especially considering it used to be the main room in our home. Whilst everything in the extension is new, our lounge is made up of furniture that we bought when we bought our first house together almost 20 years ago and odd pieces that we have collected over the years, along with a couple of things that were meant to last a…

If you are looking for a set of perfect luxury pillows, then it’s worthwhile considering how you will use your pillow and what it is you want to get out of it.  Find your ideal pillow match by asking yourself a few questions: Will my pillow suit my sleeping position? The whole purpose of luxury pillows is to improve your sleeping position and provide you with the most comfortable night’s sleep by supporting the curve in your neck. We all have our own unique sleeping position, falling into three main categories; side sleeper, back sleeper and front sleep. A further…

130 days after we started our extension, 9 weeks after moving the family out, 3 weeks after splitting up and living in separate houses we are back home in our house.  Despite having no furniture, no TV, only one usable bed between us (luckily it’s a super king), no curtains in that usable bedroom and enough boxes to make the most epic of fortresses for the boys we returned home. There is still an awful lot of work going on in the house this week.  The beautiful herringbone floor is taking day and days to be complete, the lights in…