Category: Blog

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  Swedish Ring Recipe

  I really enjoyed using my new NN-CS89 Microwave from Panasonic. I used the convection function to bake a Swedish Ring. One of my best friends shared her Grandmother’s 50 year old recipe for it. Enjoy 🙂 Ingredients 420g cake flour 2g salt 65g sugar 10g dried yeast 60ml lukewarm milk 2 large beaten eggs 40ml lukewarm…

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  Bringing the indoors outdoors: A Cosy Modern Rustic Garden Design

  It has been nearly two years since we left our much loved home of seven years that saw our family of three grow into a family of five. We spent years renovating our run down Victorian house and left the garden until last so only got to enjoy the space for one summer. It was…

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  Renovation Diary: The potential and positives of a Bungalow

  My earliest memories of home are open fires, creaky floorboards and DIY projects to fix another problem, yet I was mesmerised by the charm and history of old buildings. Since then, apart from my stint at university, living in a 1970’s brutalist building which shared a likeness to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, I continued…

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  Girls weekend away in the Cotswolds with Kate and Tom’s

  **PR Gifted stay with Kate and Tom’s** I love a New Year getaway, it’s the perfect way to beat the January blues. A few of the school Mums suggested a weekend away last November, but everyone was too busy so we changed to the New Year. We booked the second weekend of January which was…

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  Refresh your home between seasons with Matalan

  ***This post is part of a paid partnership with Matalan*** I always find the time between seasons challenging, I am never sure what to wear or whether to leave the house because we still don’t know what the weather is doing. I yearn for lighter days and await the first signs of spring and focus…