“Brush your teeth” “No” “Brush your teeth or they’ll all fall out” “Don’t care. The tooth fairy will bring me money” “I’ll give you a sticker?…” And thus goes the pre-school conversation in my house before we run out of the door (late), to drive to school and catch a train to the office. The problem, as I feel it, is that the train timetable … Continue reading The Dangers of Using a Sticker Chart to Teach Kids Good Behavior
Copse Magazine believes that campus style living is the next big growth area in urban letting, which we discussed in our article ‘Campus Lifestyle‘. Here, Fast Company, takes a look at WeWork – the co-working space provider – as they make their first foray into residential units. “Coliving” is obviously not new (see the kibbutz, the commune, the close-knit neighborhood), and WeWork is not the … Continue reading WeWork creates its first residential building (via Fast Company)
Investing in a new bed presents you with a combination of challenges: Choosing a style that suits your bedroom and house, choosing a price-point permitted by your budget, and choosing a size that gives you the maximum space to stretch out/cuddle-up/lay-far-enough-apart-that-you-don’t-kill-the-person-snoring-next-to-you. In the new Copse Magazine house (yes, my actual house), I have the restriction of up-and-over wardrobes framing each side of the bed space … Continue reading Habitat TATSUMA Ash Kingsize bed: Product review
You might be preparing the house for some extra guests or have children that spend most of their time away at university – either way, a designer sofa bed can add value to a living room through its flexibility – that doesn’t mean that it can’t also look good. Following on from our previous article taking a look at the world of Sofa Beds and … Continue reading Sofa Beds: The best designer guest beds
As Christmas approaches and you’re working your way through the checklist, don’t forget how many bodies you’ve got to provide a bed for! Quite often as the extra guest arrives, they get pointed to one of the residents’ bedrooms and told to make themselves at home. But what of the incumbent? – Child One is most likely relegated to a decades-old Z-Bed in the corner … Continue reading Sofa bed: best options for the extra guest
Two women – one from the UK, the other from Iran – reflect on their decision to stay child-free at any cost. Maybe you’ve all been through it. That Sunday lunch with the family, that dinner party with your newly childed friends. Those brief remarks made to you, seconds after your wedding ceremony has been completed. “So”. They say. “Will we soon be hearing the … Continue reading 100 Women 2015: Desperate not to have children – BBC News
