Whether it is a short term let on Air BnB or a long term flatmate, renting out a spare room in your home is a great way to help out covering mortgage payments. In addition to reliving financial pressures, having a housemate who you get one with can be fun and promote a happier living environment. But there’s always the danger that you might not … Continue reading The Perfect Housemate for a Live-in Landlord
Now we have the opportunity to make cold-brew coffee at home, easily, and without making a massive mess (tested!). OXO Good Grips have produced a DIY cold-brew coffee maker that is easily assembled, used, broken down, cleaned, and stored. A friend of mine describes me as having ‘a cached version of the internet’; i.e. I ‘discover’ things about a day after everyone else… it’s like … Continue reading OXO Good Grips Cold Brew Coffee Maker: Product review
It’s not quite Throwback Thursday, but in a mildly forced alliteration we’re going to go for Memory Monday… It might be a sunny day (for working inside in a cafe), but back on New Year’s Eve 2015, I took one of my own little monsters and his photogenic bestie down to Dungeness for a photoshoot with the talented Helen Schryver of www.schryverphoto.com Your mobile might be … Continue reading Children and Sticks – Family photography by Schryver Photo
In the mid 1980’s graffiti was deem the scourge of society, councils hated it to such an extent they put pressure on the police to act. The police responded with ‘Operation Anderson’ which took place on the 20th March 1989 in which the homes of 72 suspected graffiti writers were raided. The raids took place in Bristol, Bath, Exeter and Cardiff and at the time … Continue reading Bringing Street Art to Furniture: Urbanized
Bring the outside in with this latest DIY project from Copse Magazine. You may have seen these fascinating log/tree coat racks before, The one pictured above is available online at Uncommon Goods. But you could also make your own. Obviously you may not have ready access to Mangosteen wood direct from Thailand, but you must have access to trees. There’s quite a lot of them … Continue reading Making your own log hatstand: DIY Project
As you gaze through the pages of the glossy home magazines that have thumped their way through your letterbox, as the sun climbs higher in the sky each day, and as your thoughts drift to those wonderfully bright and stripy nautical themed photoshoots contained within their pages, you might just want to bring a little of the seaside straight into your living room. With an easy … Continue reading Make your own nautical themes Rope Rug: DIY Project
